https://xitter.gq/t.co/21IPUOBAO3 (Editor Annie Johnson) features stories of Thoroughbred racing history. #equine #horseracing
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Happy JOHN MORRISSEY STAKES Day!
Did you know that Morrissey owned and trained a horse who was a "mudder?" His 5yo horse DEFENDER won the Summer Handicap at SAR in 1872, romping by 10 lengths over a muddy track.
My new brick in the @nmrhof courtyard celebrates this victory. ππͺ β at Saratoga Springs, NY
That face! π€©π₯° Oh, and he's a newly minted Breeders' Cup Turf Champion! BENVENUTO CELLINI (IRE) π π
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β¨ Father and son.
Haffnerβs dam also deserves plenty of credit as a winning Zoffany half-sister to champion stayer Order Of St George.
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.@jose93_ortiz just walked out of First Aid. Heβs limping but he said βIβm okay.β He said he is not going to hospital. The horse he was riding stepped on his calf.
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Chad Brown reports 2 BC scratches: Gaudreau from Juvenile (fever). Zulu Kingdom from Mile. Brown said that was done in consultation with the vets, neither Brown nor vets happy with way Zulu was jogging. Zulu expected to race again in 2027 and "this won't impact that," Brown said.
Great to see this gal MARIA CALLAS getting on a win streak, 2 in a row now this fall at Belmont with todayβs winπ₯at 7 1/2f
SAR R8 5 1/2f T ππͺ
#9 CARAVAGGIO filly MARIA CALLAS has been gradually cutting back in distance to 5 1/2f today
Anybody watching Far Hills American Grand National, was Ziggle Pops ok, looks like he was eased before the last fence?
Hadnβt seen this reported by US racing media but Breedersβ Cup F/M Turf Champion GEZORA (Almanzor) has been retired
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Sad news @GMBRacing Tom's d'Etat passed away after a brief illness.
Winner the G1 Clark, G2 Stephen Foster, G2 Fayette Stakes, Alydar Stakes at Saratoga and Tenacious Stakes at Fairgrounds - 11 wins from 20 starts. A special thanks to Al Stall, Jay Adcock and @WinStarFarm
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Even our jockeys are falling asleep to the @FanDuel_Racing background music.
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Three parts brother to Gr 1 winner ASSISTENT, 2yo ASKET, by SEA THE MOON @Lanwades emerges as a 2027 Classic contender in Germany with this astonishing 17-lengths maiden win in Cologne today. @bloodstocknews @theTDN
Asket 2024 c Sea The Moon @Lanwades - Anna Jolie breaks maiden on 2nd start by length of the track! GestΓΌt RΓΆttgen bred wins by 3.28 secs, officially 17 lengths but perhaps further? Dam 1/2 sister to G1 Assistent, from A family of Anna Paola etc.
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This remarkable photograph was taken on 16 July 1929, after a frightened horse bolted with its wagon and ended up in an Amsterdam canal.
The horse freed itself from the wagon and swam to safety, but getting it back onto the street was another matter. Enter Sinckβs horse-hoisting machine, a mobile crane designed specifically for hauling horses out of the city's canals.
Such accidents were surprisingly common; at one point the apparatus was reportedly called out around 50 times a year.
Thankfully, this horse survived, cheered on by quite a crowd!
#Amsterdam #1920s #SocialHistory
