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Arravale
{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Arravale , image = , caption = , sire = Arch , grandsire = Kris S. , dam = Kalosca , damsire = Kaldoun , sex = Filly , foaled = 2003 , country = United States , colour = Dark Bay , breeder = Bruce Lunsford , owner = Robert J. Costigan , trainer = Macdonald "Mac" Benson , record = 8: 5-1-1 , earnings = $1,096,032 , race = Natalma Stakes (2005)Alywow Stakes (2006)Del Mar Oaks (2006) E. P. Taylor Stakes (2006) , awards = Canadian Champion Female Turf Horse (2006)Canadian Horse of the Year (2006) , honours = , updated= January 20, 2007 Arravale (born May 6, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse in Canada. Racing at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack, at age 2 Arravale won two of her first three starts. She made her first start at age 3 in June 2006, winning the Alywow Stakes at Woodbine. Racing in California, in early July she ran 3rd in the American Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack then with new rider Jo ...
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Macdonald Benson
Macdonald "Mac" Benson (born June 30, 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer. A resident of Woodbridge, Ontario, Benson came to Canada in 1978 to train for E. P. Taylor's renowned Windfields Farm. Since then, horses trained by Benson have won ten Sovereign Awards and four Canadian Classics. Mac Benson embarked on his professional training career in 1958 and began by working for prominent Delaware Thoroughbred owner, William du Pont, Jr. He later would operate a public stable, racing at tracks in Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland. Among his clients in the early 1970s was another duPont family member, Bayard Sharp, who was a founding director of Delaware Park Racetrack and a former president of '' The Blood-Horse Inc.'' magazine. In 1976, Benson was offered a job by the head of operations for Windfields Farm who raced in Canada and the United States, and who maintained breeding operations in Maryland and Ontario. Settling in the Toronto a ...
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Arch (horse)
Arch (January 31, 1995 – January 20, 2016) was a Kentucky-bred race horse and sire. He was a son of Kris S. and Aurora (by Danzig). Arch won the Grade 1 Super Derby and sired many notable stakes winners. Race career Arch had a short but productive racing career. On his first outing during his two-year-old season, he broke his maiden by a length and a half. Frank Brothers brought Arch back as a three-year-old in April to win an allowance race. He was then put on a four-month break to prepare for his stakes debut. After two more allowance races (in which he came in second and first), he was entered in the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Arch broke well and stalked the pace. On the second turn, he made his move and battled down the stretch with eventual Gr.2 millionaire Classic Cat. Arch won by three lengths. He was then entered the Fayette Breeders' Cup (now the Fayette Stakes) against three opponents. Arch beat Touch Gold (the previous year’s Belmont Stakes winner) by a ne ...
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Sovereign Award For Horse Of The Year
The Canadian Horse of the Year is a thoroughbred horse racing honour given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. It is the most prestigious honour in Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Part of the Sovereign Awards program since 1975, it is similar to the Eclipse Award for American Horse of the Year honours given in the United States. The original eligibility rules stipulated that the winner be a Canadian-bred horse that did its "best running" in Canada. In 1964, the rule was altered for Northern Dancer, who was a Canadian-bred but whose most notable wins came in the United States when he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Eventually the requirement that the horse be a Canadian-bred was also dropped. The current rules simply require that the horse have raced at least three times in Canada during the given year (two times for two-year-olds). Records Most wins: * 2 - L'Enjoleur (1974, 1975) * 2 - Overskate (1978, 1979) * 2 - Chief Bearhart (1997, 1998) Most w ...
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Sovereign Award For Champion Female Turf Horse
The Canadian Champion Female Turf Horse is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing honor that is part of the Sovereign Awards program awarded annually to the top female Thoroughbred horse competing in Canada in races on turf. Created in 1975, by the Jockey Club of Canada as a single award for Champion Turf Horse, it was first won by the filly Victorian Queen. In 1995, it was split into male and female categories. Past winners *1995 : Bold Ruritana *1996 : Windsharp *1997 : Woolloomooloo *1998 : Colorful Vices *1999 : Free Vacation *2000 : Heliotrope *2001 : Sweetest Thing *2002 : Chopinina *2003 : Inish Glora *2004 : Inish Glora *2005 : Ambitious Cat *2006 : Arravale *2007 : Sealy Hill *2008 : Callwood Dancer *2009 : Points of Grace *2010 : Miss Keller *2011 : Never Retreat *2012 : Irish Mission *2013 : Solid Appeal *2014 : Lexie Lou *2015 : Catch a Glimpse *2016 : Lexie Lou *2017 : Starship Jubilee *2018 : Starship Jubilee *2019 : Starship Jubilee Starship Jubilee (foaled M ...
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Del Mar Oaks
The Del Mar Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to three-year-old Filly, fillies, it is contested at a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the turf. Since 1994 it has been a Graded stakes race, Grade I event. From its inception in 1957 through 1964, the Del Mar Oaks was raced at a distance of one mile on dirt. It was raced in two divisions in 1966 and again in 1970. Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 1:46.26 – Amorama (2004) Most wins by an owner: * 4 – Howard B. Keck (1970, 1971, 1975, 1986) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Bill Shoemaker (1970, 1971, 1985, 1986) * 4 – Chris McCarron (1979, 1984, 1989, 1991) * 4 – Corey Nakatani (1998, 2003, 2007, 2014) Most wins by a Horse trainer, trainer: * 7 – Charles E. Whittingham, Charlie Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1991) Winners References Del Mar Oaks details at Del Mar websit ...
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Natalma Stakes
The Natalma Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid-September, the Grade I race is run at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf and is open to two-year-old fillies. In 2016, the purse was increased to Can$250,000. Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Natalma Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The race is named in honor of Natalma, the Virginia-bred mare who was the dam of Northern Dancer, one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history. Natalma is a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Inaugurated in 1965, the Natalma Stakes was raced on dirt at a distance of miles until 1968 when it was switched to the track's turf course. In 1980 the distance was modified to its present one mile. The race was run in two divisions in 1979, 1983–1986, 1988. 1990–1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002. The Natalma was a Grade III ...
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Alywow Stakes
The Alywow Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of June at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to three-year-old fillies, the overnight stakes race is contested on turf over a distance of furlongs. Inaugurated in 2002, the race is named for the filly Alywow who died that year. Alywow was the 1994 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and Horse of the Year. She was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009. Records Speed record: * 1:14.39 - Passion (2008) Most wins by an owner: * No owner has won this race more than once. Most wins by a jockey: * 4 - Patrick Husbands (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 - Mark E. Casse (2007, 2012, 2015) * 2 - Mark Frostad Mark R. Frostad (born January 19, 1949) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer. Born in Brantford, Ontario, he grew up with a father who owned a stud farm but before becoming involved in thoroughbred horse racing, Frostad obtained a ...
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American Oaks
The American Oaks is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf held annually in late December Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently offers a purse of US$300,000. History The inaugural running of the event was on 6 July 2002 as the American Oaks Invitational at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California with a purse of $500,000. The event was won by the British-bred filly Megahertz who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Alex Solis and trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel on a disqualification of Dublino who had crossed the finishing line first. Dublino had bumped Megahertz in the stretch drive, and then the whip of jockey Kent Desormeaux hit Megahertz twice in the face, making Megahertz end the race a half-length behind. The following year, 2003, with a purse increase to $750,000 the winner was the Irish-trained filly Dimitrova who had previousl ...
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Canadian Stakes
The Canadian Stakes is a Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Run in mid September, it is a Grade II event open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older. It is raced on turf over a distance of "about" miles. Known as the Canadian Handicap until 2006, it was inaugurated at the now defunct Greenwood Raceway in 1955 as a mile race on dirt and was open to horses of either sex, aged three and older. In 1964, the event was transferred to Woodbine Racetrack where in 1970 it became a race on the grass for fillies and mares only. In 1996, the race was run on dirt and was split into two divisions in 1982 through 1985 and again in 1989. Records Most wins: * 2 - Classic Stamp (2004, 2005) * 2 - Starship Jubilee (2018, 2019) Most wins by an owner: * 5 - Sam-Son Farm (1989, 1991, 1998, 2014, 2020) Most wins by a jockey: * 5 - Robin Platts (1975, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986) Most wins by a trainer: * 2 - Ted Mann (1965, 1977) ...
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California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ...
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2003 Racehorse Births
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Thoroughbred Family 21-a
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered " hot-blooded" horses that are known for their agility, speed, and spirit. The Thoroughbred, as it is known today, was developed in 17th- and 18th-century England, when native mares were crossbred with imported Oriental stallions of Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman breeding. All modern Thoroughbreds can trace their pedigrees to three stallions originally imported into England in the 17th and 18th centuries, and to a larger number of foundation mares of mostly English breeding. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Thoroughbred breed spread throughout the world; they were imported into North America starting in 1730 and into Australia, Europe, Japan and South America during the 19th century. Millions of Thoroughbreds exist today, a ...
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