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Big Red Mike
Big Red Mike (foaled 2007 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ... who won the 2010 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's oldest annually run stakes race. He was bred by Dom Romeo's Terra Farms and raced by his '' nom de course'', Terra Racing Stable. Trained by Nick Gonzalez, leading up to the 151st edition of the Queen's Plate, Big Red Mike won the Plate Trial Stakes on June 13. References Big Red Mike's pedigree and partial racing stats{{reflist 2007 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Canada Racehorses trained in Canada King's Plate winners Thoroughbred family 3-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenpins (horse)
Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler bowling form, rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned Tetractys, evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten Bowling pin, pins on the first roll of the ball (a strike), or failing that, on the second roll (a spare). An approximately long ''approach'' area used by the bowler to impart speed and apply rotation to the ball ends in a ''foul line''. The , lane is bordered along its length by ''gutters'' (''channels'') that collect errant balls. The lane's long and narrow shape limits straight-line ball paths to angles that are smaller than optimum angles for achieving strikes; accordingly, bowlers impart side rotation to ''hook (bowling), hook'' (curve) the ball into the pins to increase the likelihood of striking. Oil is applied to approximately the first two-thirds of the lane's length to allow a "skid" area for the ball before it encounters fric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
