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Henry M. Moreno
Henry Moreno (September 17, 1929 – February 23, 2020) was an American trainer and owner of both American Quarter horses and Thoroughbreds. Background Moreno grew up on his family's Quarter Horse ranch in southern California. As a young man, he served with the United States Army during the Korean War after which he embarked on a career in horse racing as a trainer of Quarter Horses before switching to Thoroughbreds in 1961. He is best known for his work with female horses and had success with several racemares he imported from South America. Retrieved August 3, 2018 Thoroughbred racing Henry Moreno won numerous top level stakes in California with different horses. Of them, the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed. History Domestication of the horse, Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli, the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire. Another source of early recorded history of horse training as a discipline comes from the Ancient Greece, Greek writer Xenophon, in his treatise On Horsemanship. Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed Horse training, starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglewood Handicap
The Last Tycoon Stakes (formerly known as the Inglewood Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late April at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. First run in 1938, the race is open to horses three years old and up. A Grade III stakes, it is raced on turf at a distance of miles (8.5 Furlongs). The event currently offers a purse of $100,000. The Last Tycoon Stakes was run in two divisions in 1975, 1976, 1978, and 1979. The race was increased in length to 1 and 1/8th mile in 2012. Records Most wins: * 3 - Native Diver (1963, 1964, 1966) Winners since 1999 Earlier winners * 1997 - El Angelo * 1996 - Fastness * 1995 - Blaze O'Brien * 1994 - Gothland * 1993 - The Tender Track * 1992 - Golden Pheasant * 1991 - Tight Spot * 1990 - Mohamed Abdu * 1989 - Steinlen * 1988 - Steinlen * 1987 - Le Belvedere * 1986 - Zoffany * 1985 - Al Mamoon * 1984 - Royal Heroine * 1983 - Bold Style * 1982 - Maipon * 1981 - Bold Tropic * 1980 - Red Crescent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodeo Drive Stakes
The Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is run at Santa Anita Park with a current purse of $300,000 and is contested over a distance of . Originally named the Yellow Ribbon Stakes, it was normally raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. It was and is a major prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf raced over a distance of on the turf. Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Rodeo Drive automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Inaugurated in 1977, it was an Invitational through 1995. The original name for the race was the idea of Oak Tree Founding Director Louis R. Rowan and is taken from the wartime song: " Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree." Records Time record: * 1:57.60 – Brown Bess (1989) Most wins: * 2 – Wait A While (2006, 2008) * 2 – Avenge (2016, 2017) * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matriarch Stakes
:'' This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see Matriarch Stakes (Australia).'' The Matriarch Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are of age three-years-old or older over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf track scheduled annually in late November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000. History The inaugural running of the event was on 22 November 1981 at Hollywood Park Racetrack over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf and was won by the Irish-bred import Kilijaro who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. and trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Charles E. Whittingham defeating the 1980 United States Champion Older Female Horse Glorious Song by lengths in a time of 1:47 flat. The event would be Kilijaro's last as she would be retired. The following year the event was split in two divisions and both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Harvest Handicap
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Clement L
Clement or Clément may refer to: People * Clement (name), a given name and surname * Saint Clement (other)#People Places * Clément, French Guiana, a town * Clement, Missouri, U.S. * Clement Township, Michigan, U.S. Other uses * Adolphe Clément-Bayard French industrialist (1855–1928), founder of a number of companies which incorporate the name "Clément", including: ** Clément Cycles, French bicycle and motorised cycle manufacturer ** Clément Motor Company, British automobile manufacturer and importer ** Clément Tyres, Franco-Italian cycle tyre manufacturer, licensed in America since 2010 * First Epistle of Clement, of the New Testament apocrypha * ''Clément'' (film), a 2001 French drama See also * * * * Clemens, a name * Clemente, a name * Clements (other) * Clementine (other) * Klement, a name * Kliment, a name * San Clemente (other) Pope Clement I (Saint Clement, died 99AD) is called San Clemente in Spanish and Italian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena Stakes
The Yerba Buena Stakes is a discontinued race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares age three and older. It was run on turf at Golden Gate Fields race track in Albany, California from 1973 through 2000 and again from 2005 through 2009. Between 2001 through 2004 the race was hosted by Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California. It was raced as the Yerba Buena Handicap from inception in 1973 through 2006. Records Speed record: (at 1 3/8 miles) * 2:14.40 – Magdelaine (1988) Most wins: * 2 – Star Ball (1977, 1978) * 2 – Mairzy Doates (1980, 1981) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Russell Baze (1992, 1995, 2002, 2005) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Ben Cecil Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, × ... (1996, 1998, 2006, 2009) Most wins by an owner: * 4 – Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahlia Handicap
The Dahlia Handicap was a race for thoroughbred horses run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Dahlia is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf. A Grade II was last run 2008. The race was run in two divisions in 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1990. It is named in honor of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, the great racing mare Dahlia. Born in 1970, died in 2001 at age of 31, Dahlia won the big races in France, in England, in the United States, and in Canada. Due to problems with the turf course, in 2004 the race was run on dirt and as such for that event was downgraded to a G-III event. Records Speed record: * 1:40.40 - Stylish Star (1989) * 1:40.40 - Saros Brig (1989) Most wins: * No horse has won this race more than once. Most wins by a trainer: * 7 - Robert J. Frankel Winners since 1999 Earlier winners * 1998 - Tuzla * 1997 - Golden Arches * 1996 - Sixieme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayakoa Handicap
The Bayakoa Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles ( furlongs) on the dirt held annually in early December at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, California. The event currently offers a purse of $100,000. History The inaugural running of the race was on 13 December 1981 as the Silver Belles Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California over a distance of miles and was won by the imported five-year-old Argentine-bred mare Happy Guess who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker in a time of 1:49. In 1983 the American Graded Stakes Committee classified the event with Grade III status. In 1986 the race was upgraded once more to Grade II. In 1990 the distance of the event was decreased to miles. The race was renamed the Bayakoa Handicap in 1994 in honor of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bayakoa. On 7 December 1997, Sharp Cat won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Stakes
The Fantasy Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually usually in early April at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event currently offers a purse of $600,000. History The inaugural running of the event was on 6 April 1973 and was won by Robert E. Lehmann's Knitted Gloves coming from behind by lengths in a time of 1:42. After three runnings the event was upgraded to Grade II status in 1976 and in 1978 was once again upgraded to a Grade I, signifying that the race was a major event for the three-year-old fillies. Between 1978 and 1989 the event held this classification and in that time some impressive winners include Davona Dale in 1979 who captured the U.S. Filly Triple Crown becoming the U.S. Champion three-year-old filly, the 1980 winner and US Hall of Fame inductee Bold 'n Determined. The 1980 US Champion two-year-old filly Heavenly Cause won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Mar Handicap
The Del Mar Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run each year during the third week of August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and three-eighths miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course. Since inception, the Del Mar Handicap has been contested at various distances: * miles : 1937–1948 * miles : 1949–1969 * about miles on dirt : 1976–1985 * miles : 1970–1975, 1986–present The Del Mar Handicap was run in two divisions in 1972. In 1969, Figonero won the race in a world record time of 1:46.20 for miles. Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 2:11.14 – Spring House (2008) Most wins: * 2 – Frankly (1948, 1950) * 2 – Arrogate (1955, 1956) * 2 – How Now (1957, 1960) * 2 – Navarone (1992, 1994) * 2 – Spring House (2008, 2009) * 2 – Big John B (2014, 2015) Most wins by an owner: * 3 – Robert E. Hibbert (1966, 1992, 1994) * 3 – Edmund A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Carleton may refer to: Education establishments *Carleton College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States *Carleton School in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States *Carleton University, a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Human names * Carleton (surname) * Baron Carleton *Carleton (given name) Places Canada * Ontario: ** Carleton (Ontario electoral district) (1867–1966, 2015–present) ** Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district) (1867–1995, 2018–present) **Carleton County, Ontario (historic) **Carleton Place, Ontario **West Carleton Township, Ontario ** Carleton Ward of Ottawa, AKA College Ward * New Brunswick: ** Carleton, New Brunswick, now part of Saint John **Carleton Parish, New Brunswick, in Kent County ** Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914) ** Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) (1995–present) **Mount Carleton, New Brunswick **Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |