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Silver Train (horse)
{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Silver Train , image = , caption = , sire = Old Trieste , grandsire = A.P. Indy , dam = Ridden In The Stars , damsire = Cormorant , sex = Stallion , foaled = February 11, 2002 , country = United States , colour = Brown , breeder = Mulholland Farm , owner = Buckram Oak Farm , trainer = Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. , record = 17: 6-3-4 , earnings = $1,259,345 , race = Jerome Handicap (2005)Tom Fool Handicap (2006)Metropolitan Handicap (2006) Breeders' Cup wins:Breeders' Cup Sprint (2005) , awards= , honours = , updated= July 22, 2007 Silver Train (foaled February 11, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Joe Mulholland and family in Georgetown, Kentucky, he was out of the mare Ridden In The Stars and sired by Old Trieste, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy. Purchased by the Buckram Oak Farm of Mahmoud Fustuq, at age two Silver Train raced four times, winning once and finishing second twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Trieste
Old Trieste (1995–2003) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a chestnut by A.P. Indy and out of the mare Lovelier Linda. He contended for the 1998 Triple Crown but finished unplaced behind Real Quiet in the Kentucky Derby. In the following year he recorded his most significant win when taking the Grade II Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack. In a brief stud career he sired the Grade I winners Silver Train and Sinister Minister. He was euthanized in 2003 due to complications from laminitis Laminitis is a disease that affects the feet of ungulates and is found mostly in horses and cattle. Clinical signs include foot tenderness progressing to inability to walk, increased digital pulses, and increased temperature in the hooves. Seve .... The horse was named after the Old Trieste Restaurant in San Diego, California. References {{reflist Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States 1995 racehorse births 2003 racehorse death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Fustuq
Mahmoud Fustuq (1936 – 8 February 2006) was a Lebanese businessman who had various companies in Saudi Arabia. He was known for being brother-in-law of former Saudi Arabian ruler King Abdullah and for his involvement in the horse business. Biography Fustuq was born in Lebanon in 1936. His family is from Palestine. He was the eldest of nine siblings. He attended the University of Oklahoma in the late 1950s and received a degree in petroleum engineering. His sister, Aida, married King Abdullah. Fustuq had varied businesses in Saudi Arabia. He acquired the Buckram Oak Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1978 which he sold in 2005. He also owned other farms in Ocala, Florida, and Kentucky where he had race horses, including Star Gallant who won the Illinois Derby in 1982 and Silver Train, who won a Breeder's Cup race. His other prominent horses were Najran, Silver Hawk Siberian Summer and Green Forest. He died in Pompano Beach, Florida, on 8 February 2006 in a traffic accident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racehorses Trained In The United States
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 premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been mostly unchanged since at least classical antiquity. Horse races vary widely in format, and many countries have developed their own particular traditions around the sport. Variations include restricting races to particular breeds, running over obstacles, running over different distances, running on different track surfaces, and running in different gaits. In some races, horses are assigned different weights to carry to reflect differences in ability, a process known as handicapping. While horses are sometimes raced purely for sport, a major part of horse racing's interest and economic importance is in the gambling associated with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
