T. V. Lark
T.V. Lark (February 12, 1957 – 1975) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was named the American Champion Turf Horse of 1961 after winning the Santa Catalina, Los Angeles, Hawthorne Gold Cup and Knickerbocker Handicaps and the Washington, D.C. International Stakes. He was also the leading sire in North America in 1974. Background T.V. Lark was a bay horse bred in California by Dr. Walter D. Lucas. He was owned during his racing career by Chase McCoy of CR Mac Stables, and initially trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame member William Molter. Racing career At age two, T.V. Lark won the Arlington Futurity (1959). In 1960, as a three-year-old, he won the California Derby, but on April 2, 1960, William Molter died unexpectedly of a heart attack and Paul Parker, a former groom of T.V. Lark, became his trainer. The horse did not run in the Kentucky Derby, and in the Preakness Stakes finished a disappointing 6th behind winner Bally Ache. However, he came back to win t ...
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Indian Hemp (horse)
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Philadelphia Turf Handicap
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Act of Consolidation, 1854, Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, the List of counties in Pennsylvania, most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the Metropolitan statistical area, nation's seventh-largest and one of List of largest cities, world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, ...
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