Tencendur, or Tencendor ("strife") is the

warhorse The first evidence of horses in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare from 2500 BC depicts some type of equine pulling wagons. By 1600 BC, improved harness and chariot designs ...

of King

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...

in the French epic, ''

The Song of Roland ''The Song of Roland'' (french: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century '' chanson de geste'' based on the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 AD, during the reign of the Carolingian king Charlemagne. It i ...

''. Tencendur is mentioned in laisse 239 of the poem. :: Next with both spurs he's gored his horse's flanks, :: And Tencendor has made four bounds thereat. :: — ( Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff translation, 1919)

Racehorse

Named after Charlemagne's warhorse, Tencendur was one of the competitors in the

2015 Kentucky Derby The 2015 Kentucky Derby was the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run at 6:44 pm Eastern Time Zone (North America), Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 2, 2015, at Churchill Downs. It was broadcast in the United States on the NBC t ...

. The racehorse finished next to last, coming in at 17th place.

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