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exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
( in exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage )
disease condition in horses in which blood appears in the airways during and after strenuous exercise. More than 80 percent of racehorses, including Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, and American Quarter Horses, are affected to varying degrees. The condition can compromise racing performance. Affected horses are termed “bleeders,” but rarely is blood discharged from the nostrils....
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exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
disease condition in horses in which blood appears in the airways during and after strenuous exercise. More than 80 percent of racehorses, including Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, and American Quarter Horses, are affected to varying degrees. The condition can compromise racing performance. Affected horses are termed “bleeders,” but rarely is blood discharged from the nostrils....
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Preakness Stakes victory Hartack, Bill
In 1956 Hartack rode Fabius to victory at the Preakness Stakes, and in 1957 he rode Iron Liege to victory at the Kentucky Derby. His four other Kentucky Derby winners were Venetian Way, 1960; Decidedly, 1962; Northern Dancer, 1964; and Majestic Prince, 1969. In 1964, riding Northern Dancer, he won the Preakness...
(foaled 1874), European racehorse whose total of 54 victories (1876–79) without defeat was into the 1980s the best unbeaten record in the history of flat (Thoroughbred) racing. A mare sired by Cambuscan out of Water Nymph (both English-bred horses), she was foaled in Hungary and raced in Austria, England, France, and Germany, as well as in her native country.
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training by Jacobs Jacobs, Hirsch
...for him. Two years later, Reveillon, trained by Jacobs, won at Pompano, Fla. In 1928 Jacobs began a partnership with Isidor (“Beebee”) Bieber. Their greatest single success came with Stymie, a two-year-old colt purchased in 1943, who, trained by Jacobs, won 35 races and by the end of his racing career was the world’s foremost money winner, with purses totalling $918,485. With...
(foaled 1943), American racehorse (Thoroughbred), winner of the Triple Crown—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—in 1946. A chestnut colt sired by Bold Venture (winner of the 1936 Kentucky Derby and Preakness) out of Igual, Assault was one of the smallest of the great racehorses, standing about 15 hands (60 inches). He had an exceptional season as a four-year-old, was injured in 1948, raced again in 1949–50, and then was retired to stud but never produced an offspring.
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