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This is a picture of the famous Snowman, a plowhorse rescued from the slaugherhouse who went on to win several jumping championships in the 1950's. these are the children of his friend/owner Harry de Leyer "The Flying Dutchman" and later "The Galloping Grandpa".
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Wild Dayrell (1852|1870) Ion x Ellen Middleton by Bay Middleton. English TB racehorse + sire. He ran 4x 10/1854 - 9/1855, winning 3 races incl. the Epsom Derby. An unusual Derby winner, as neither his owner nor his trainer had any previous experience of TB racing. Retired to stud at the end of the his 3-year-old season. Bred Francis Popham of Littlecote House, Chilton Foliat, Wilts.
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Comanche and Miles Keogh (and Custer's Last Stand) GEORGE CUSTER was also an officer in the Civil War, but his big defeat came later: in 1876 he and all his troops were killed in a battle with Native Americans which became known as Custer's Last Stand. The most famous non-human survivor of that battle was COMANCHE, an Army horse who came through wounded but alive. (Comanche belonged not to Custer but to one of his officers, Miles Keogh.)
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Feb. 3, 1989: Apprentice jockey Nate Hubbard hung on for second literally when his horse, Sweetwater Oak, stumbled near the finish line at Golden Gate Fields and flipped the rider out of his saddle. As he tumbled forward, Hubbard grabbed on to the filly’s neck and hung in mid-air until the race was over. The track stewards ruled it an official finish because Hubbards feet never touched the ground and Sweetwater Oak carried her assigned weight throughout the race.