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  • 1horses for courses — Originally an expression in horse racing: different horses are suited to different race courses. Now widely used in other contexts. 1891 A. E. T. WATSON Turf vii. A familiar phrase on the turf is ‘horses for courses’... The Brighton Course is… …

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  • 2Win City — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Win City caption = sire = Slew City Slew grandsire = Seattle Slew dam = Winsfordan damsire = Domasca Dan sex = Gelding foaled = 2002 country = Canada flagicon|Canada colour = Dark Bay breeder = Frank… …

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  • 3List of historical horses — Race horses= * Abercrombie * Adios * Adios Butler, famous harness racer * Affirmed, last horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown (1978) * Albatross * All Along * Alydar, finished second to Affirmed in all three Triple Crown races, and one of the great …

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  • 4They Shoot Horses, Don't They? — For other uses, see They Shoot Horses, Don t They? Infobox Film name = They Shoot Horses, Don t They? image size = caption = Original poster director = Sydney Pollack producer = Robert Chartoff Irwin Winkler writer = Robert E. Thompson James Poe… …

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  • 5No Greater Love (Only Fools and Horses) — Only Fools and Horses episode No Greater Love Series 2 Writer John Sullivan Director Ray Butt Produc …

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  • 6The Red Horses — Front cover of the Danish DVD for The Red Horses Directed by Alice O Fredericks Jon Iversen …

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  • 7Winton disease — Win·ton disease wint ən n cirrhosis of the liver in horses and cattle resulting from the chronic poisoning by toxic constituents of ragwort and other noxious plants eaten in the pasturage …

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  • 8Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States.       A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… …

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  • 9horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were …

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  • 10Johnny Murtagh — For the New Zealand cricketer, see: John MurtaghJohnny Murtagh (born Navan, County Meath, May 14, 1970) is an Irish flat racing jockey. Background He was a promising schoolboy footballer and boxer when he was younger. At a fight evening held at a …

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