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1975 Filly Triple Crown winner who never lost a race against other fillies, but unfortunately had to be euthanised after breaking down in a match race against Foolish Pleasure. She broke a leg and wanted to keep on running. Shortly after a desperate attempt to re-construct her leg she awoke from anesthesia, breaking her cast. She was put to sleep and buried in the infield at Belmont Park, her head facing the finish line. Greatest thoroughbred filly of my lifetime--and in my opinion--anyone else's.
While Ruffian would have beaten Winning Colors, Genuine Risk, Personal Ensign, Go for Wand, Bayakoa and Regret, she may have had trouble with Secretariat.
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| 2. | handbrake | ||
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The large appendage that hangs down toward the back end of a horse's belly. Resembles something normally found behind the gearstick of a car, between the seats. "Check the handbrake on the thoroughbred over there, I wouldn't like to get on the receiving end of that in a dark alley"
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| 3. | Mangurian | ||
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Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. was an American veteran of World War II, businessman, a former owner of the Boston Celtics basketball team, a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and a philanthropist.
Mangurian was born to an Armenian immigrant Following the outbreak of World War II, as soon as he reached the legal age Mangurian enlisted in the United States Navy. He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations 1943-1946. Following his discharge, Mangurian returned home to work in the family's retail furniture business which he would build into a national chain. Following an IPO he eventually merged the business with General Portland cement company. He also acquired First National Bank of Rochester, serving as chairman of the Board of Directors. Survived by many family members brother Pierce Mangurian, niece Valerie Locay and Nephew Mark Mangurian Taking up residence in Florida, in 1969 he purchased the jet charter company, Southeastern Jet Corporation In 1977, Mangurian became a partner in the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the end of the 1978 season he and his partner John Y. Brown, Jr., negotiated a franchise swap of the Braves team for the Boston Celtics. After one season, Mangurian bought out Brown and as the franchise's owner saw the Celtics sign stars Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. In the 1980-81 Boston Celtics season, his team won the NBA Championship. he oversaw its development into a major Thoroughbred breeding and racing operation. He notably raced two-time Eclipse Award winner, Desert Vixen. In 1979, the filly was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Mangurian also notably owned Valid Appeal who went on from a career in racing to become a successful sire at stud in Florida. more...
In 1995, Harry Mangurian was inducted in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame. In 2002 he received the national Eclipse Award of Merit, the American Thoroughbred horse racing industry's highest honor. In his mid seventies, Mangurian cut back on his racing activities. In 2000, he sold Mockingbird Farm (now Winding Oaks Farm) and dispersed virtually all of his breeding stock. In 1999, Harry Mangurian established a private foundation for philanthropic purposes. After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, his initial million dollar donation * Chicago Barn to Wire information on NTRA charities and /wiki/Harry_T._Mangurian,_Jr. Valerie Mangurian Categories: 1926 births | 2008 deaths | Armenian Americans | American businesspeople | American military personnel of World War II | American philanthropists | American racehorse owners and breeders | Boston Celtics executives | Boston Celtics owners | Eclipse Award winners | Buffalo Braves owners | People from Rochester, New York | National Basketball Association executives | National Basketball Association owners |
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