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  Harness racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They also are of more placid dispositions, as suits horses whose races involve more strategy and more re-acceleration than do thoroughbred races.
The founding sire of today's standardbred horse was Messenger, a gray thoroughbred brought to America in 1788 and then purchased by Henry Astor, brother of John Jacob Astor.
From Messenger came a great-grandson, Hambletonian 10 (1849-1876), who gained a wide following for his racing prowess.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harness_racing   (1466 words)

  
 STANDARDBREDS
Mambrino was a trotter, but Messenger never ran a trot race in his life-yet he is regarded by some as the foundation sire of the Standardbred.
These days horses can only be registered if both their sire and dam are registered, or if only their sire is and they can go the mile in under 2:20 for 2 year olds, or 2:15 for older horses.
SIRE: The male parent, or father, of a horse.
www.crossedsabers.com /LEARN%20FOR%20LIFE/Standardbreds.htm   (8846 words)

  
 Famous Dead Non-theists
Sending for Laplace, he said, "You have written a large book about the universe without once mentioning the author of the universe." "Sire," Laplace replied, "I have no need of that hypothesis.
The Spanish friars then libeled Rizal's good name by circulating a forged document entitled "Retraction of Errors" where Rizal supposedly retracted his affiliation with the Masons and admitted his errors in all writings where he revealed the abuses of the Spanish friars.
On the eve of his execution, Rizal finished and succeeded in smuggling out prison a poem he wrote popularly known as his "Ultimo Adios" or "Last Farewall" which is considered even by Spanish literary critics as one of the most poignant poems ever written in the Spanish language.
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