"called ""marengo ou brun"" (marengo or brown). After the Battle of Marengo of 14 June 1800, in which Napoleon Bonaparte's troops defeated the Austrian army, marengo became known as gray or black fabric with splashes of white or gray thread. This color became associated with a gray overcoat that Bonaparte briefly brought into vogue. Napoleon's famous war mount was also called Marengo. Marengo color became popular in Russia, and, at the beginning of the 19th century, there appeared another, light gray variation of the color called ""marengo-claire"" (marengo light). The marengo color was used in the Soviet Union for various"
"of the young colts and fillies that started out on their career of fame when they were brought to the fair-field of Cahirmee. One at least of them has achieved immortality, for he served as the throne from which a great captain-general brought a continent to his feet. He is the white charger Marengo, which Napoleon is shown as riding in Meissonier's masterpiece ""The Retreat from Moscow"". Coincidentally, the Duke of Wellington's horse at the Battle of Waterloo, an Irish black named Copenhagen, was also purchased at Cahirmee. The tradition of equine excellence continues in the person of Vincent O'Brien"
"Bankes's Horse Marocco (c. 1586 – c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Banks), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the ""Dancing Horse"", the ""Thinking Horse"", or the ""Politic Horse"". William Bankes (also spelled Banks or Banckes, and sometimes called Richard Bankes) was born in Staffordshire, probably in the early 1560s, In the 1580s he became a retainer of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex; his job may have been working in the stables. The horse that would be named Marocco was born"
"Marske (horse) Marske (1750 – July 1779) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, best known as siring the great Eclipse. Bred by John Hutton at Marske Hall, Yorkshire, he was traded to the Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (also the breeder and owner of Herod) as a foal for a chestnut Arabian. In 1754, he won the Jockey Club Plate on Newmarket's Round Course against Pytho and Brilliant, and a 300 guineas match against Ginger. The following year, he came third in a race at Newmarket, and did not run again until 1756, when he lost twice again, this time in two"
"Mongo (horse) Mongo (1959–1983) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse that was most notable for his performances in turf races. He was bred and raced by Marion duPont Scott, a member of the prominent Du Pont family. His sire was imported British stallion Royal Charger, a son of Nearco, which ""Thoroughbred Heritage"" says was ""one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century"". Mongo's dam was Accra, Ms. Du Pont Scott's foundation mare, who produced at least seven other winners including the three-time American Champion Steeplechase Horse Neji. Frank Bonsal, a former jockey in steeplechase racing, conditioned Mongo for racing."
"Maremmano The Maremmano is a breed of horse originating in the Maremma area of Tuscany and northern Lazio in Italy. Traditionally a hardy working horse used by the ""Butteri"" for livestock management, it is today principally a saddle horse. Extensive crossing with Thoroughbred and other breeds has led to a more athletic type, the ""Maremmano migliorato"", or ""Improved Maremmano"". The history of the Maremmano breed is not fully known, but it is thought that they were developed from North African stock that was combined with Spanish, Barb, Neapolitan and Arabian blood. During the 19th century, Thoroughbred, Norfolk Roadster and other"
"Flamingo (horse) Flamingo (1925 – after 1947) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1927 he was one of the best two-year-old colts in England when he won three of his five races including the National Breeders' Produce Stakes. In the following year he won the 2000 Guineas and the Great Yorkshire Stakes as well as finishing second in the Epsom Derby and fourth in the St Leger. After his retirement from racing he had some success as a breeding stallion. Flamingo was a small but ""beautifully made"" bay horse bred in England by Sir John Robinson. As a"
"Ballinode (horse) Ballinode (foaled 1916) was an Irish racehorse who won the 1925 Cheltenham Gold Cup. She was the first mare and the first Irish-trained horse to win the race. She was known as ""The Sligo Mare."" Ballinode was a chestnut mare bred in Ireland. She was one of the few horses of any consequence sired by Machakos, a son of the Coventry Stakes winner Desmond. Ballinode's dam, Celia, was a half-sister to the Ascot Gold Cup winner Love Wisely. During her racing career she was owned by Christopher Bentley and trained in Ireland by Frank Morgan. The mare was"
"Kasztanka Kasztanka (; Polish for ""chestnut mare""; born 1909 or 1910, died November 23, 1927) was the famous mare that belonged to interwar Poland's leader, Marshal Józef Piłsudski. ""Kasztanka"" is the Polish word for the chestnut color in mares, and Piłsudski so named his horse due to her color. She was foaled at Ludwik Popiel's ""Czaple Małe"" (Little Herons) estate probably in 1909 or 1910, and reared at his ""Czaple Wielkie"" (Great Herons) estate, in Miechów County, Kraków Province. Offered by her owner to the riflemen of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions, she became the service mount of"
"times in battles. (The name was actually Marengo, but became Melange due to an erroneous transliteration from Japanese to English.) When Speed recalls his knowledge of French history, a rendition of Jacques-Louis David's painting of ""Napoleon Crossing the Alps"", which depicts Napoleon riding Marengo, is drawn in the episode. Pops Racer, however, identified the name ""Melange"" as a car driven fifteen years earlier by a young driver named Flash Marker. The Melange's chassis was colored with two shades of purple and had an exposed engine on its hood. During the 'Race at Danger Pass', the Melange, along with Marker, was"
"also bought by Glanely at another one of Black's dispersal sales. Lady Nairne failed to win a race, but had a good pedigree, being a sister of the 2000 Guineas winner Ellangowan. Glanely sent Colombo to his private trainer, Captain Thomas Hogg at Newmarket, Suffolk. The horse who would become known as Colombo began his racing career as an unnamed ""Colt by Manna-Lady Nairne"" at Newmarket in April, winning the Spring Stakes by a head from the future 1000 Guineas winner Campanula. He appeared as Colombo for the first time on 17 May when he won the Scarborough Stakes at"
"and songs produced by Piłsudski's political opponents. Kasztanka Kasztanka (; Polish for ""chestnut mare""; born 1909 or 1910, died November 23, 1927) was the famous mare that belonged to interwar Poland's leader, Marshal Józef Piłsudski. ""Kasztanka"" is the Polish word for the chestnut color in mares, and Piłsudski so named his horse due to her color. She was foaled at Ludwik Popiel's ""Czaple Małe"" (Little Herons) estate probably in 1909 or 1910, and reared at his ""Czaple Wielkie"" (Great Herons) estate, in Miechów County, Kraków Province. Offered by her owner to the riflemen of the First Brigade of the Polish"
"but failed to complete the course. In their book, ""A Century of Champions"", based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Ballinode a ""poor"" Gold Cup winner. She is remembered in the name of Ballinode Close, a residential street in Cheltenham. Ballinode (horse) Ballinode (foaled 1916) was an Irish racehorse who won the 1925 Cheltenham Gold Cup. She was the first mare and the first Irish-trained horse to win the race. She was known as ""The Sligo Mare."" Ballinode was a chestnut mare bred in Ireland. She was one of the few horses of any consequence"
"Domino (horse) Domino (1891–1897) was a 19th-century American thoroughbred race horse. A dark brown, almost black*, colt, Domino was sired by Himyar out of the mare Mannie Gray.Sam Hildreth writes in his book, ""The Spell of the Turf"" that he looked black was actually a deep chestnut. Himyar was out of speed horse called Alarm who'd inherited this speed from the great Eclipse. Domino, who also inherited that speed, was foaled at Major Barak Thomas's Dixiana Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. What he did not have was stamina. Owned by James R. Keene, he was purchased as a yearling for $3,000"
"until his death in 1954. Colombo, a large, powerful, lop-eared horse with a ""raking, effortless stride"" was bred by the shipping magnate Sir Alec Black. He was bay with a white star, a white sock on his left foreleg and a white coronet on his right hind leg. Shortly after Colombo was foaled, Black decided to sell off his bloodstock and the colt was bought relatively cheaply for 510 guineas by Lord Glanely at Doncaster in 1932. Colombo was sired by Manna, the winner of the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby, out of Lady Nairne, a mare who was"
"sire in 1830 and 1831. Plenipotentiary was one of several good winners produced by the mare Harriet. According to one account, however, there was some doubt about Plenipotentiary’s paternity: Thomas Thornhill’s son-in law claimed that Harriet had actually been covered by a stallion named Merlin. Plenipotentiary’s rather unwieldy name was habitually shortened to “Plenipo” by racing followers and writers. He was trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by George Payne. Plenipotentiary was unraced as a two-year-old but was not unknown to the racing world as he appeared in the betting for the 1834 Derby in October 1833 when he was offered by"
"none of his progeny met with his level of racing success, Mongo sired some good runners, including: Mongo died at age 24 on March 21, 1983, at Blue Ridge Farm. Mongo (horse) Mongo (1959–1983) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse that was most notable for his performances in turf races. He was bred and raced by Marion duPont Scott, a member of the prominent Du Pont family. His sire was imported British stallion Royal Charger, a son of Nearco, which ""Thoroughbred Heritage"" says was ""one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century"". Mongo's dam was Accra, Ms. Du Pont"
"of his offspring included Flyon (Ascot Gold Cup) and Flamenco (St James's Palace Stakes), Bao Dai (Prix du Petit Couvert, Prix La Haye Jousselin) Flamingo (horse) Flamingo (1925 – after 1947) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1927 he was one of the best two-year-old colts in England when he won three of his five races including the National Breeders' Produce Stakes. In the following year he won the 2000 Guineas and the Great Yorkshire Stakes as well as finishing second in the Epsom Derby and fourth in the St Leger. After his retirement from racing he had"
"Dancing Time (1000 Guineas). Colombo (horse) Colombo (1931–1954) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from April 1933 to June 1934 he ran eleven times and won nine races. Colombo was an outstanding two-year-old, unbeaten in seven races in 1933 and drawing comparisons with champions such as Isinglass, Persimmon and Bayardo. In 1934 he maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Craven Stakes and the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and then finished third as the favourite in The Derby. After one more unsuccessful race he was retired to stud, where he had some success as"
"Faireno Faireno (foaled 1929 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Belmont Stakes in 1932. Faireno was bred and raced by William Woodward's Belair Stud.He was sired by Chatterton, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Fair Play who was also the sire of Man o' War. Faireno's race conditioning was the responsibility of Belair Stud's future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer ""Sunny Jim"" Fitzsimmons and his assistant, George Tappen. Raced at age two, among Faireno's wins were the Victoria Stakes at Old Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Nursery"
"the Maremma region was, like the ""campagna romana"" and the Pontine Marshes, wild and inhospitable, and inhabited mostly by vast herds of livestock, transhumant shepherds and the ""cavalcanti"", the ""riders"", as the ""butteri"" of the Maremma Laziale were called. The traditions of the ""cavalcanti"" and their style of working riding, the ""Monta italiana da lavoro"", are still taught and transmitted by a small number of riding academies. In addition to herding work, the Cavallo Romano is used today as a saddle horse for trekking; other uses include agricultural and light draught work, use as pack animals, and the production of"
"Crepello Crepello (1954–1974) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse which won England's most prestigious race, the Derby in 1957 and was later a Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. He was a chestnut horse sired by Donatello II (by Blenheim) in his last year of life. His dam was the race winner, and Star mare, Crepuscule by Mieuxce. Crepuscule created a British bloodstock record by producing Classic winners, Honeylight and Crepello as her first two foals. Crepello was a half-brother to Honeylight (won One Thousand Guineas Stakes) and Twilight Alley (Ascot Gold Cup Stakes). Crepello was trained by Noel Murless"
"and four white socks. He was bred by the Australian Kingston Park Stud, who sent a small number of mares to the United States to be bred to leading American stallions. Mystiko was sired by the Northern Dancer stallion Secreto, whose win in the 1984 Epsom Derby was the highlight of a brief racing career. He was acquired as a yearling by the Dowager Lady Beaverbrook. Lady Beaverbrook was considered an eccentric character who gave most of her horses names consisting of one word with seven letters (Bustino, Terimon, Boldboy, Niniski, Petoski), as this was the most common form for"
"Horse in Kevin De Ornellas, The Horse in Early Modern English Culture, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013. . Bankes's Horse Marocco (c. 1586 – c. 1606), widely known as Bankes's Horse (after his trainer William Banks), was the name of a late 16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse. He is sometimes referred to as the ""Dancing Horse"", the ""Thinking Horse"", or the ""Politic Horse"". William Bankes (also spelled Banks or Banckes, and sometimes called Richard Bankes) was born in Staffordshire, probably in the early 1560s, In the 1580s he became a retainer of Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex;"
"Macho Uno Macho Uno (foaled April 24, 1998 in Kentucky ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by the 1994 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Holy Bull. Trained by Joe Orseno, Macho Uno is best known for narrowly winning the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile over future three year old champion Point Given and being voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. His three year old campaign was delayed until July resulting in limited starts though he did capture the Pennsylvania Derby and finish a creditable fourth to Tiznow"
"Caravaggio (horse) Caravaggio (foaled 23 February 2014) is an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old he was one of the best colts of his generation in Europe when he was unbeaten in four races including the Marble Hill Stakes, Coventry Stakes and Phoenix Stakes. In the following year he took his winning run to six with victories in the Lacken Stakes and the Commonwealth Cup but his only success in four subsequent starts came in the Flying Five. He was retired from racing at the end of 2017 having won seven of his ten starts. Aidan O'Brien described him"
"Trempolino Trempolino (March 17, 1984 –19 March 2018) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1987. He was bred by Marystead Farm, the American arm of French horseman Paul de Moussac, owner of the Haras du Mezeray stud farm at Ticheville in the Lower Normandy Region of France. Sired by Sharpen Up, he was out of the mare Trephine who was a daughter of Canadian Horse of the Year, Viceregal, a first-crop son of Northern Dancer. He was conditioned for racing by Andre Fabre. Trempolino's best performance at age two"
"Ballindaggin (horse) Ballindaggin (March 27, 1985 – July 22, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for having defeated Fourstardave and Regal Classic. Bred in New York, Ballindaggin was sired by Noble Nashua, a multiple stakes winner whose victories included the Grade I Marlboro Cup. Noble Nashua was a son of the 1955 United States Horse of the Year and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Nashua. Out of the unraced mare Can't Be Bothered, his damsire was the good runner and successful stallion, Stop The Music. He was named for the small village of Ballindaggin"
"Bendigo (horse) Bendigo (foaled 1880) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was owned by H. T. Barclay and trained by Charles Jousiffe. He won the first running of the Eclipse Stakes, the most valuable race in Britain. He also won the Champion Stakes and was noted for his performances in the top handicap races. Bendigo was sired by Irish Derby winner Ben Battle. Ben Battle was a son of Doncaster Cup winner Rataplan. Bendigo's dam was Hasty Girl, a daughter of Lord Gough. Hasty Girl also foaled 1887 St. Leger Stakes winner Kilwarlin. Bendigo did not run as a two-year-old."
"Valegro Valegro (born November 17th 2002) is a gelding ridden by the British equestrian Charlotte Dujardin in the sport of dressage. He stands 16.2hh and has the stable name of Blueberry. He is a double World Champion in Dressage, he won Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle at the World Equestrian Games in 2014. Having joined Carl Hester's stable in Newent, Gloucestershire as a groom, Dujardin was offered the opportunity to develop the novice Dutch Warmblood gelding by Hester and co-owner Roly Luard, with the later intention of the horse being ridden in competition by Hester. Valegro remained unbeaten"
"Kingmambo Kingmambo (February 19, 1990 – January 20, 2016) was an American-bred, French-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was sired by the leading stallion, Mr. Prospector, who in turn was a son of Raise a Native, out of the 1999 United States Racing Hall of Fame mare Miesque, who in turn was a daughter of the great Nureyev. Although born and bred in the U.S., Kingmambo raced in England and France for owner Stavros Niarchos. Niarchos owned both a U.S. thoroughbred farm, where his mare Miesque was stationed, and a French operation, where he did most of his racing. As"
"des forêts"", the Diocese of Casale, the ""sénatorerie"" of Turin and the court of appeal of Genoa. It elected three deputies to the ""Corps législatif"" of the First Empire. Marengo (department) Marengo was a department of the French Consulate and of the First French Empire in present-day Italy. It was named after the Marengo plain near Alessandria to commemorate the eponymous French victory. It was formed in 1802, when the Subalpine Republic (formerly the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia) was directly annexed to France. Its capital was Alessandria. Initially it comprised the former Piedmontese provinces of Alessandria, Casale,"
"blood was probably added. For more than a century the original Maremanno type has been crossbred with additional Thoroughbred blood, resulting in a taller and more refined type, but at the expense of the hardiness and stamina of the original breed. Crossbreeding with Freiberger horses in the Pesaro province of Italy has resulted in a breed known as the Catria Horse. The Maremmano breed generally stands between and is usually bay, brown, dark chestnut or black, although gray and roan are occasionally seen. It has a long, slightly heavy head, a muscular neck that is broad at the base, high,"