Yes, indeed the Ladbroke offices.... I forgot about them. And before Ladbroke we had the SuperTrio's, which you could bet at at the postal offices. They were...
Hi Elles, Glad I could be of help to you. Since I wasn't able to keep a horse myself, the history of the breeds in Holland interested me just as much as the...
Hi, I live in Washington, D.C. and have heard there was a racetrack here at some point. I admit I have not delved too deep, but does anyone know where I could...
Hello Ingeborg, At the moment I can't look up who is the breeder of Annabel Raaphorst because AGAIN I lost my password and login for the Weatherby's reports. I...
Eliza: You might want to call (or better visit!) the National Sporting Library they might be able to answer your question. If you have an approximate time...
rosana - ... my memory is thinking of a washinton international that did attract european horses. guesstimate - after 1955, certainly some years before the...
Carolyn Stoffel
rakena@...
Jan 5, 2007 5:00 am
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Rosana I am amazed that no USA member has answered your query. If you look at Julian Bedford's "The World Atlas of Horse Racing" Hamlyn 1989 ISBN 0 600 56355...
There was at least one race track in the DC area in the 1800s, but my notes are on my computer that got damaged in the famous "Flood of 2006" that occurred in...
Here's some patchy information on early racing in Washington DC taken mostly from volumes of Krik's Guide to the Turf. My volumes run from 1879 to 1883. From...
The original post is unclear as to era, but I suspect that the original inquiry was in reference to a 19th century racecourse, since it refers to a track "in"...
Thanks for answering that question. I remembered some old sporting paintings that depicted the Washington International. I have no library at home, but I will...
Karen Eugenia Mitchel...
karenlabach@...
Jan 5, 2007 5:10 pm
9900
Thanks for all the ideas, list members. I live here in D.C. and have been to Laurel and Pimlico, and know there was a race called the Washington International...
Hello Ingeborg, Okay, I have given Weatherbys my new Visa card details because they had expired. I will be able to print of reports within a few days. It's a...
I'm pretty sure that the Washington International used to be run at Laurel. Sumiko (I grew up in Maryland.) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I can't believe that the Washington DC International has been so quickly forgotten. It was the most important race in the world for many years, because it was...
Hi Elles, Congratulations!! Hoping that she will do you pride. Bye bye, Ingeborg Druid's Lodge Cattery Siamese & Balinese Oriental Short- & Longhair ...
The race still exists, according to RAB HAGIN who was the top copywriter for the American Daily Race Forn for years... From Rab:From: RabHagin@... Date:...
Karen Eugenia Mitchel...
karenlabach@...
Jan 7, 2007 2:30 am
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Dear Collaborators, Ah, the Washington D.C. International, certainly one of the most prestigious international race we have ever known. One of the most...
Did I really need reminding that it was more than 36 years ago when I was present for Fort Marcy's second win in the Washington International? Thanks, Jorge,...
Dear Group Members The Washington DC International Stakes holds an honoured place in Australian Thoroughbred history. The first Australian invitee to race at...
Tony, you are quite welcome. Thanks for shedding more light on the date and other details of that wonderful race that meant so much to a meritorious period,...
I would also like to ask about the racehorses that made it all the way from the former Soviet Union and/or the communist block. Did you ever see any of them?...
I'm extremely pleased that our stallion, Tricky Creek has been recognized by the prestigious Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation as an internationally...
Okay, Weatherbys Bloodstock Reports is up and running but Annabel is nowhere to be found. She is neither on Equineline nor on Weatherbys. She does excist and...
We're heading down the homestretch on finishing up the pedigree book I'm working on with artist Robert Clark "A Brush With Greatness: The Art of Thoroughbred...
According to the following interesting site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/newhightime/196064.htm from 1960 to 1964 the Washington DC International was won, place...
The spelling should be Luciernaga (1937) (ARG). Sorry. Bill ... From: "Bill Lathrop" <dimarres@...> Can anyone help me with the pedigree of Lucierniga...
Luciernaga 1937, by Cocles-- Lombarda 1921, by Polemarch Lenteja 1918, by Old Man Lysandra 1904, by Martagon Lesbos 1882, by Royal Hampton Ierne 1882, by...
Hallo, maybe some members are interested to read, another strain descending from Ierne 1882, by Hermit is Tamerlane, sire of Alpenkonig and Dschingis Khan and...
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