Blandford (1919–1935) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the three-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland who sired eleven British...
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Marlborough Battle of Blandford, at Blandford, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War Blandford (surname) Blandford (horse), Irish Champion Thoroughbred...
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Duke of Marlborough (title) (redirect from Marquess of Blandford)
Duke of Marlborough and granted him the subsidiary title Marquess of Blandford. In 1678, Churchill married Sarah Jennings (1660–1744), a courtier and...
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The first evidence of horses in warfare dates from Eurasia between 4000 and 3000 BC. A Sumerian illustration of warfare from 2500 BC depicts some type...
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Blandford Bloodstock is one of the leading horse racing bloodstock agencies in Europe. In 2008, they purchased the St. Leger Stakes winner Arctic Cosmos...
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Carriage (redirect from Horse-drawn carriage)
edition, 2004. ISBN 978-0-9745106-0-6 Ingram, Arthur, Horse Drawn Vehicles since 1760 in Colour, Blandford Press, 1977. ISBN 978-0-7137-0820-2 King-Hele, Desmond...
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Cavalry (redirect from Horse cavalry)
cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Until...
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– July 22, 1920) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist, and horse breeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad...
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Whirlaway (redirect from Whirlaway (horse))
Travers Stakes after his Triple Crown sweep to become the first and only horse to win all four races. Whirlaway was sired by English Derby winner Blenheim...
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Bold Ruler (redirect from Bold ruler (horse))
1971) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the 1957 Horse of the Year. This following a three-year-old campaign that included wins...
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Stavros Niarchos (section Thoroughbred horse racing)
Livanos, his third wife Eugenia's sister, in 1971. Then the Marchioness of Blandford, Athina had been the first wife of Aristotle Onassis. She died of an overdose...
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(parade) Percy W Blandford (1976). Old Farm Tools and Machinery. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7151-7. Arnold, James (1979). All drawn by horses. David & Charles...
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Pete Townshend (redirect from Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend)
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (/ˈtaʊnzənd/; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal...
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The Blandford Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh...
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and Australia). This tied him with Cyllene, Waxy, Sir Peter Teazle, Blandford and Montjeu for the number of Derby winners sired. He broke this record...
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The use of horses in World War I marked a transitional period in the evolution of armed conflict. Cavalry units were initially considered essential offensive...
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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (redirect from John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Marquess Of Blandford, Earl Of Marlborough, Baron Churchill Of Sandridge, Lord Churchill Of Eyemouth, Reichsfürst)
Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Anne Churchill, John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, Elizabeth, and Mary. In November 1677, William of Orange married James's...
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regiments of the British Army – The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They have taken part in every major conflict since...
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George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (category Royal Horse Guards officers)
November 1892), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1857 and Marquess of Blandford between 1857 and 1883, was a British peer. Marlborough was born in England...
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Uniforms of La Grande Armée (section Horse Chasseurs)
1796 – 1814. Blandford, 1973. Haythornthwaite, Philip & Chappell, Michael. Uniforms of 1812: Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow. Blandford, 1982. Haythornthwaite...
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thoroughbred racehorse, best remembered for a 1955 match race against Swaps, the horse that had defeated him in the Kentucky Derby. Nashua's sire was the European...
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and had great success in each location. Nasrullah was a big, handsome bay horse with a white star, bred in Ireland by his owner the Aga Khan. He was sired...
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winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had 82 households and a population...
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the 1976 Kentucky Derby and 1976 Belmont Stakes. Bold Forbes was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Lee Eaton. Bold Forbes' dam Comely Nell was a daughter...
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Britain. His father had been born at Blandford Forum in Dorset, the son of the Reverend John Pitt, rector of Blandford St Mary. He attended Mr Meure's academy...
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Marlborough (born 1955) George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 1992) Lady Henrietta Mary Spencer-Churchill (born 1958) Lady Rosemary...
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and won 15 of his last 24 races. Tulloch was one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside Carbine, Phar...
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Signal Regiment (the Trade Training School), from Catterick Garrison to Blandford Camp. In late 2012, 2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade was disbanded...
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in Dorset, England, lying around 5 miles (8 kilometres) southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 755. This...
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Archived from the original on January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017. Blandford, Laurie K. (December 19, 2008). "Actor Wilford Brimley surprised with...
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