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    The Norfolk Phœnomenon (born in 1845 in Norfolk, England, and died in 1872 at the Rouges-Terres stud in Normandy) is a black-coated stallion of the Norfolk...
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    French Trotter breed. A son of The Norfolk Phœnomenon, he was a grandson or great-grandson of the English stallion The Norfolk Phenomenon. His dam, Miss Bell...
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    (1859–1872) was France's most famous trotting mare of the 19th century. The daughter of The Norfolk Phœnomenon and a mare also named Bayadère, she lost her mother...
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    Mars and Novice. His origins are marked by the Norfolk Trotter, represented by Niger, and the Thoroughbred. The calculation of known Thoroughbred origins...
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    him of Young Rattler, out of the Godolphin Arabian lineage. By Success, he is also a descendant of The Norfolk Phœnomenon. Seven of his thirty direct ancestors...
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    Experiment by Mr. John Maud, Serving to Illustrate the Phœnomenon of the Inflammable Air Shewn to the Royal Society by Sir James Lowther, Bart. as Described...
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    trotting stallions with 40,460 francs collected by his offspring, ahead of Phœnomenon (29,700 francs). In 1869, breeder Joseph-Lafosse sold his entire stable...
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    The St Leger is the final leg of the English Triple Crown, which begins with the 2000 Guineas and continues with the Derby. It also completes the Fillies'...
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    Sir Archy (category Racehorses trained in the United States)
    Pedigrees: War Dance Studbook: Early A Grant the Equestrian Hall of Fame: Kentucky Early Studbook: IJK Portraits: Norfolk Hall of Fame: Preakness Hall of Fame:...
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    Great Subscription Purse (category 1833 disestablishments in the United Kingdom)
    1751 to 1833. During the second half of the 18th century they were amongst the most important races in the county, but during the 19th century their importance...
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  • Moon Madness (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    Norfolk. He was the most successful runner sired by Vitiges, who was one of the best European colts of his generation, winning the Prix Morny and the...
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    Melton (horse) (category Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom)
    Hastings (1857–1904) a country gentleman who named the colt after the village of Melton Constable in Norfolk. He was trained by Mathew Dawson at his Heath...
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  • Intermezzo (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    Newmarket in July when he won the Norfolk Stakes over seven furlongs. In September, he was sent to Newcastle Racecourse for the Wills Goblet Stakes and won...
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    Isinglass (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    spring. At Royal Ascot on 16 June he ran in the five furlong New Stakes, the race now known as the Norfolk Stakes, in which he was ridden by George Chaloner...
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  • Hethersett (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    by his owner, Major Lionel Brook Holliday and named after a village in Norfolk. Holliday sent Hethersett to his private Lagrange stable at Newmarket,...
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    Diamond Jubilee (horse) (category Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom)
    Jubilee began his stud career at standing at the Royal Studs at Sandringham, Norfolk, at a fee of 300 guineas. He was considered no more than a "qualified success"...
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    Achievement (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    length and a half and then took New Stakes, the race now known as the Norfolk Stakes by three lengths. In these races she was ridden by Harry Custance...
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    Sam (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    produced The Oaks winner Shoveler and the Derby winner Sailor. Sam was bred by his owner, Thomas Thornhill at his stud at Riddlesworth, Norfolk, and trained...
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    St Patrick (horse) (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
    Wakefield in 1833. In the following year he moved to Thetford in Norfolk where he stood at a fee of fifteen guineas until 1839. The best of his progeny...
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