Rock of Gibraltar (8 March 1999 – 23 October 2022) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who won seven times at Group 1, including the 2000 Guineas and...
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The military history of Gibraltar during World War II exemplifies Gibraltar's position as a British fortress from the early-18th century onwards and as...
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Gibraltar rock, Gibraltars, or Salem Gibralter is an old-fashioned candy associated with Salem, Massachusetts in the United States. The Gibraltar was...
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the Bay of Gibraltar using rock blasted from the Rock of Gibraltar while carrying out works on military tunnels. This last major extension of the runway...
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the Rock of Gibraltar to Hercules. The Romans named the jutting protrusion of limestone Mons Calpe, the "Hollow Mountain", they regarded it as one of the...
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2019), Roaring Lion (2018) Aidan O'Brien – Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Dylan Thomas (2007), Minding (2016), St Mark's Basilica (2021)...
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Racing Post". www.racingpost.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023. "Rock of Gibraltar Horse Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023. "Sprinter...
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Great Siege Tunnels (category Sieges of Gibraltar)
Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, also known as the Upper Galleries, are a series of tunnels inside the northern end of the Rock of Gibraltar. They were dug...
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actor's name to Rock Hudson; later in life, Hudson admitted that he hated the name. The name was coined by combining the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson...
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having earlier finished second in the Railway Stakes behind a horse named Rock Of Gibraltar. Hawk Wing's subsequent victories in the National Stakes (in...
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siege of Gibraltar of 1727 (thirteenth siege of Gibraltar, second by Spain) saw Spanish forces besiege the British garrison of Gibraltar as part of the...
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The history of Gibraltar portrays how The Rock gained an importance and a reputation far exceeding its size, influencing and shaping the people who came...
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Love (2020), Mother Earth (2021) 2000 Guineas – (10) – King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006)...
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St James's Palace Stakes (category Flat horse races for three-year-olds)
(2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004) Leading trainer (9 wins): Aidan O'Brien – Giant's Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar...
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would compete against nemesis Rock of Gibraltar, the overwhelming betting favorite. Racing in the middle of a fourteen-horse field for the first half mile...
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2000 Guineas Stakes (category Flat horse races for three-year-olds)
Flatcatcher (1848) Leading trainer (10 wins) : Aidan O'Brien – King of Kings (1998), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Footstepsinthesand (2005), George Washington (2006)...
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View of La Línea from the Rock of Gibraltar High plaza at Algeciras Chapel of Our Lady of Europe Hozgarganta river The towns of this area called the "Bajo...
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and across Gibraltar to southern Europe. Mitochondrial DNA studies of modern Andalusian horses of the Iberian peninsula and Barb horses of North Africa...
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north face of the Rock of Gibraltar. The first known collection established in Gibraltar was due to the Reverend John White, chaplain at Gibraltar from 1756...
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European Group 1 victories (seven in a row) set by Rock of Gibraltar, and also became the first horse to win the Sussex Stakes twice. After the race, his...
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Ile, Michigan, United States Hog Island (Wisconsin) Horse Island, city of Gibraltar in the state of Michigan, in the Detroit River Horseshoe Island, Wisconsin...
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under Walter Swinburn. Danehill's highest rated racehorses were: Rock Of Gibraltar (T133 achieved G1 Sussex Stakes Goodwood 2002) George Washington (T133...
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The fourth siege of Gibraltar, fought from June until August 1333, pitted a Christian army under King Alfonso XI of Castile against a large Moorish army...
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Dewhurst Stakes (category Flat horse races for two-year-olds)
Umiddad (1942), Paper Weight (1944), Migoli (1946) Aidan O'Brien - Rock of Gibraltar (2001), Beethoven (2009), War Command (2013), Air Force Blue (2015)...
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horse with a white star and stripe bred by the Cliveden Park Stud in Buckinghamshire. Mount Nelson was from the first crop of foals sired by Rock of Gibraltar...
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Sussex Stakes (category Open mile category horse races)
(7 wins): Sue Magnier – Among Men (1998), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2009), The Gurkha...
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Gaucín (category Municipalities in the Province of Málaga)
hospitable village of Gaucín." Gaucín offers visitors to the region a panoramic view to the Mediterranean including the rock of Gibraltar. In Gaucín fossils...
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John Magnier (category Owners of Epsom Derby winners)
Group 1 winner (seven wins) Rock of Gibraltar[citation needed] Magnier is said[by whom?] to be the most influential man in horse racing and breeding worldwide...
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different forms of late prehistoric rock art have been found in Atlantic Europe, the coastal region that extends from the Strait of Gibraltar up to the British...
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Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004) St. Leger Stakes – (1) – Milan (2001) Sussex Stakes – (4) – Among Men (1998), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of...
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