Named for an opera, this champion made sweet music on the race course and was touted as "the best horse in the world" by his proud owner at the end of his 3-year-old season. While owners are invariably biased, the estimation probably wasn't far off. Our subject horse never left his native land but had a substantial influence on breeding on both sides of the Atlantic, particularly through his daughters. Who was he?
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duchess
2/20/2016 12:46:11 am
Sardanapale?
TJ
2/20/2016 01:16:25 am
Great question Avalyn, I came up with a couple like Galileo (but I didn't think he was named after the Opera, Galileo Galilei and he didn't do much over here as sire on dirt anyway?) Another named after the opera house (Sadlers Wells) but not an opera....I was going to guess Sadler's Wells anyway, just to go down fighting:>) Looking forward to Duchess taking over, I can't stand the pressure anymore, hope you got it Duchess:>) TJ
Avalyn
2/20/2016 11:48:04 am
The answer is indeed Sardanapale, who was named for an unfinished opera by Franz Liszt. Well done, Duchess! (And thanks for the chuckle, TJ!)
TJ
2/20/2016 02:12:10 pm
Well done and Congrats Duchess, now you're in the hot seat:>) Leave a Reply. |
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