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Stubbs, George
(Encyclopedia)Stubbs, George, 1724–1806, English painter known for his studies of horses. Self-taught, Stubbs was interested in comparative anatomy and published his Anatomy of the Horse (1766), which is still ad...tarpan
(Encyclopedia)tarpan: see Przewalski's horse.buckeye
(Encyclopedia)buckeye: see horse chestnut.trotter
(Encyclopedia)trotter: see Standardbred horse. ...devil's coach horse
(Encyclopedia)devil's coach horse: see mantid.harness racing
(Encyclopedia)harness racing: see horse racing. ...trotting races
(Encyclopedia)trotting races: see horse racing. ...Arcaro, Eddie
(Encyclopedia)Arcaro, Eddie (George Edward Arcaro) ärkârˈō [key], 1916–97, American jockey, b. Cincinnati. In a thirty-year career (1931–62), he won 4,779 races and his mounts won $30,039,543 in purses, lea...Kentucky saddler
(Encyclopedia)Kentucky saddler: see American saddlebred horse. ...Prince
(Encyclopedia)Prince, 1958–2016, American singer and songwriter, b. Minneapolis, Minn., as Prince Rogers Nelson. Biracial, slim, and sexily androgynous, he was an electrifying performer who composed hundreds of s...Browse by Subject
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