Bireme (2 May 1977 – 10 January 2002) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the classic Epsom Oaks in 1980. After winning...

A bireme is an ancient galley warship with two decks of oars. Bireme may also refer to: Bireme (horse), British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best...

outrigger, these extended directly from the hull. In the later two-banked ('bireme') dromons of the 9th and 10th centuries, the two oar banks (elasiai) were...

ISBN 0-300-07663-0 Pryor, John H. (1995). "From Dromōn to Galea: Mediterranean Bireme Galleys AD 500–1300". In Morrison, John S.; Gardiner, Robert (eds.). The...

the following year. In 2006, she regained her crown, becoming the second horse to win Breeders' Cup races in non-consecutive years. Her silks were black...

(1975), Habibti (1983), Dayjur (1990) Oaks – (4) – Dunfermline (1977), Bireme (1980), Sun Princess (1983), Salsabil (1990) Prince of Wales's Stakes –...

1976 Pawneese 1977 Dunfermline 1978 Fair Salinia 1979 Scintillate 1980 Bireme 1981 Blue Wind 1982 Time Charter 1983 Sun Princess 1984 Circus Plume 1985...

Eclipse Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks. Enable was the 2017 and 2019 European Horse of the Year. Enable's racing career lasted from November 2016 to October...

from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun,...

but she did. This is wonderful for the stud, they bred her, and getting horses to this level is hard enough, let alone winning a classic. Frankie said...

2013) is a champion Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2016 European Horse of the Year after winning the Epsom Oaks, 1000 Guineas, and Queen Elizabeth...

remarkable run of success, having ridden Henbit to win The Derby on 4 June and Bireme to win The Oaks three days later. Policeman raced behind the pacemaker Hybrid...

included the Queen Alexandra Stakes winner Balinger and the Oaks Stakes winner Bireme. Ripeck was a granddaughter of the Hollingsworth family's influential broodmare...

1976 Pawneese 1977 Dunfermline 1978 Fair Salinia 1979 Scintillate 1980 Bireme 1981 Blue Wind 1982 Time Charter 1983 Sun Princess 1984 Circus Plume 1985...

partners Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier and Derrick Smith. Like many Coolmore horses she was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. She was sired...

14 February 2006, in England) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. The horse is best known for her win in The Oaks in 2009, a year in which she was named...

The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs...

lengths by the Irish-trained Night Alert with the future Epsom Oaks winner Bireme three lengths back in third. On his three-year-old debut, Posse was sent...

the suffix -reme from rēmus, "oar". A monoreme has one bank of oars, a bireme two, and a trireme three. A human-powered oared vessel is not practically...

family's influential broodmare Felucca, whose other descendants included Bireme, Cut Above (St Leger Stakes), Sharp Edge (Irish 2000 Guineas), Bolas (Irish...

winners Relko, April the Fifth and Craig an Eran. She remains the only horse to have won four British Classics outright – Formosa won the same four classics...

Prowess, won one minor race and was a granddaughter of the Oaks winner Bireme, herself owned and bred by Mark Dixon's uncle R.D (Dick) Hollingsworth....

stallion, Grundy's Group One winners include the 1980 Epsom Oaks winner, Bireme, the 1981 Gran Premio d'Italia winner, Kirtling, and the 1983 Ascot Gold...

had elected to ride Bireme. The filly misbehaved before the start and ran very poorly in the race, finishing unplaced behind Bireme, Vielle and The Dancer...

(1868–November 1875) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and the second horse to win the English Fillies Triple Crown. Hannah was bred by the Rothschild...

foundation mare of Dick Hollingsworth's stud whose other descendants included Bireme, Longboat, Bolas (Irish Oaks), Dash for Cash (Australian Guineas) and Daffodil...

elder brother. Rev. King lived at Ashby Hall in Lincolnshire and raced his horses under the nom de course "Mr. Launde" from 1861 until his death in 1875....

the Hampshire-based Meon Valley Stud. Like most of the Meon Valley Stud's horses she races in the black and white colours of Helena Springfield Ltd. She...

(foaled 1941) was related to numerous major winners in Europe including Bireme, Longboat, Cut Above, Bolas and Sharp Edge. During his track career he was...

started at odds of 8/1 and won from the Duke of Portland's horse Trustee, with the unplaced horses including the Oaks and Ascot Gold Cup winner Galata. At...