Glint of Gold (5 April 1978 – 1990) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A middle-distance specialist, he was noted for his toughness and consistency...
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Ian Balding (category Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge)
Lochsong, Mrs Penny, Glint of Gold, Diamond Shoal, Gold and Ivory, Selkirk, Forest Flower, Dashing Blade, Robellino, Silver Fling, King of Clubs, Lochangel...
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west of Julian. Seeing a glint of gold in the stream bed, he climbed down from his horse to investigate. Having had previous experience in the gold fields...
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Rokeby Stables (category Owners of Kentucky Derby winners)
Mill Reef, Glint of Gold, and Gold and Ivory. Mill Reef's wins included The Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Glint of Gold, a son of Mill Reef...
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1981 Epsom Derby (section Stallions of Classic winners)
Church Parade – 1st in Lanson Champagne Stakes, 3rd in Champagne Stakes Glint of Gold – 1st in Gran Criterium Kalaglow – 1st in Horris Hill Stakes Robellino...
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the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold – everywhere the glint of gold. Carnarvon asked Carter...
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blue eyes with a glint of gold." Pal added "you'd be surprised at the number of big stars who have applied for a part." By the end of that month Ron Ely...
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Freer Stakes. In the St Leger he started a 28/1 outsider but won from Glint of Gold and Bustomi with the odds-on Shergar in fourth. After being well-beaten...
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Pat Eddery (category Honorary Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
Saint-Cloud – (1) – Miserden (1988) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud – (2) – Glint of Gold (1982), Moon Madness (1987) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches – (2) – Ukraine...
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Shergar (category 1983 crimes in the Republic of Ireland)
was the largest winning margin of any Epsom Derby. John Matthias, the jockey of the second-placed horse Glint of Gold, said that "I thought I'd achieved...
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stallion Glint of Gold who won six Group 1 races as well as finishing second in the Epsom Derby. Heart of Darkness was the first foal of his dam Land of Ivory...
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open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 188 yards (2,385 metres), and it is scheduled to take...
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Epsom Derby (category Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing)
Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), or...
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Ken Parker (musician) (category Year of birth missing (living people))
Touch of Inspiration (1984) Pisces I Shall Not Be Moved (1984) Pisces Jesus on the Main Line (1985) Pisces The Key (1990) Body Music A Glint of Gold (1986)...
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Like many of Mellon's best horses, Glint of Gold was trained at Kingsclere in Hampshire by Ian Balding. He was named after a dangerous area of sandbanks...
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St Leger Stakes (category Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing)
Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four. The...
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Gedalio Grinberg (category American people of Cuban descent)
Americans conscious of their watches and made the glint of gold on a male wrist a status symbol" changing the American perception of a watch as a gift one...
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to commemorate the coronation of a new British monarch, King Edward VII. Epsom had staged a similar race, the Epsom Gold Cup, which was open to horses...
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Mill Reef (category European Thoroughbred Horse of the Year)
the Rokeby Stables in Virginia of his owner and breeder the philanthropist Paul Mellon. He was a son of Never Bend out of the mare Milan Mill by Princequillo...
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Daniel (biblical figure) (category Book of Daniel people)
and down the river; fish that swam in that section of the river had heads that glinted like gold, and ungodly persons who entered the sacred precinct...
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were the six-time Group One winner Glint of Gold, Easter Sun, who had recorded an upset victory over Glint of Gold in the Coronation Cup, the Hardwicke...
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Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt races. After winning one of his three National Hunt Flat races he was unbeaten in five hurdle races including...
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prestigious open-age flat race, and its roll of honour features some of the most highly acclaimed horses of the sport's recent history. The 1975 running...
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Derby Italiano (category Umberto I of Italy)
a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May. It is Italy's equivalent of The Derby, a...
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started the 6/4 favourite but finished third of the eleven runner behind the British colt Glint of Gold and the out-and-out stayer Tipperary Fixer. After...
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prize of 100,000 francs was raised by the Duc de Morny, who obtained half of the money from the Paris Municipal Council and an equal share of the remainder...
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arguably reached his peak with a second place in a very strong renewal of the Ascot Gold Cup and also finished placed in the Chester Cup and Prix Kergorlay...
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of Fashion and Glint of Gold. Assert went past Bikala on the turn into the straight and held off a strong challenge from Glint of Gold, but was caught...
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Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the upset winner of Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, in 2007. In winning the...
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Malzberg) "From Downtown at the Buzzer" (George Alec Effinger) "A Glint of Gold" (Nicholas V. Yermakov) "The Survivor" (Walter F. Moudy) The Science...
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