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| x Smudge | Elspeth King |
Smudge (died 2000) was a feline that became a minor celebrity in Glasgow.
Employed by the People's Palace museum in Glasgow Green to deal with a rodent problem in 1979, Smudge became a fixture of the museum, which sold Smudge merchandise including...
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| x Fred the Undercover Kitty |
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Carol Moran |
Fred the Undercover Kitty (May 2005 - August 10, 2006) was a domestic shorthaired cat who gained fame for his undercover work with the New York Police Department and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in the arrest of a suspect posing as a...
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| x Himmy | Thomas Vyse |
Himmy is one of the largest cats who ever lived.
Owned by Thomas Vyse of Redlynch, Queensland, Australia, Himmy reportedly weighed 46 pounds 15.25 oz (21.3 kg), and died in 1986 at 10 years of age. He had a 15-inch (38 cm) neck, was 38 inches (97 cm...
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| x Hodge | Samuel Johnson |
Hodge was one of Samuel Johnson's cats, immortalized in a characteristically whimsical passage in James Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Although there is little known about Hodge, such as his life, his death, or any other information, what is known is...
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| x Humphrey |
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Jonathan Rees |
Humphrey (c. 1988 – March 2006) was a cat employed as a mouser at 10 Downing Street from October 1989 to 13 November 1997. Arriving as a one-year old stray, he served under the premierships of Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair, but...
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| x Lewis |
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Ruth Cisero |
Lewis is the name of a cat from Fairfield, Connecticut who garnered mass media attention for being placed under house arrest in March 2006. At the time of his arrest Lewis was five years old, placing his birthdate between the years 2000 and 2001....
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| x Little Nicky |
Little Nicky (born October 17, 2004) is the first commercially-produced cat clone. He was produced from the DNA of a 17-year-old Maine Coon cat named Nicky who died in 2003. Little Nicky's owner, a north Texas woman named Julie (her last name was...
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| x Macavity |
Macavity is the name given by several bus drivers from the West Midlands, United Kingdom to a white cat which, since January 2007, has been observed to regularly use the local bus service on its own.
The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the...
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| x Mrs. Chippy |
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Ernest Shackleton |
Mrs. Chippy was a cat who accompanied Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–17, and - along with the sled dogs - was eventually shot after the expedition's ship, the Endurance, was destroyed when it became trapped in...
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Morris the Cat (voiced by John Erwin) is the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials. A large red tabby tom, he is "the world's most finicky cat", and prefers only 9Lives...
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| x Orangey |
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Orangey, a red tabby cat, was a talented animal actor owned and trained by the well-known cinematic animal handler Frank Inn. Orangey (credited under various names) had a prolific career in film and television in the 1950s and early 1960s and was...
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| x Oscar |
Oscar (born 2005) is a therapy cat in a Rhode Island hospice who was featured in the New England Journal of Medicine for his purported ability to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients. Explanations for this ability include Oscar...
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| x Peter, the Lord's cat |
Peter, the Lord's cat (1950 – 5 November 1964), also known as The Marylebone mog, was a cat who lived at Lord's Cricket Ground in London from 1952 to 1964. He is the only animal to be given an obituary in the standard cricket reference book, Wisden...
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| x Scarlett the cat |
Scarlett the cat was a former stray cat from Brooklyn, New York - probably born in summer 1995 - whose efforts to save her kittens from a fire, at serious harm to herself, attracted worldwide media attention and has been related in a number of non...
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| x Simon |
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George Hickinbottom |
Simon (c. 1947 -28 November 1949) was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, by raising morale and...
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Matthew Flinders |
Trim was a ship's cat that accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia in 1801-03.
Trim was born in 1797, aboard HMS Reliance on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Botany Bay. The kitten fell...
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| x Unsinkable Sam |
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"Unsinkable Sam" (also known as "Oscar") was the nickname given to a ship's cat who saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels and surviving the sinking of all three.
The black and...
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| x Socks |
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Socks (c. March 1989 – February 20, 2009) was the pet cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton's family during his presidency. He then resided with former Clinton secretary Betty Currie and her husband.
Socks was adopted by the Clintons in 1991 after he...
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| x Muezza | Muhammad |
Muezza (or Mu'izza) (Arabic: معزة) is said to have been the Islamic prophet Muhammad's favorite cat. According to legend, Muhammad one day awoke at the sound of the call to prayer. Preparing to attend, he began to clothe himself; however, he soon...
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| x Birdcatcher |
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Birdcatcher (1833-1860), or Irish Birdcatcher, was a good Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire.
Foaled in 1833 at the Brownstown Stud, in Ireland, Birdcatcher was by the Irish Thoroughbred stallion Sir Hercules, who lost only once at St. Leger...
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| x Popcorn Deelites |
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Popcorn Deelites is a thoroughbred race horse much better known for his movie career than his race track exploits.
Foaled in 1998 by Afternoon Deelites out of Turquoise Gal (by Navajo), the gelding ran for six years as a low-level claimer, yet he...
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| x Kiwi |
Kiwi (foaled 1977 in New Zealand) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the most important double featuring races in both Australia and New Zealand, the Wellington Cup and the Melbourne Cup.
Kiwi raced from 1980 to 1987 and is the only horse...
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| x Rising Fast |
Rising Fast (foaled 1949) was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1954 he became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate in the same season - the Spring Grand Slam - and since that time no...
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| x Nobiz Like Shobiz |
Nobiz Like Shobiz (born January 29, 2004) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who during his three-year-old season was considered a top contender for the 2007 U.S. Triple Crown series of races. Though he did not place in the Kentucky Derby, Nobiz...
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| x Serena's Song |
Serena’s Song (born 1992) is an American Thoroughbred race horse. The daughter of Rahy out of Imagining by Northfields (by Northern Dancer), won 11 Grade I races over three seasons of racing. All in all, she won 17 graded stakes, often against males...
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| x Proud Clarion |
Proud Clarion (1964-1981) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1967 Kentucky Derby. Owned and bred by John W. Galbreath, he was foaled at his Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. His sire was Hail To Reason, the U.S....
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| x Garrison Savannah |
Garrison Savannah (1983-2005) was a famous racehorse, who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1991 by a short-head from The Fellow with Desert Orchid back in third place. In the same year, he came second in the Aintree Grand National. He won the previous...
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| x Hondo Grattan |
Hondo Grattan was a pacer from Bathurst, New South Wales known as the "Bathurst Bulldog". Hondo Grattan was a winner at a time of top competition, including Pure Steel and Paleface Adios. He won the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship in both 1973...
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| x Droll Role |
Droll Role (foaled 1968 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by John M. Schiff, his sire was the great runner and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Rolfe, a son of the undefeated European superstar, Ribot. His dam...
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| x Gallahadion |
Gallahadion (1937-Not found) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the 1940 winner of the Kentucky Derby. A son of the Champion sire Sir Gallahad III, his damsire was U.S. Horse of the Year Reigh Count who won the 1928 edition of the...
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| x Jazil |
Jazil (foaled February 11, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
In 2006, Jazil dead-heated for fourth place in the Kentucky Derby but then won the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown.
Jazil is owned by the Shadwell...
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| x Dust Commander |
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Dust Commander (1967 - October 7, 1991) was an American Thoroughbred Racehorse. The name "Dust Commander" is derived from his dam, Dust Storm, and his sire, Bold Commander. A descendant of the great sire Nearco, Dust Commander was bred by the Pullen...
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| x Stop The Music |
Stop The Music (foaled 1970 in Kentucky) was an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Owned and bred by the Greentree Stud, Inc., he was sired by Hail To Reason, out of the mare, Bebopper, whose sire, Tom Fool, was the leading broodmare sire for...
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| x Belle's Good Cide |
Belle's Good Cide (born 1993 - died March 8, 2003) was an Oklahoma-bred Thoroughbred racing mare. Bred by John Smicklas, she was the chestnut dam of the chestnut stakes winner Funny Cide (by Distorted Humor). Belle's dam was Belle of Killarney (who...
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| x Silverbulletday |
Silverbulletday (foaled 1996) is an American Thoroughbred Champion Filly racehorse. Bred in Kentucky, she was sired by Silver Deputy and out of the GII winning mare, Rokeby Rose. Her damsire was Tom Rolfe, the 1965 Preakness Stakes winner and that...
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| x Bore Head |
Bore Head was a Queensland Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Robert W. Chaplain and trained by Ron Dillon. He was a bay colt foaled in 1969 by Double Bore (GB), his dam, Mauna Kea by Brimstone.
Bore Head won the 1963 Queensland Cup, 1964 Ipswich Cup,...
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| x Wayward Lad |
Wayward Lad, an English Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 1975, was one of the "Dickinson five" (Michael Dickinson trained all the horses which took the first five places at the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup). But there was far more than that to Wayward...
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| x Cape of Good Hope |
Cape of Good Hope (GB) (好望角, born 1998) is a British thoroughbred racehorse based in Hong Kong. Sired by Inchinor to dam Cape Merino, the chestnut gelding was trained by David Oughton. Despite being overshadowed by champion sprinter Silent Witness...
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| x Zippy Chippy |
Zippy Chippy, born April 20, 1991, is America's favorite thoroughbred racing loser.
With a pedigree full of famous horses, among others: Buckpasser, Tom Fool, Northern Dancer, Bold Ruler, Round Table, Count Fleet, War Admiral, Native Dancer, Man o'...
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| x Badsworth Boy |
Badsworth Boy (1975-2002) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He managed to complete a hat-trick from 1983-1985 in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. In so doing he also became a winner for all three members of the Dickinson family as Tony, Michael...
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| x Storm Treasure |
Storm Treasure is a thoroughbred race horse. Born on February 25, 2003, he was a possible contender for the Triple Crown in 2006.
Storm Treasure is owned by Mike McCarty and trained by Steve Asmussen. Sired by Storm Boot (by Storm Cat), out of...
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| x Reveller |
Reveller was a British Thoroughbred race horse that won the 1818 St Leger Stakes classic.
A pub in the village of Yafforth in North Yorkshire was named after the horse. The pub closed in the late 1990s but a nearby street is named Revellers Mews.
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| x Caveat |
Caveat (foaled 1980 in Maryland) was an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Bred by Ryehill Farm, he was sired by Kentucky Derby winner Cannonade out of the The Axe mare, Cold Hearted. To date Caveat is one of only eleven Maryand-bred colts to...
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War Admiral (1934-1959) was an American thoroughbred racehorse, the offspring of the great thoroughbred Man o' War and the mare Brushup. He inherited his father's fiery temperament and talent, but did not resemble him physically. He was smaller than...
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| x Jerry |
Jerry was a racehorse. He won the 1840 Grand National, defeating twelve rivals. He was ridden by Bartholomew Bretherton, trained by George Dockeray and owned by Henry Villebois.
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| x Balmerino |
Balmerino (NZ) (11 November 1972-1996) was a bay Thoroughbred stallion that was foaled at Cambridge in the Waikato region of New Zealand. He later became a champion racehorse with many international successes.
Balmerino was by Trictrac (FR), his dam...
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Touchstone (1831-1861) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and champion sire. Owned and bred by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, he was conditioned for racing by the preeminent trainer of the day, John Scott.
He was brown stallion,...
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| x Chester |
Chester (1874–1888) was a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and champion sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles.
Chester, on the side of his sire, was a third generation...
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| x Donerail |
Donerail (b.1910) was an American thoroughbred racehorse, who was the upset winner of the 1913 Kentucky Derby. His driving win stands to this day as the biggest long shot in the history of the Derby. Going off at 91-1, Donerail provided a $184.90...
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| x Bull Lea |
Bull Lea (1935-1964) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is best known as the foundation sire responsible for making Calumet Farm one of the most successful racing stables in American history. In their article on Calumet Farm, the...
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| x Empire Maker |
Empire Maker (foaled April 27, 2000 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, he was sired by champion Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic....
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| x Cicada |
Cicada (May 9, 1959 - 1981) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse bred by Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma whose dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery....
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| x Heroic |
Heroic (1921-1939) was a great Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a champion sire.
Heroic was sired by Valais (son of the 1905 Epsom Derby winner, Cicero), his dam was Chersonese (GB) by Cyglad. This made him inbred twice in the 3rd generation to...
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| x Red Bullet |
Red Bullet (foaled 1997 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2000 Preakness Stakes. Bred and raced by auto parts magnate Frank Stronach, he was sired by Unbridled, the 1990 American Champion 3-Year-Old Male...
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| x Marienbard |
Marienbard (foaled 1997) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse bred by Saif Ali and raced by Godolphin Racing. Out of the mare Marienbad, he was sired by the French Three-Year-Old Champion Colt, Caerleon, a son of the 1971 British Triple Crown...
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| x Lite Light |
Lite Light (1988 – May 5, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A daughter of Hall of Famer Majestic Prince, Lite Light counts Nearco and Princequillo among her ancestors. She was purchased as a yearling by rap music star MC Hammer and raced...
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| x Crisp |
Crisp was a champion Australian steeplechase horse. He was a brown Thoroughbred gelding that was foaled in 1963 in Australia. In his native country he won many important jumping races including the Hiskens Steeplechase in 1969 and 1970. So well did...
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| x Hindoo |
Hindoo (1878–1901) was an American thoroughbred race horse.
A bay colt, Hindoo was sired by Virgil from the dam Florence. He was bred by Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm and trained by future Hall of Famer Edward D. Brown. Sold during his two-year...
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| x Henny Hughes |
Henny Hughes is a thoroughbred race horse. A foal of 2003, he was a contender for the Triple Crown in 2006. He was taken off the Triple Crown trail in March 2006.
Henny Hughes is owned by Zabeel Racing International and was originally trained by...
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| x Cardigan Bay |
Cardigan Bay was a New Zealand Harness racing horse foaled September 1, 1956. Affectionately known as "Cardy", he was the first Standardbred to win $US 1 million in prize money in North America. Along with his arch-rival the USA's champion of the...
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