When the horse was obtained for a mere 160 guineas, he thought it was a great bargain until the colt arrived in Australia.

Santa Claus was reported to have arrived at the course under tight security as there were fears of a plot to interfere with the heavily-backed colt to prevent him from winning.

On March 30, at 12: 10 a. m., Somethingroyal foaled a bright-red chestnut colt with three white socks and a star with a narrow blaze.

" A colt pixie is a pixie that has taken the shape of a horse and enjoys playing tricks such as neighing at the other horses to lead them astray ".

Sydney trainer Harry Telford persuaded American businessman David J. Davis to buy the colt at auction, based on his pedigree.

Although standing a winning racehorse at stud could be quite lucrative, Telford gelded Phar Lap anyway, hoping the colt would concentrate on racing.

Racing correspondent Richard Baerlein, after watching the colt win by 10 lengths famously advised race-goers that " at 8-1, Shergar for the Derby, now is the time to bet like men.

Famous match races include the 1851 match at York between the Epsom Derby winners The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur ; the 1878 four mile long race in Louisville between the Eastern U. S. colt Ten Broeck and California filly Mollie McCarty that inspired the song Molly and Tenbrooks, the Canadian contest between Man o ' War and Sir Barton in 1920, won by Man O ' War ; Seabiscuit's victory over War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special ; the 1955 race between Nashua and Swaps, the 1966 Pace of the Century between standardbred champs Bret Hanover and Cardigan Bay, and 1975's tragedy-marred contest between colt Foolish Pleasure and filly Ruffian at Belmont Park.

With the average price of a yearling running about $ 43, 000, Everard saw the colt as a bargain – a horse he could train at his New Episode Training Center in Ocala, Florida, for a fast financial turnaround.

A story is told of a stolen mare and colt whose hoofprints stopped at the bank of the brook.

The colt was sent into training with Mrs Rogers ' son, Mick Rogers, at the Curragh.

On July 27, 2003, Servis was schooling Smarty Jones at the starting gate, when the colt spooked, reared, and smashed his head on the top of the gate.

Dr. Hanf and assistant trainer Maureen Donnelly kept watch on the colt and kept him at the barn overnight.

John Servis led him back into training and by early November 2003, the colt had recovered completely and was ready to make his racing debut at nearby Philadelphia Park ( now known as Parx Racing and Casino ), a racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

A powerfully built, handsome chestnut colt with a white blaze, four white stockings and a gentle disposition, The Minstrel was purchased at the 1975 Keeneland Sales yearling auction by a group headed by the flamboyant British racing enthusiast Robert Sangster ( 1936-2004 ).

He was also a partner with Wayne Gretzky in the colt Golden Pheasant who won races in Europe as well as the Arlington Million in the U. S. and the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse.

Initially, the odds on the filly were 1-4 while Rothstein's colt was at 5-2.

Before the race, which attracted a crown estimated at 150, 000, the American colt appeared agitated and almost unseated Beasley on several occasions.

His first starter was the colt Shoe Strap ( Birdstone-Boot Strap by Storm Boot ) who went to post first May 21, 2008 at Churchill Downs and is trained by D. Wayne Lukas.

The event was established in 1876, and the first two runnings were won by Springfield, a colt bred by Queen Victoria at the Hampton Court Stud.

She subsequently played at York, where Tate Wilkinson, in The Wandering Patentee, described her as ‘ possessed of marks of merit, but wild as a colt untamed ’.

The Cricket club also has a fast growing colt section and run teams at U9 level through to U17.

An injury that occurred in the Belmont forced him into early retirement, but he still won the Eclipse Award as 1988's top three-year-old colt.

Seattle Slew's owners sent the colt to Billy Turner, a friend and former steeplechase rider who had trained horses seasonally in Maryland since the early 1960s.

Breasley held the colt up in the early stages before producing him with a run down the centre of the course in the straight.

The colt was foaled in Syria, late March or early April in the year 1700.

Saunders kept Omaha clear of early trouble before moving the colt into the lead in the backstretch.

Piggott sent the colt into the lead early in the straight and he was never in any apparent danger, winning by three lengths from the Irish-trained Carlingford Castle.

Murtagh held the colt up in the early stages, before moving up to take the lead early in the straight.

However, others would also state that Smarty Jones's jockey sent his undefeated colt to the front early, thus setting him up for what was considered a monumental upset at the time.

Along with three other stallions, ( Medley, Sharp, and Diomed ), Messenger provided the type of foal, both filly and colt, that was needed for the era of long distance ( stamina and speed ) racing popular in the early days of the American sport.

Kingston Town made his debut as a two-year-old, and, in his only start as a colt, ran last, but returned as a gelding in the final weeks of the season to win the Round Table Handicap at Rosehill at odds of 33 / 1.

The bay colt scored a gate-to-wire upset over Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, who was eased in the stretch and finished last.

Alydar ( March 23, 1975, Calumet Farm – November 15, 1990 ) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a feat not achieved before or repeated since.

Under jockey Oliver Lewis, a colt named Aristides, who was trained by future Hall of Famer Ansel Williamson, won the inaugural Derby.

He was saved by his mother Rhea, who concealed him among a flock of lambs and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which she gave to Cronus to devour.

Blood and hair samples were tested verifying that the mother was a mule and the colt was indeed her offspring.

Like his famous predecessor Man o ' War, Secretariat was a large chestnut colt and was given the same nickname, " Big Red.

By the time the colt was a yearling, he was still unnamed.

It was won by Diomed, a colt owned by Sir Charles Bunbury, who collected prize money of £ 1, 065 15s.

A bay colt, Northern Dancer was by Nearctic and his dam Natalma, was by the Native Dancer.

The following spring, Taylor sent Lady Angela to be bred to Nearco once again, then shipped her to his farm in Canada later in 1953, and in 1954, Lady Angela foaled a colt in Canada named Nearctic who was voted the 1958 Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year.

He was named North America's champion three-year-old colt of 1964, and Canadian Horse of the Year.

It was Engelhard's wife Jane who decided that the colt should be named after the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.

Davis was furious when he saw the colt as well, and refused to pay to train the horse.

That same year, a palomino colt was foaled in Santa Cietro, CA, named " Golden Cloud ", and later renamed " Trigger " in 1938 after he was acquired by Roy.

A bay colt with a distinctive white blaze, Shergar was named European Horse of the Year in 1981 and was retired from racing that September.

In 1945, Star Pilot and Beaugay were the Eclipse Award colt and filly champions, and her stable was the leading money-winner in the United States.

The bay colt grew up on Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, where he was trained.

The next season, the colt was less than spectacular.