Mate (horse)

Mate (foaled 1928 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1931 Preakness Stakes.

Background

From modest parentage, Mate was bred and raced by Albert C. Bostwick, Jr., whose grandfather was a founding partner of Standard Oil. Mate was trained by Jim Healy and had to race against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune newspaper called the "big four" in racing which included Twenty Grand, Jamestown, and Equipoise.

Racing career

United States

At age two, Mate won several races including two from the most important for his age group, the Breeders' Futurity Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. The following year, in what was the first leg of the 1931 U.S. Triple Crown series, on May 9 Mate beat Twenty Grand to win Preakness Stakes while equaling the stakes record. That year's Kentucky Derby was then run on May 16 and won by Twenty Grand with Mate finishing third behind runner-up, Sweep All. He did not run in the Belmont Stakes but went on to win the prestigious American Derby in Chicago and beat Twenty Grand for the second time while winning the Arlington Classic in which he set a new Arlington Park track record of 2:02 2-5 for 1¼ miles on dirt.

Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Hyracotherium, into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, as this term is used to describe horses that have never been domesticated, such as the endangered Przewalski's horse, a separate subspecies, and the only remaining true wild horse. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior.

Horses' anatomy enables them to make use of speed to escape predators and they have a well-developed sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down. Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months, and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under saddle or in harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 and 30 years.

Horse (disambiguation)

A horse is a hoofed mammal of the species Equus ferus caballus.

Horse or Horses may also refer to:

Animals

  • Equus ferus, or wild horse, the species from which horses were domesticated
  • Equus (genus), the horse genus, including horses, zebras, donkeys, and others
  • Equinae, the horse subfamily
  • Equidae, the horse family
  • Arts and entertainment

  • Horses (band), an American rock group
  • Horse (musician) (born 1958), Scottish singer-songwriter
  • Band of Horses, originally known briefly as Horses, American rock band formed in 2004
  • Horses (album), by Patti Smith
  • "The Horse", an instrumental song by Cliff Nobles and Company
  • "The Horses", a song by Rickie Lee Jones and Walter Becker
  • "Guns And Horses", a song by Ellie Goulding
  • "Beauty Queen/Horses", a song suite on the album Boys for Pele by Tori Amos
  • Horse (zodiac)

    The Horse (馬 午) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. There is a long tradition of the horse in Chinese mythology. Certain characteristics of the Horse nature are supposed to be typical of or to be associated with either a year of the Horse and its events, or in regard to the personality of someone born in such a year. Horse aspects can also enter by other chronomantic factors or measures, such as hourly.

    Years and the Five Elements

    People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Horse", while also bearing the following elemental sign:

    Basic astrology elements

    Relationship compatibility

    Horses are thought to be particularly incompatible with Rat and Ox personalities; and to be particularly compatible with people of the Tiger and Dog type.

    See also

  • Chinese astrology
  • Burmese zodiac
  • Chinese New Year
  • Chinese zodiac
  • Horse in Chinese mythology
  • Horse worship
  • Wooden horse (disambiguation)
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    The Daily Mail 14 Mar 2025
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    The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Mar 2025
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    Sporting Life 13 Mar 2025
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