Race Horse Owner
He was an owner of thoroughbred racing horses, including a record equalling five winners of the Epsom Derby (Blenheim, Bahram, Mahmoud, My Love, Tulyar) and a total of sixteen winners of British Classic Races. He was British flat racing Champion Owner thirteen times. According to Ben Pimlott, biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, the Aga Khan presented Her Majesty with a filly called Astrakhan, who won at Hurst Park Racecourse in 1950.
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Famous quotes containing the words race, horse and/or owner:
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—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
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—Unknown. New York Weekly Mirror (July 5, 1845)