Portal:Horses/Did you know/4

... that although the Jersey Act of 1913 limited the registration of American-bred Thoroughbreds in the British General Stud Book, it wasn't actually a law?
... that British equestrian Anne Dunham won her first individual Paralympic gold medal in the 2008 Games at the age of 59?
... that McDynamo won the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase in five consecutive years, with the fifth win coming as a 10-year-old, the oldest horse running that day?
... that coach builder Jim Frecklington had to mortgage his house to pay for the estimated £620,000 building costs of the State Coach Britannia?