Template:Did you know nominations/Voltigeur (horse)

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:36, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Voltigeur (horse)

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... that in 1851, a match between Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman (painting by John F. Herring shown) drew an estimated 100,000 spectators, the largest crowd at the Knavesmire since 1759?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 01:26, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Date of creation, length, image and content are fine. Hook reference is offline but accepted in good faith. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

What extraordinary things they made horses do in those days. Fancy making them rerun the St Ledger in 1850 on the same day as the first race had produced a dead heat! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)