User:Jlvsclrk

Big fan of wikipedia here - I use it on a daily basis. Finally bit the bullet and started to edit articles where I have some expertise (mostly horse racing for now at least).

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Articles

I flutter around on horse racing articles, alternating between article improvement from the clean-up list, racing updates, semi-random drive bys and the odd new article.

New Articles

1. Squirt - grandsire of Eclipse, not much else to be found
2. Creator - Belmont Stakes
3. Frosted - that Met Mile performance!!
4. Irad Ortiz Jr.
5. Speightstown - sprinter and sire
6. Lady Eli - started when I was nervous if she'd ever make it back to the track
7. Billy Kelly
8. Lexie Lou - first Queen's Plate winner in a long time to do something after
9. Northern Dancer sire line - the begats!! Irresistible to me at least
10. Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital - a fun one!
11. Little Mike
12. Susan Stover - veterinary research, sounds like an amazing woman
13. 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge series - historical context for the BC (also adding more chit chat on the main BC articles)
14. 2014 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
15. 2013 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
16. Shaman Ghost
17. 2017 Road to the Kentucky Derby - someone's got to do it!
18. The Pizza Man - have been hunch-betting the horse for years because of the name. Got his second G1 win at age 7.
19. 2005 Belmont Stakes - filling in history
20. 2004 Belmont Stakes
21. 2003 Belmont Stakes
22. 2002 Belmont Stakes
23. 2001 Belmont Stakes
24. 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
25. 2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
26. 2006 Breeders' Cup - going back in history of BC
27. 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic - start series
28. 2016 Breeders' Cup
29. 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic
30. 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
31. Tourist – here's hoping he and/or Gemologist can become the major sire the Godolphin Arabian sire line needs
32. 2015 Breeders' Cup Classic
33. 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic
34. 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic
35. 2005 Breeders' Cup
36. 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic
37. Always B Miki – first shot at a Standardbred
38. Bal a Bali
39. 2013 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
40. 2014 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
41. 2015 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
42. 2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
43. 2017 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
44. 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic
45. 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic
46. 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic
47. Abel Tasman
48. Always Dreaming
49. Jose Ortiz
50. Caren (horse) - Canadian Horse of the Year
51. Cupid (horse) - finally got his G1
52. Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes - now G2
53. Tapwrit
54. Lady Angela - grand-dam of the greatest Canadian
55. 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
56. 2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
57. West Coast (horse)
58. Oscar Performance
59. 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
60. 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
61. Forever Unbridled
62. Roy H
63. Good Magic
64. Talismanic
65. Bolt d'Oro
66. Justify
67. Pink Lloyd - 2017 Canadian HoY and winner of eleven straight!
68. 2018 Breeders' Cup
69. 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic
70. Game Winner
71. Stormy Liberal
72. 2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
73. 2005 Breeders' Cup Classic
74. Peter Miller (trainer)
75. City of Light
76. 2019 Kentucky Derby
77. Omaha Beach (horse)
78. War of Will
79. Heavenly Prize
80. 2020 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
81. 2019 Breeders' Cup
82. 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic
83. British Idiom
84. Into Mischief
85. Starship Jubilee
86. 2020 Breeders' Cup
87. 2020 Breeders' Cup challenge series
88. Buckaroo - part of work on leading sires of North America
89. The Porter - another leading sire
90. Sir Charles - another leading sire from way back
91. Covfefe – what a filly!
92. Chatterton - another leading sire
93. 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic
94. Essential Quality
95. Whitmore - most popular winner at the 2020 Breeders' Cup
96. Ben Strome - leading sire of 1903
97. Leviathan (horse) - another leading sire
98. Brad H. Cox - Eclipse Award and Monomoy Girl/Covfefe
99. 2021 Kentucky Derby
100. Rock Your World
101. Known Agenda
102. Bonnie Scotland (horse) - another leading sire
103. 2021 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
104. Shedaresthedevil
105. Malathaat
106. Letruska
107. Knicks Go
108. 2021 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series
109. 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic
110. Echo Zulu
111. 2022 Kentucky Derby
112. Secret Oath
113. Moira

Sandboxed

• McCraken (awaiting notability)
• Mr. Prospector sire line - a counterpoint to the Northern Dancer sire line, but is anyone else interested?

Revisions

I try to do a lot of routine maintenance and upgrades, with a bit more time on some favorite topics. Here are some of the ones I've worked on a fair bit, in no particular order:

• Secretariat - Worked with Montanabw to bring to FA!
• Man o' War - brought this to GA Feb2018
• Northern Dancer - brought this to GA April2020
• Dan Patch - hope to get to GA
• Kincsem - hope to get to GA
• Zenyatta - hope to get to GA
• Eclipse - more to come
• Winx
• War Admiral
• Dr. Fager
• Count Fleet
• Bold Ruler
• Seattle Slew
• Sadler's Wells
• La Troienne - Love this mare!
• Personal Ensign
• Native Dancer
• Kentucky Broodmare of the Year
• Tapit - bit of a breeding junkie here. Also love the grays
• Potoooooooo
• Byerly Turk
• A.P. Indy
• Nyquist (first article I worked on!)
• Dance Smartly
• Ashado
• Ruffian
• Funny Cide
• Fourstardave
• Ben's Cat
• Lava Man
• Kitten's Joy
• Chad Brown
• Mark Casse
• John Velazquez
• Julien Leparoux
• Kent Desormeaux - an early one
• National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - added detail for the horses
• WinStar Farm
• Thoroughbred breeding theories - still needs more work
• Old Friends Equine
• Road to the Kentucky Oaks
• Ghostzapper
• With Approval
• Natalma
• Holy Bull
• Better Talk Now