southern halo ( 1983 – 2009 ) was an american-bred thoroughbred racehorse and sire .

in his racing career he ran twenty-four times winning five races and finishing second in the grade i swaps stakes and super derby .

he is chiefly notable for his remarkable career at stud where he was leading sire in argentina on ten occasions and the sire of 170 stakes winners , 56 of them group/grade i winners , and 16 of them were champions .

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the latter , like former equus champion entisaar , is a son of outstanding shuttle sire more than ready ( himself a son of the halo stallion southern halo ) .
leading sire kantharos ( lion heart–contessa halo , by southern halo ) is moving from ocala stud in florida to hill ‘n’ dale farms in lexington , kentucky , stonestreet stables announced thursday .
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cangon stud farm owner jamie mackay has announced that snapy halo , a group 1 winning son of southern halo , has been retired to stand at his hunter valley based property in 2011 .
“i think it ' s pretty fair to say that snapy halo is the best bred son of southern halo to ever stand in australasia which certainly bodes well for his chances , ” said mackay .
southern halo also stood at john magnier and partners’ ashford stud near versailles , ky . , and in japan . his kentucky - bred stakes winners include millionaire
southern halo won or placed in 15 of 22 races and earned $ 344 , 875 in north america for owner stavros niarchos while trained by d . wayne lukas . southern halo’s five stakes - placings included runner - up efforts in the super derby ( gr . i ) and the swaps stakes ( gr . i ) .
halo became a sire - of - sires which besides sunday silence , included saint ballado and southern halo who died aged 26 after a very successful career at stud in argentina - being a leading sire for eight years .
the most influential and successful argentine stallion of the past generation , southern halo was a son of halo and the northern dancer mare northern sea . bred by e . p . taylor , southern halo sold for $ 600 , 000 as a yearling to stavros niarchos , who raced him in the u . s . second in both the g1 super derby and swaps stakes as a 3 - year - old in 1986 but not a stakes winner during his racing career , southern halo had to sail afar to find stallion success when niarchos sold him for export as a stallion prospect .
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markedly back at the knee , upright in the pasterns and a non - stakes winner to boot , southern halo was always going to be a marginal stud prospect in kentucky . however , prominent argentine stud farm haras la quebrada gave recognition to his impeccable breeding and southern halo was despatched to a stallion career in argentina , where he would rewrite the record books .
halo surface brightnesses that are generally in reasonable agreement with those inferred from the best - fit halo models in this paper . however , the halo temperatures inferred from the o
, we showed that the halo emission measure tends to increase from the outer to the inner galaxy , at least in the southern galactic hemisphere . we previously noted a similar trend for the
southern halo will be buried at haras la quebrada near another north american - bred stallion , solazo , sire of the second dam of north america’s two - time horse of the year cigar .
central kentucky stallion southern halo entered into the history books by becoming the 14th stallion to top the 100 mark by number of stakes winners among those stallions who stood at least one season in north america . southern halo , who began his stallion career in south america and now has 102 stakes winners , has held court at ashford stud near versailles , ky . , starting in 1996 .
not so long afterward , southern halo was restricted solely to covering in the southern hemisphere , and his production of top racers in argentina has continued . the stallion ' s influence in the northern hemisphere has enjoyed a renewal of success as more than ready has steadily earned respect as one of the best stallions in the world .
none of the estrellas is so closely linked to the giant reputation of southern halo than the sprint , which went to offspring of the stallion six times in seven year from 1995 through 2001 . three of those were , however , the years that the wonderful wally dominated speed in the southern hemisphere to a degree that is unrivaled . the extraordinary daughter of southern halo out of the logical mare welcome won the sprint in 1995 through 1997 , when she was pretty much the fastest thing to wear plates in the racing world .
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halo’s close relationship to northern dancer offered breeders many opportunities to inbreed to their shared grandam , almahmoud , a combination that has resulted in innumerable top horses , including champions serena’s song , fantastic light , ashado , daiwa major , and singspiel , but one of the best racehorses to emerge from the direct cross of halo and a northern dancer mare was southern halo .
today , other sons of halo , including saint ballado and southern halo , are commanding prestige in the breeding sheds as well . as a broodmare sire , halo is equally sensational , with daughters or granddaughters producing champions victory gallop , machiavellian , singspiel , and coup de genie ; classic winners fusaichi pegasus and pine bluff ; and sires such as rahy and silver ghost .
that disappointment , added to the rather academic attitude of sales buyers ' rejecting some of southern halo ' s stock as imperfect , produced a cooling off of the love affair with kentucky breeders that had so quickly sprung around the stallion .
snapy halo is by one of the best sire of sires in the world , southern halo , who was argentina ' s leading sire from 1994 to 2000 , and in 2004 and 2007 . he sired more than 100 stakes winners including 50 winners at the group 1 level , 16 of which were champions .
more than ready’s flying start proved a perfect catalyst for collingrove stud in victoria to import another us - bred sprinting son of southern halo . halo homewrecker hadn’t been as good as sprinter as more than ready , but don’t say halo and more than ready had paved the way for his importation , and the timing was excellent for his arrival at collingrove in advance of the 2005 stud season .
that résumé omission , combined with the fact that he was markedly back at the knee and upright in his pasterns , made him a marginal stud prospect in kentucky , so southern halo was sold to haras la quebrada near buenos aires , argentina . southern halo quickly proved himself the most successful sire of the modern era in argentina , winning seven sire championships and siring 18 argentine champions among his career total of 175 stakes winners from 1 , 828 foals ( 9 . 6 percent ) .
in summary , our observations suggest that the halo is concentrated toward the galactic center . other than that , the morphology of the hot halo remains uncertain . however , our observed emission measures do not vary with latitude in the way expected for a disk - like halo morphology . the patchiness of the halo emission makes it difficult to determine the halo ' s underlying global morphology .
column densities when calculating the attenuation of the halo emission . the details of the morphology of the halo remain uncertain , but the variation of the emission measure with longitude suggests that the halo is concentrated toward the galactic center ( section
in part due to the massive impression that wally made , along with a series of champion juveniles , southern halo became associated with the speed to an inordinate degree . but as star runner and numerous other fine athletes like el compinche and miss linda ( spinster stakes ) have shown , speed was a benefit of breeding to southern halo , not a limitation . many of the stallions ' offspring have excelled at eight , nine , or 10 furlongs , as well as many at the shorter distances .
southern halo , the most successful sire in argentine history , died in his paddock at haras la quebrada near buenos aires from complications from the infirmities of old age , according to gustavo gonzalez . the 24 - year - old maryland - bred son of halo out of the northern dancer mare northern sea had been pensioned this year .
“i ( told ) him goodbye the last weekend . he didn’t suffer or feel pain” , said hernan ceriani cernadas iii , son of the late hernan ceriani cernadas and owner of la quebrada with his family . “a few days ago , when someone said that southern halo was the sadler’s wells of argentina , john magnier said , ‘southern halo has joined around him people of the class of robert sangster ( of coolmore ) , e . p . taylor , d . wayne lukas , hernán ceriani cernadas . ’ ”
( b ) , in which the halo temperature was fixed at 2 . 5
intensity , it may also be due to the fact that the halo likely has a complicated temperature and ionization structure , so different methods of characterizing the halo emission may yield different temperatures . despite this , such temperature measurements are still useful for testing halo models , provided the predicted halo emission is treated like the true halo emission . this involves creating synthetic observations from the predicted halo spectra , which are then analyzed with the same sxrb model as the real observations ( hskjm ) .
halo - a horse with the reputation for being anything but angelic . . .
southern halo was argentina’s leading sire from 1994 to 2000 , and in 2004 and 2007 . he topped the broodmare sire’s list from 2004 to 2008 and ranks as the current leader . his 167 stakes winners include 56 group / grade i winners and 16 champions .
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buenos aires — the victor in the group 1 estrellas classic on saturday at san isidro racecourse in buenos aires was the bay colt star runner , a son of the great us - bred and argentine - based stallion southern halo , who died in november 2009 .
the combination of the stallion ' s immediate success in argentina , internationally recognizable pedigree , and the versatility in his offspring made coolmore reach out and acquire southern halo as a reverse shuttle horse for their burgeoning operation in kentucky at ashford stud in the early 1990s .
as a premium stallion in the argentine , southern halo made his mark from the beginning , and the carreras de las estrellas , renewed for the 21st time this weekend , have proven to be a showcase for the talents and versatility of the stallion and his offspring .
besides snapy halo , esnaola is also the dam of exciting young group 1 winning stallion sebi halo and the champion older mare , halo ola . she has also produced a further three black type placed runners and all this has come from just nine foals .
bred by e . p . taylor , southern halo went through the 1984 keeneland july yearling sale , where he was purchased for $ 600 , 000 by the irish branch of the british bloodstock agency . he initially raced in ireland , where he was unplaced in two starts .
southern halo , who has shuttled back and forth between ashford and argentine the last several years , is represented by several stakes winners from his u . s . crops . the group is led by grade i winner more than ready , who stands at stud at vinery near lexington .
intensity , thus biasing the halo measurements . alternatively , the discrepancy may be due to the halo having a complex multitemperature , multi - ionization - state structure , meaning that the o
despite being a gr1 winner on turf , however , it was through his top class dirt performers sunday silence , devil’s bag , sunny’s halo and glorious song , that halo largely made his mark –a mark potent enough to score halo a pair of us sires titles ( in 1983 and 1989 ) and both sunny’s halo and sunday silence won the gr1 kentucky derby .
a full brother to snapy halo , sebi halo has kicked off his stallion career in great order having produced a group 2 winner among 8 stakes winners in his first two crops .
southern halo ( usa ) b . h , 1983 { 16 - g } dp = 18 - 5 - 23 - 4 - 0 ( 50 ) di = 2 . 23 cd = 0 . 74 - 24 starts , 5 wins , 7 places , 3 shows career earnings : $ 344 , 875
the halo and extragalactic components were both subject to absorption . for this purpose we used the xspec
kzn breeders : halo - a horse with the reputation for being anything but angelic . . .
sadly , halo homewrecker died after only one season at collingrove , but time has shown that he would have had enough potential to write his own ( admittedly small ) chapter in halo’s story .
southern halo also was represented by major north american winners miss linda and edenwold . an argentine - bred champion , miss linda won the 2001 overbrook spinster stakes ( gr . i ) at keeneland . edenwold was voted canada’s 2005 champion 2 - year - old male . he won the following year’s classic queen’s plate stakes .
) . similarly , column 13 contains the best - fit halo emission measure . as noted in section
bred by northern dancer’s breeder , e . p . taylor , out of 1977 grade 3 test stakes winner northern sea from the great family of lea lark , southern halo clearly possessed plenty of racing ability . purchased for $ 600 , 000 at the 1984 keeneland july sale by stavros niarchos , he failed to place at 2 in ireland but won 5 of 22 starts for trainer d . wayne lukas over the next two years in america . southern halo was beaten only a head by clear choice in the 1986 grade 1 swaps stakes and finished second in the grade 1 super derby to wise times , but he never managed to win a stakes race .
column density used to attenuate the halo and extragalactic components . column 12 contains the best - fit halo temperature , along with the statistical error ( 90 % confidence interval for one interesting parameter ; lampton et al .
measurements suggests that , in fact , our choice of foreground model is not adversely affecting our halo measurements .
southern halo , made up of natalia ( pronounced natalie - uh ) , christina , and hannah , a trio of sisters from the mississippi delta , recently released its debut single , “ little white dress , ” to radio . the track marks the lead single off the group’s self - titled debut album and is already receiving spins across the country .
glorious song was by no means the only daughter of halo to leave behind a top sire son –halo matriarch coup de folies produced three gr1 winners , including champion 2yo colt and outstanding sire machiavellian ( mr prospector ) .
as a stallion , halo’s image ( halo - - sugar’s image , by valid appeal ) is represented by 39 stakes horses and the earners of $ 20 . 5 million . the best of his 17 stakes winners ,
) , we find that this leads to an uncertainty in the halo surface brightness typically of only ±0 . 3
to say that the halo male line has enjoyed its most success outside the states , would be an understatement .
emission from the outer to the inner galaxy , in agreement with the halo measurements presented here . these results argue against the hot halo having a simple plane - parallel disk - like morphology , in which case the emission measure would be independent of galactic longitude . instead , these results suggest a halo that is concentrated toward the galactic center .
the majority of southern halo ' s stakes winners have come from his argentine crops . he is represented by some 35 argentine group i winners , including miss linda . a champion in argentina who was imported to the u . s . in 2000 , miss linda won a u . s . grade i stakes last year and is a grade iii winner this year .
an xmm - newton survey of the soft x - ray background . iii . the galactic halo x - ray emission
pensioned from stud duty at stone farm in 1997 , halo passed away at the age of 31 late in 2000 .
our halo emission measures do not decrease with increasing galactic latitude , contrary to what is expected for a plane - parallel disk - like halo morphology . this result appears not to be an artifact of soft proton contamination , nor of our using h
halo spent most of his career at stone farm and produced a number of champions , amongst them devil ' s bag - who happens to be a full brother to glorious song and sunny ' s halo - winner of the 1983 kentucky derby .
figure 7 . 0 . 5–2 . 0 kev halo surface brightnesses against halo temperatures . sight lines on which the original target of the xmm - newton observation was a galaxy cluster are colored orange . the triangles indicate upper limits on the surface brightnesses .
the halo male line in america suffered another serious blow seven years ago when 2005 horse of the year saint liam , the best son of halo’s leading sire son saint ballado , died after only one season at stud without leaving an obvious male heir .
2nd super derby invitational ( g1 ) , swaps s ( g1 ) , silver screen h . ( g2 ) , el cajon s . ; 3rd kensington h . leading sire in argentina 8 times . southern halo is the sire of 120 stakes winners , including 88 graded / group winners , and 12 champions , according to jockey club records . he currently stands exclusively at haras la quebrada , argentina .
figure 5 . halo emission measure against ( a ) b for the northern galactic hemisphere , ( b ) b for the southern galactic hemisphere , ( c ) | l | for the northern galactic hemisphere ( see equation ( 2 ) ) , and ( d ) | l | for the southern galactic hemisphere . panels ( a ) and ( d ) show the only two examples of statistically significant correlations in table 3 ; the other two panels are shown for comparison . detections are shown with crosses and error bars ; upper limits are shown with triangles . the red data points indicate emission measures from sight lines for which the temperature was fixed at 2 . 1 × 10 6 k .
an xmm - newton survey of the soft x - ray background . iii . the galactic halo x - ray emission - iopscience
, respectively . they subsequently used a foreground model with these oxygen intensities to obtain their halo measurements . gupta et al . (
halo’s image stood this season for a fee of $ 4 , 000 . his 10 - year - old half - brother ,
, won the 2004 santa anita handicap ( gr . i ) and pimlico special ( gr . i ) and the $ 1 million barretts / ctba classic stakes the year he was florida’s horse of the year . southern image earned a career total of $ 1 , 843 , 750 .
halo sired seven champions and 62 stakes winners , and led the leading sire list twice . standout runners sired by halo included goodbye halo , who counted the kentucky oaks among her seven gr 1 victories , strodes creek , who was second in the 1994 kentucky derby and third in the belmont stakes gr 1 , and millionaire lively one , whose long list of accomplishments included the swaps stakes gr 1 . halo ' s progeny earned over $ 44 million on the racetrack and have netted far more in the breeding shed .
in only two cases is the correlation statistically significant at the 5 % level . the halo emission measure is positively correlated with | b | in the northern hemisphere ( i . e . , the emission measure tends to increase from low latitudes to the pole ; see figure 5 ( a ) ) . there is no correlation between emission measure and | b | in the southern hemisphere ( see figure 5 ( b ) ) . however , the emission measure is negatively correlated with | l | in the southern hemisphere ( i . e . , the emission measure tends to increase from the outer galaxy to the inner galaxy , as noted in the previous section ; see figure 5 ( d ) ) .
today , the late sunday silence is immortalized as the greatest sire and sire of sires in japanese history , a horse so good that even less - accomplished sons like silent name and hat trick are making a positive contribution in the land of their father’s birth . another unheralded son of halo , the beautifully bred southern halo , became one of the greatest sires in argentine history , and his best american son , more than ready , is the sire of current kentucky derby favorite verrazano , who is exactly the type of horse that will make breeders salivate .
and the number of degrees of freedom . column 15 contains the intrinsic 0 . 5–2 . 0 kev surface brightness of the halo ,
halo developed into a good grass horse at 3 , winning the lawrence realization , which attracted a bid from english breeder irving allen . when allen’s representatives discovered that halo was a cribber ( a horse that clings to objects with his teeth and sucks air into his stomach ) – then considered a disqualifying flaw by old - fashioned english breeders – the sale was rescinded and halo returned to the barn of trainer mackenzie miller . halo improved further as a 5 - year - old , winning the grade 1 united nations handicap and grade 2 tidal handicap , earning a place at windfields farm alongside his “cousin” northern dancer , a son of a half - sister to halo’s dam .
although a stallion ' s success at stud is usually defined by statistics , his true legacy carries far deeper than mere numbers . halo , one of only 18 stallions in history to sire more than one derby winner , certainly has impressive statistics , but to stone farm , halo represents more than sheer numbers . halo meant the world to stone farm , partly because he gave stone farm 1989 horse of the year sunday silence .
while roberto horses ended up excelling all around the world , the influence of hail to reason’s other extremely influential son , halo , has largely been much more localized . halo wasn’t as good a racehorse as roberto ( whose derby victory was only his second greatest triumph , as his defeat of
the latest chapter in the halo success story can be seen in south africa –thanks to the exploits of last season’s leading first crop sire gimmethegreenlight .
that overwhelming success led to ashford stud re - importing him as a shuttle sire in 1996 , but he did not meet the same success in the land of his birth . southern halo sired canadian champion edenwold , but by far his most important north american - conceived offspring was more than ready . out of the woodman mare woodman’s girl , more than ready was bred by woodlynn farm and sold for $ 187 , 000 to edward rosen as agent for james scatuorchio .
intensity in our spectral fitting , and thus overestimating the halo temperature . however , d . b . henley & r . l . shelton ( in preparation ) also point out that the halo emission likely originates from plasma with a range of temperatures and in a range of ionization states . if this is the case , the spectral fitting described here will not necessarily arrive at the same best - fit halo temperature as that inferred from the o
column densities to attenuate the halo emission . by using such column densities , we could potentially be neglecting the contributions to the absorption from regions containing h
we defer a detailed comparison of our observations to models of the hot halo to a follow - up paper ( d . b . henley et al . , in preparation ) . however , here we make some general comments on the implications of our results for the origin of the hot halo .
in the spring of 1983 , the northern dancer mare northern sea foaled a halo colt at windfields whose pedigree featured a coupling of the half - sisters cosmah and natalma ( the dam of northern dancer ) . sent to the keeneland yearling sale , he was purchased by the bba on behalf of stavros niarchos for $ 600 , 000 . unplaced in two starts in europe , the colt , now named southern halo , returned to the states to join the american stable of master trainer d wayne lukas , for whom he won five times and ran second in both the gr . 1 swaps stakes and the gr . 1 super derby .
we are unable to distinguish between extragalactic accretion and outflows from the disk as the source of the ~ ( 2–3 ) × 10 6 k halo plasma . both processes have more than enough energy to maintain the halo ' s surface brightness , and other aspects of the halo emission ( such as the increase in emission measure toward the inner galaxy and the general patchiness of the emission ) could plausibly be explained by either scenario ( section 5 . 5 ) . a detailed comparison of our measurements with the predictions of hydrodynamical models of the halo is needed to distinguish between different scenarios for the heating of the halo . we will carry out such a comparison in a follow - up paper ( d . b . henley et al . , in preparation ) .
; d . b . henley & r . l . shelton , in preparation ) , we conclude that our choice of foreground model is not seriously biasing our measurements of the halo surface brightness . similarly , our halo temperatures agree with those from other studies that use spectral fitting ( yoshino et al .
spectra , which requires us to fix the normalization of the extragalactic background , potentially introduces some uncertainty in the normalization of the halo x - ray emission .
now , with the emergence of potent young sire gimmethegreenlight , the spotlight has fallen on a lesser known son of hail to reason , the fiery halo .
in the following subsections , we compare our measurements with those from previous studies , we discuss the effect of our assumed foreground model on our halo measurements , and we consider sources of contamination that could be affecting our halo measurements ( sections 5 . 1 – 5 . 3 , respectively ) . we conclude that contamination and our choice of foreground model are , in general , not adversely affecting our halo measurements . then , in section 5 . 4 , we discuss the morphology of the hot halo . finally , in section 5 . 5 , we comment on the implications of our measurements for the origin of the hot halo ( deferring a more detailed study of this issue to a follow - up paper ; d . b . henley et al . , in preparation ) .
as noted in section 2 . 1 , our sample of xmm - newton observations includes 20 that were analyzed in the hskjm . the halo temperatures that we have measured for these sight lines are generally in good agreement with those measured in hskjm , and there is no systematic difference in the halo temperatures ( although it should be noted that for five of these sight lines we had to fix the halo temperature at 2 . 1 × 10 6 k for the current analysis ) .
in 1984 , texas oilman tom tatham purchased 25 of the 40 shares in halo ' s syndicate and moved the stallion to kentucky to stand at stone farm .
although most of his stallion career was spent at stone farm , halo originally entered stud in 1975 at windfields in maryland where his first crop yielded glorious song , the canadian horse of the year . subsequent champions included devil ' s bag ( full brother to glorious song ) , sunny ' s halo ( winner of the 1983 kentucky derby - g1 ) , and of course , sunday silence ( derby , preakness s . - g1 , and breeders ' cup classic - g1 winner ) , who was conceived during halo ' s second breeding season at stone farm . in all , halo sired seven champions , 62 stakes winners , and led the leading sire list twice in the 1980s . standout runners sired by halo included goodbye halo , who counted the kentucky oaks among her seven g1 victories , strodes creek , who was second in the 1994 kentucky derby and third in the belmont s . - g1 , and millionaire lively one , whose long list of accomplishments included the swaps s . - g1 . halo ' s progeny earned over $ 44 million on the racetrack and have netted far more in the breeding shed .
and just as he had with his initial mares in argentina , southern halo scored a big hit early in the bluegrass . the star he sired in kentucky is one of lasting brilliance : more than ready . as a high - class 2 - year - old , more than ready won five of his seven starts , including the flash , tremont , and sanford . the dark brown colt added victories in the g1 king ' s bishop and g2 hutcheson the following year but was not a star for the triple crown .
uniformly better regarded at his southern hemisphere shuttle base in australia than in kentucky , more than ready has done his part to make believers of northern hemisphere breeders too . in last year ' s breeders ' cup , the stallion had both the juvenile turf winners , and this weekend , his daughter buster ' s ready won the g1 mother goose stakes at belmont .
, whose excellent season in 1990 / ’91 ( in which he won the blue diamond and finished second in the golden slipper ) saw don’t say halo crowned the country’s leading sire of two - year - olds . ultimately , don’t say halo became a very good broodmare sire , his daughters breeding the likes of ajc derby winner
alter added : “the combination of his racing career and his breeding career put him into a select group of florida horses . i trained his mother , sugar’s image , who was the winningest valid appeal mare , and we chose to breed her to halo . all my expectations became true when halo’s image hit the racetrack . ”
star winner earned the fifth estrellas classic trophy for his sire , who also won with el compinche ( 1996 and 1998 ) , manpower ( 2003 ) , and fairy magic ( 2007 ) . over the years , offspring of southern halo have won 17 of the previous grand premios that make up the estrellas program , and the stallion has had a winner of each of the seven races that make up the bulk of the card : the classic , distaff , sprint , junior sprint , mile , juvenile , and juvenile fillies .
observation . they then combine this prior with oxygen intensities from other directions to constrain the posterior probability distribution for the intrinsic halo emission . this new technique yields combined o
and the number of degrees of freedom . column 15 contains the intrinsic 0 . 5–2 . 0 kev surface brightness of the halo , calculated using the best - fit 1
halo sired sunday silence , the defining horse who has continued his legacy . sunday silence was exported to japan and has become the top sire in history in that country .
snapy halo will stand his first season at a fee of $ 6 , 500 plus gst . a lifetime breeding right is priced at $ 10 , 000 plus gst .
pensioned from stud duty in 1997 , halo passed away at the age of 31 late in 2000 .
you have to rejoice that halo lived to be almost 32 ,
arthur b . hancock iii , owner of stone farm , told the blood - horse at the time .
we were so grateful to have had him .
we typically used a 1 t raymond & smith ( 1977 and updates ) model to model the galactic halo emission , assuming that the halo plasma is in collisional ionization equilibrium , and assuming anders & grevesse ( 1989 ) solar abundances . although the true halo emission is likely from plasma at a range of temperatures ( yao & wang 2007 ; shelton et al . 2007 ; lei et al . 2009 ; yao et al . 2009 ) , a 1 t model is generally adequate to characterize the x - ray emission in the xmm - newton band . we used a raymond & smith model in order to match the code used to calculate x - ray emission from hydrodynamical models of the halo ( hskjm ; d . b . henley et al . , in preparation ) . in general , the temperature and emission measure of this component were free parameters in the fitting . in some cases , typically when the halo emission was faint , xspec ' s error command was unable to determine the statistical error on the halo temperature . in a few additional cases , the best - fit temperature was > 5 × 10 6 k , but very poorly constrained . in such cases , we fixed the halo temperature at 2 . 1 × 10 6 k , and redid the fit . this temperature was chosen as it was the median halo temperature resulting from our preliminary analysis of our data set .
in the breeders’ cup sprint over six furlongs at churchill downs . retiring to vinery stud in kentucky in 2001 , more than ready was an obvious candidate to be shuttled to vinery’s southern hemisphere outpost , the former segenhoe stud at scone in new south wales , so that was what he did later that year – and such has been his success there ( most notably with the golden slipper winners
the distinct talents and personalities of the sisters of southern halo blend together on its debut effort , “little white dress , ” providing country music fans with an energetic , beautifully performed piece of art . though the title of the track gives the impression that a love song is ahead , the tune is actually about putting the brakes on a relationship before it gets too far too fast . considering the girls are eighteen , sixteen , and fifteen , respectively , the lyrics are age appropriate , while also speaking to anybody who isn’t necessarily ready for that next big step .
were not contaminating the hskjm halo measurements ) . instead , the difference is most likely due to our using a lower normalization for the extragalactic background ( the extragalactic normalization used in
the variation ( or lack thereof ) of the halo emission measure with latitude is also different from that expected for a plane - parallel disk - like halo morphology . in such a morphology , the emission measure is expected to decrease with latitude as 1 / sin | b | . instead , we find the halo emission measure to weakly increase with latitude in the north , and to be uncorrelated with latitude in the south ( see table 3 , and figures 5 ( a ) and ( b ) ) . similarly , we previously found that our sxrb oxygen intensity measurements argued against a plane - parallel halo model in the northern galactic hemisphere ( see hs12 , section 4 . 3 . 3 ) .
column densities is unlikely to be responsible for our emission measure measurements not following the trend expected for a disk - like halo morphology . note also that yoshino et al . (
. somewhat surprisingly , increasing the brightness of the extragalactic background from its nominal value generally leads to an increase in the halo surface brightness . this is because increasing the brightness of the extragalactic background causes the soft proton component to decrease in brightness to compensate , and the combination of these effects leads to more flux being attributed to the halo emission ( see section
in the grade two woody stephens handicap at belmont the following month . unfortunately , he failed to progress from this , although he did finish second in a six - furlong listed race at colonial downs the following year . by the end of 2004 , though , he hadn’t really done enough to make him particularly appealing to the american stallion market – but the success of more than ready meant that by 2005 the time was right for another fast son of southern halo to be imported into australia . halo homewrecker was fast , had won three of his 15 starts including one graded stake , and was closely related to several very good horses , so collingrove stud in victoria snapped him up , offering his services to breeders in 2005 for $ 6 , 600 ( inc . gst ) .
it should be noted that our best - fit halo models attribute somewhat less r45 ( 3 / 4 kev ) emission to the galactic halo than kuntz & snowden ' s ( 2000 ) analysis of the rosat all - sky survey . for sight lines on which emission is detected , our best - fit models typically imply observed halo r45 count rates of ( 18–49 ) × 10 −6 counts s −1 arcmin −2 ( median = 27 × 10 −6 counts s −1 arcmin −2 ) . in contrast , kuntz & snowden ( 2000 ) inferred an observed halo r45 count rate of 38 . 6 × 10 −6 counts s −1 arcmin −2 in the vicinity of the northern galactic pole ( their table 2 :
remainder
−
stars
) . however , the uncertainty on the kuntz & snowden ( 2000 ) halo r45 count rate is not stated , so we are unable to determine whether or not this discrepancy is significant .
halo’s 60 plus stakes winners included a string of champions , and his son sunday silence was named us horse of the year in 1989 . other champions sired by him included devil’s bag and glorious song , while his daughter goodbye halo surely rates as one of the best horses never named a champion –she won 11 races , with her 7 gr1 victories including the kentucky oaks .
figure 4 shows maps of the measured halo temperatures and emission measures . from a visual inspection of figures 4 ( a ) and ( c ) , it appears that the halo temperature is in general rather uniform . figures 4 ( b ) and ( d ) , meanwhile , show that there is considerable variation in the emission measure of the halo plasma . in the northern hemisphere , no clear trends are apparent from figure 4 ( b ) ( although see section 4 . 1 ) . from figure 4 ( d ) , it appears that the halo emission measure in the south tends to increase from the outer galaxy ( l = 180° ) to the inner galaxy ( l = 0° ) , a trend which we will confirm in the following section .
we noted in section 4 that the halo emission measure and intrinsic surface brightness vary by an order of magnitude over the sky , while the temperature is fairly uniform ( see figure 3 ) . figures 4 ( b ) and ( d ) show that the halo emission is patchy ( yoshino et al . 2009 ; hs10 ; hskjm ) . such patchiness may favor a stochastic , inhomogeneous energy source , such as sne , as the source of the hot halo ( hskjm ) . however , if accreting extragalactic material fragments as it accretes , it too could lead to patchy emission .
in 1984 , texas oilman tom tatham purchased 25 of the 40 shares in halo ' s syndicate and moved the stallion to kentucky to stand at stone farm . while at stone farm , halo sired sunday silence , the defining horse who will carry on his legacy . sunday silence is known as the
northern dancer of japan
and has become the top sire in history in that country .
to estimate the systematic errors due to our fixing the foreground normalization , we reanalyzed each sight line with a foreground normalization corresponding to an r12 count rate of 610 counts s −1 arcmin −2 ( this is the median of the values in column 10 of table 1 ) . we then used the median differences between the original halo parameters and these new halo parameters to estimate the systematic errors due to our fixing the foreground normalization , yielding ±0 . 046 × 10 6 k and ±0 . 027 dex for the halo temperature and emission measure , respectively . we applied these systematic errors to all sight lines .
halo raced for four years and in 1974 , at age five , won the grade i united nations handicap . he achieved nine wins from 31 starts and earned over a quarter of a million dollars .
of all the numerous high class athletes and sires descended from the great tap root mare almahmoud ( mahmoud ) , few have enjoyed more influence worldwide than the famously evil tempered halo , writes sarah whitelaw .
above , we noted that the presence of the soft proton contamination in the xmm - newton spectra potentially introduces some uncertainty in the normalization of the halo x - ray emission . in general , our halo measurements and those obtained with suzaku ( which does not suffer from soft proton contamination ) are in reasonable agreement . this suggests that , in practice , soft proton contamination is not a major source of bias .
we detected emission from ~ ( 2–3 ) × 10 6 k plasma on 87 of our sight lines ( 79 % ) , with typical emission measures of ( 1 . 4–3 . 0 ) × 10 −3 cm −6 pc , and typical intrinsic 0 . 5–2 . 0 kev surface brightnesses of ( 1 . 1–2 . 3 ) × 10 −12 erg cm −2 s −1 deg −2 ( section 4 ) . the halo emission measure tends to increase from the outer to the inner galaxy in the southern galactic hemisphere ( section 4 . 1 ) . there is some evidence that the halo is hotter and has a larger emission measure in the southern hemisphere than in the north ( section 4 . 2 ) . however , the differences may be partly due to the fact that we are not comparing equivalent regions in both hemispheres . because of the presence of the sco - cen superbubble , we excluded the region toward the inner galaxy in the northern hemisphere but not in the south , and , as noted above , the emission measure increases toward the inner galaxy in the south . in addition , it should be noted that the difference in the median temperature between the hemispheres ( ~ 0 . 2 × 10 6 k ) is less than the typical error on the temperature ( ~ ± 0 . 4 × 10 6 k ) .
the winner of 6 races from 19 starts , snapy halo was an exceptionally fast horse , winning races from 1000m to 1600m in the sort of times that stamp him as a horse of the highest calibre .
swcx emission is also unlikely to be adversely affecting our halo measurements : our observations were selected from hs12 ' s catalog as they were expected to be the least contaminated by swcx emission ( section 2 . 1 ) , and in section 5 . 2 we argued that our choice of foreground model is not seriously biasing our measurements of the halo surface brightness . in this subsection , we consider other potential sources of contamination .
we have presented measurements of the galactic halo ' s x - ray emission on 110 xmm - newton sight lines . this is an approximately fourfold increase in the number of sight lines over the previous largest study of the galactic halo with ccd - resolution x - ray spectra ( hskjm ) . our sample of observations is drawn from an xmm - newton survey of the sxrb ( hs12 ) . we selected these observations as they should be the least contaminated by charge exchange emission from within the solar system . we analyzed the spectra with a standard sxrb model , with components representing the foreground , galactic halo , and extragalactic background emission .
figure 3 . ( a ) halo emission measure and ( b ) intrinsic 0 . 5–2 . 0 kev halo surface brightness against halo temperature , from our spectral modeling . black : the temperature was free to vary , and is well constrained . gray : the temperature was free to vary , but is poorly constrained ( combined statistical and systematic confidence interval spans more than 4 × 10 6 k ) . red : the temperature was fixed at t = 2 . 1 × 10 6 k ( see section 3 . 1 . 2 ) . the red triangles indicate upper limits on the emission measures and surface brightnesses . note that to avoid clutter , the red data points have been randomly displaced by small amounts in the horizontal direction from t = 2 . 1 × 10 6 k . top panel : histogram of halo temperatures . the sight lines on which the temperature was fixed have been omitted . side panels : histograms of halo emission measures ( upper panel ) and intrinsic surface brightnesses ( lower panel ) . black : detections ; red : upper limits .
halo was no northern dancer as a stallion , but he developed into a terrific sire , with six champions and seven grade 1 winners among his 63 stakes winners from 749 foals ( 8 . 4 percent ) .
in summary , there is some evidence that the halo temperature and emission measure tend to be somewhat higher in the south than in the north . however , these differences may in part be due to the fact that we do not have data from equivalent regions of the halo in the two hemispheres , as the region toward the inner galaxy is excluded in the north ( because of the presence of the sco - cen superbubble ) .
henley et al . ( 2010 , hereafter hskjm ) tested models of the hot halo gas using a sample of 26 sxrb spectra extracted from archival xmm - newton observations between l = 120° and 240° ( henley & shelton 2010 , hereafter hs10 ) . they compared the observed x - ray temperatures and emission measures of the hot halo with the distributions expected from different physical models . hskjm ' s analysis favored fountains of hot gas ( joung & mac low 2006 ) as a major , possibly dominant , contributor to the halo x - ray emission in the xmm - newton band over extraplanar sn remnants ( shelton 2006 ) . however , in the absence of x - ray surface brightness predictions from disk galaxy formation models , they were unable to rule out the possibility that an extended halo of accreted material also contributed to the observed emission ( crain et al . 2010 ) .
yoshino et al . ( 2009 ) did find that the halo emission measure decreased with latitude . however , the decrease with latitude is steeper than that expected for a plane - parallel model ( see their figure 7 ; em × sin | b | is expected to be constant for a plane - parallel model ) . note also that the yoshino et al . ( 2009 ) data set contains far fewer sight lines than ours . the fact that our halo emission measures do not decrease with increasing latitude , contrary to what is expected for a disk - like halo morphology , and contrary to the yoshino et al . ( 2009 ) suzaku results , is unlikely to be due to soft proton contamination ( a problem from which suzaku does not suffer ) . we argued in sections 5 . 1 and 5 . 3 that such contamination does not seriously bias our halo emission measures .


beerichthys ingens is an extinct prehistoric bony fish that was a member of the ypresian london clay fauna of lower eocene england .

it is known only from a series of incomplete skulls .

when originally described in 1966 , b. ingens was placed in a monotypic family , " beerichthyidae , " within iniomi .

later , more ( also incomplete ) skulls were studied by colin patterson , who determined that the fish was a louvar .

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reconstruction of the extinct louvar , beerichthys ingens , from the ypresian - aged london clay fauna .
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full reference : r . a . stirton . 1953 . vertebrate paleontology and continental stratigraphy in colombia . geological society of america bulletin 64 : 603 - 622
parent taxon : percomorpharia according to r . betancur - r et al . 2013
see also bannikov 2014 , bannikov and carnevale 2009 , böhme 2010 , carnevale et al . 2011 , carnevale et al . 2003 , cvancara and hoganson 1993 , day 2002 , estes 1964 , fierstine 1998 , fierstine 1999 , fierstine 2001 , fierstine 2005 , fierstine and starnes 2005 , friedman and johnson 2005 , gottfried et al . 2012 , long 2011 , malabarba et al . 2006 , murray and attia 2004 , nelson 2006 , nolf and dockery 1990 , purdy et al . 2001 , sepkoski 2002 , shoshani et al . 1989 , thurmond and jones 1981 and weems 1999
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man o ' war ( march 29 , 1917 – november 1 , 1947 ) was an american thoroughbred who is widely considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time .

during his career just after world war i , he won 20 of 21 races and $ 249,465 in purses .

he was the unofficial 1920 american horse of the year and was honored with babe ruth as the outstanding athlete of the year by the new york times .

he was inducted into the national museum of racing and hall of fame in 1957 .

on march 29 , 2017 , the museum opened a special exhibit in his honor , " man o ' war at 100 " .

in 1919 , man o ' war won 9 of 10 starts including the hopeful stakes and belmont futurity , then the most important races for two-year-old horses in the united states .

his only loss came at saratoga race course , later nicknamed the graveyard of champions , where he had a poor start and was beaten by a colt fittingly named upset .

man o ' war was not entered in the 1920 kentucky derby because his owner , samuel riddle , did not believe in racing at the distance of 10 furlongs so early in a young horse 's career .

instead , man o ' war made his three-year-old debut in the preakness stakes where he defeated upset by 1 ¹ ⁄ ₂ lengths .

man o ' war later won the belmont stakes by 20 lengths while setting a world record .

throughout the summer and fall , he continued to dominate his fellow three-year-olds , setting multiple records while conceding large amounts of weight to his rivals .

his final race of the year was a match race against sir barton , who had won what would later be known as the american triple crown in 1919 .

man o ' war won by seven lengths in the first race to be filmed in its entirety .

riddle originally intended to race man o ' war in 1921 but decided against it because man o ' war would have been assigned record weights in the handicap format used in races for older horses .

instead , man o ' war was retired to stud , where he became a leading sire whose multiple champions included triple crown winner war admiral .

through his sons and daughters , man o ' war is found in almost all modern american pedigrees .

man o ' war

l to right : man o ' war ' going to the post , beating john p . grier in the dwyer , man o ' war leading sir barton , man o ' war drinking from his trophy
l to right : man o ' war ' as a suckling , the foaling barn where man o ' war was born , owner samuel d . riddle , man o ' war in his pasture , and jockey johnny loftus
man o’ war died three days later , on nov . 1 , 1947 .
man o’ war later developed into the compelling presence that elicited marvels from observers .
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several other graves from man o’ war farm , including those of his sons war admiral and war relic , were moved as well .
of a mile , man o’ war was 20 lengths ahead . despite kummer’s holding his horse in , man o’ war won by a modestly estimated 100 lengths , nearly
man o ' war : corsair is a video game of high adventure , naval combat and exploration based on the games workshop classic man o ' war table top game .
maurice albury building an abaco dinghy on man - o - war , ca . 19xx
besides , until this point man o’ war had never run against an older horse .
horse of the century : man o ' war vs . secretariat - nbc new york
the gorgeous florence nightingale , one of the stars of man o’ war’s first crop .
pain from a man o ' war sting usually lasts about 15 - 20 minutes .
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man o ' war with his groom will harbut . ( blood - horse library photo )
there was only one problem : man o’ war didn’t get off to a good start .
there was a thickness to man o ' war that probably came from his voracious appetite .
man o’ war did not , however , race in the kentucky derby . his owner ,
as harbut described him , man o’ war was “the mostest horse that ever was . ”
colin ' s ghost : thoroughbred horse racing history » man o’ war… . a “good horse”
above / below : several other graves were moved from faraway farm , along with man o ' war ' s , to the kentucky horse park , including war relic , war admiral , brushup ( dam of war admiral ) , war kilt and war hazard . the last two named are stakes - winning daughters of man o ' war .
for additional reading on man o ' war , there are quite a few books available . if you already love man o ' war , any of these can bring goosebumps . and if you are just learning about man o ' war , they can also bring goosebumps . they include
where man o ' war passed grier was preserved at aqueduct , called the
man o ' war pole
in honor of the event . man o ' war ' s time of 1 : 49 1 / 5 for the mile and an eighth was a new american record .
man o ' war ' s only loss came at saratoga . ( blood - horse library )
man o’ war looked as if his entire life’s performance was accompanied by the sound of trumpets .
above : man o ' war ' s stall interior . he spent his final decade here .
man o ' war with groom will harbut ( left ) . ( blood - horse photo )
man o’ war skipped the 1920 kentucky derby – but his karmic namesake paul jones won it .
beaches in cornwall have seen a record number of portuguese man o’war washing ashore after strong winds .
baton rouge is one of the man o ' war lines still vibrantly present in pedigrees today .
the accompanying statements from man o’ war’s owner , samuel d . riddle , and the then prominent trainer , sam hildreth , were provided to reporters roughly three weeks after man o’ war’s dwyer win .
“given an equal chance man o’ war would undoubtedly have won the race , ” the saratogian stated .
as the decades have passed and his remarkable accomplishments have seemingly become more mythic , man o’ war’s legend has only grown . perhaps celebrated racing writer joe palmer summed up man o’ war better than anyone .
man o ' war entered stud in 1921 and was pensioned in 1943 after suffering a heart attack .
so man o’ war proved riddle’s point viz - a - viz sir barton , by seven lengths .
for more than 50 years man o ' war owned the unofficial title of horse of the century .
from his sire’s first crop , american flag was said to be cast in man o’ war’s image .
the fillies florence nightingale and maid at arms were the other superstars of man o’ war’s first crop .
“man o’ war” by page cooper & john l . treat . ny : julian mesner inc . 1950
countless words have been written about man o’ war . on nov . 2 , 1947 , the headline of the louisville courier - journal read simply : “man o’ war , greatest of thoroughbreds , dies . ”
and take time to google , if inspired , as many good articles have been written about man o ' war for his 100th anniversary . two of several youtube videos with man o ' war footage : urltoken
“man o’ war will start in the rich early stakes , ” new york times , 1920 february 7 . “no early racing for man o’ war , ” daily racing form , 1920 february 8 [ ↩ ]
man o’ war was the horse’s name . taps was provided by a bugler from the man o’ war post of the american legion in lexington , kentucky . as man o’ war lay in state in a silk - lined coffin , thousands filed by to pay their respects . why was this horse such a big deal ? for the answer , you have to go all the way back to man o’ war’s beginnings .
man o’ war was buried at faraway farm and a massive bronze statue by herbert hazeltine was eventually mounted on a marble base with only the words “man o’ war” as the inscription . no other words were needed .
i hope you enjoy a glimpse into my lifelong obsession . . . . chasing man o ' war .
beachcombers be warned : the stalwart man o’ war may still sting you even weeks after having washed ashore .
“mr . riddle , i ' m prepared to pay you a million dollars for man o’ war . ”
man o ' war is pictured with jockey clarence kummer up at the 1920 stuyvesant handicap at jamaica racetrack .
on this day , we recognize an american legend and remember the legacy of the great man o’ war .
before the triple crown was established , man o ' war scared off his competition in the belmont stakes .
due to the man - o - war ' s below average accuracy , the foregrip is a very beneficial attachment , making the man - o - war much more accurate . due to the man - o - war ' s lower rate of fire , this makes the recoil reduction more profound , as the man - o - war ' s centerspeed has more time than other assault rifles to counteract the recoil between shots .
the man - o - war has its own trademarked logo , which is seen on the left side .
despite its appearance the portuguese man o’war is not a jellyfish but a marine animal known as a siphonophores .
war admiral ' s remains are buried at the kentucky horse park at the foot of the statue of his sire , man o ' war .
for many , man o’ war remains the benchmark for greatness – both in ability and of spirit – 100 years after his birth . even his name stirs the emotions . as a companion piece to the article “chasing man o ' war ' s ghost , ” below are many photos of several of my man o ' war - related shoots , as well as photographs of man o ' war by photographer james w . sames iii .
in his final race , man o’ war defeated the 1919 triple crown winner sir barton by seven lengths at the kenilworth park gold cup in windsor , ontario . it marked man o’ war’s 20th win in 21 races .
chasing man o ' war ' s ghost , about my lifelong obsession with man o ' war : urltoken remarkable final tribute for majestic champion , which i wrote for daily racing form in 2011 . it includes some interesting stories related to man o ' war ' s burial day and remarkable photographs by james w . sames : urltoken
like his grandfather , man o’ war had a violent disposition , forcing feustel to bring him along slowly in training . man o’ war routinely dumped his exercise riders and was usually belligerent when his handlers attempted to saddle him .
man o ' war ' s constant companion during his racing days was a retired show hunter named major treat .
when he pulled that color print of man o’ war out of a drawer , i was floored . perfection .
a leading broodmare sire himself , man o ' war had many important daughters , as well as good sons .
“man - o - war” and a 25’ - ish sloop being built by edwin’s boat yard , ca . 1977
“how man o’ war would have laughed had he known of his owner’s solicitude for him , ” hewitt commented .
man o ' war was the favorite in every race he started in his career . ( courtesy keeneland library )
i thought you might like to see a memorial for man o ' war i found on findagrave . com .
the other highly visible son of man o ' war who has come down in pedigrees is war relic , especially through in reality and his stock .
based on his dominant past performances , man o’ war was also forced to carry 15 more pounds than upset in the sanford . legend has it that riddle’s stablehands claimed man o’ war had nightmares for weeks following his only defeat .
above : the stallion barn in which man o ' war was housed for his final decade . as with his previous barn , man o ' war lived in the front left stall . behind the barn is the attached breeding shed .
man o ' war acted up at the start , allowing sir barton to break on top , but the older horse held his lead for only sixty yards before man o ' war passed him . as the new york times reported :
tiznow’s 2017 contender , irap , must improve to get man o’ war’s sire line back in the derby winner’s circle . but maybe , just maybe , the centennial year might conjure up a little bit of the man o’ war magic .
according to ed bowen , man o’ war’s difficulties in that race were complicated by the concerted efforts of the opposition .
but in man o’ war’s day , there was no nba . there was no nfl . boxing and baseball were popular , but racing was just as big . and according to bill cooke , man o’ war was bigger than racing :
a sting from a portuguese man o ' war can be incredibly pain and fatal , although deaths are very rare .
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of man o ' war by walter farley .
man - o ' - war suit presumably a child ' s costume intended to resemble a soldier ' s outfit .
the suppressor is a terrible fit on the man - o - war , as it takes away a lot of range , making the man - o - war need an extra shot to kill at longer distances . due to the man - o - war ' s low rate of fire , this makes the man - o - war much weaker as an assault rifle . the laser sight is a rather unnecessary option , as although its effect isn ' t detrimental , the man - o - war shouldn ' t be used in close quarters combat due to its unforgiving rate of fire .
however , at the dawn of the 1920s , no athlete in the land was more revered than horse racing’s greatest marvel , the mighty man o’ war . ruth had charisma . dempsey had power . grange had speed . man o’ war had all of those attributes . but instead of being a galloping ghost , man o’ war was an equine freight train .
violet sea snails get their colour from portuguese men o ' war .
noted author and lithographer c . w . anderson wrote the first biography of man o ' war . titled big red , it was released by the macmillan company in september 1943 , four years before man o ' war ' s death .
he had the same electric presence as man o ' war . going to see man o ' war in the first half of the century was something . seeing secretariat in the second half of the century was the same thing .
his winning streak was at six when man o ' war raced in the sanford stakes at saratoga on aug . 13 . it is man o ' war ' s most remembered race - - because it is the only one he would lose .
the man o’war golf links ranked one of the 5 best golf courses in myrtle beach by golftravel . about . com .
man o ' war was foaled march 29 , 1917 on august belmont ii ' s nursery stud near lexington , kentucky .
the man o’war is built on a 100 acre lake and offers some unique features such as back to back island greens .
well , no . that’s not a typo . man o’ war won it by 100 lengths ,
bowen says .
) , memorial page for man o ' war ( 29 mar 1917–1 nov 1947 ) , find a grave memorial no .
with strong westerly winds pounding our coastline we are getting many reports of portuguese man o ' war washing up .
this book is not intended to be a history of man o ' war . it is an historically accurate work of fiction
then secretariat happened ,
says dorothy ours , author of
man o ' war - a legend like lightning
and a former historian at the national museum of racing and hall of fame .
and the debate started , well this might be the best horse since man o ' war - - maybe he ' s better than man o ' war .
hewitt , ever the raconteur , shares an anecdote about a well - known betting man called chicago o’brien . taking some pre - race grief for wagering $ 100 , 000 on 1 - 20 favorite man o’ war , o’brien had the perfect retort :
the famed racehorse man o ' war was born 100 years ago , on march 29 , 2017 . man o ' war had numerous ties to maryland and harford county in particular , where he trained and raced at the old havre de grace racetrack .
in a 1924 article for the daily racing form , he laid out a compelling case against man o’ war . making a claim that it was a pr machine ( still a relatively new concept in 1924 ) that created the man o’ war legend .
with the exception of the few people involved in man o’ war’s exhumation three decades later , when he and his statue were moved to the kentucky horse park , this was the final time that man o’ war was a part of our physical world .
“domino would have been the horse we’re talking about now if it hadn’t been for man o’ war , ” greg goodman said .
above : man o ' war and will harbut , undated negative . james w . sames iii photo , barbara livingston collection .
above : the stallion barn from the side - man o ' war ' s stall is at the far right , at the front of the barn . the breeding shed is to the left . below : man o ' war ' s side stall door
man o ' war , along with several of his important sons and daughters , is present in virtually all american pedigrees today .
…“the horse of the century , ” man o’ war . in 1920 man o’ war won all 11 races in which he ran , set five records , and became the first thoroughbred to bring his total earnings to more than $ 200 , 000 . …
requests to buy man o’ war increased after his continued success . although the second statement from samuel d . riddle was taken nearly a year before the stuyvesant , the sentiment persisted throughout the riddles ' ownership of man o’ war : they would not sell .
one revealed a portrait reportedly taken oct . 29 , 1947 , of man o’ war . james w . sames iii , an aspiring photographer from lexington , ky . , said it was the last photograph of man o’ war alive . it was mesmerizing .
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now there is the kentucky horse park , where man o’ war’s remains were moved in the mid - 1970s . he was buried at a spot of honor near their entrance . his grave is surrounded by a moat and beneath herbert haseltine’s oversized man o’ war statue .
welcome to the man o ' war bar and restaurant , north county dublin ' s most authentic irish venue , established in 1595 .
weary travellers stopped at the man o’war for refreshments as it was halfway along the turnpike route . wolfe tone had his breakfast here in july 1792 . other famous visitors include dr . john gamble and austin cooper who both wrote about their stay at the man o’war .
…riddle to keep the great man o’ war out of the kentucky derby in 1920 , thereby denying him a probable triple crown . …
the first time johnny loftus got on him , man o ' war threw the jockey about forty feet . but according to his owner ,
tossing johnny was the last bad move man o ' war ever made ,
for once he began galloping with the stable pony , major trent , and the other yearlings , man o ' war quickly became the most highly regarded horse in the barn .
man o’ war was never formally recognized as the top broodmare sire any year during his career , but his daughters produced horses of influence themselves . famous names such as kelso , sword dancer , nijinksy , buckpasser and raise a native all include man o’ war through dam bloodlines . man o’ war can be found in many modern thoroughbred pedigrees , such as the most recent triple crown winner american pharoah .
john p . grier vs . man o’ war in the 1920 dwyer stakes , aqueduct race track . painting by frank b . hoffman
your facts really are one sided . there are many experienced horsemen who think man o’ war is the greatest and they saw secretariat .
sue : thank you and how super that you’re sharing this about your own man o’ war descendant . she sounds just magnificent ! abigail
in the mural , you see man o’ war parading in front of the crowd after his historic win in the 1920 belmont stakes .
maureen o ' hara and john wayne in a still from
the quiet man .
high caliber and fmj will make the man - o - war deal more damage through headshots and through cover , respectively . both attachments are good fits for the man - o - war , as its high damage per shot is improved in certain conditions with these attachments .
among man o ' war ' s best offspring was the 1937 triple crown winner war admiral , equally well known today as the loser in the 1938 pimlico match race with seabiscuit , a man o ' war grandson . he also sired american and british grand national steeplechases champion battleship . man o ' war died on nov . 1 , 1947 , at riddle ' s faraway farm in lexington , ky . his remains rest at the kentucky horse park .
at stud man o’ war was limited to about 25 mares a season but still proved a hugely influential sire . one of his sons , war admiral , won a triple crown .
a portuguese man - of - war is actually a colony of individual organisms called polyps .
per an article by beloved historian jim bolus in a 1981 keeneland magazine , those items were re - interred with man o ' war .
man o ' war ( no . 1 ; jockey johnny loftus ) finishing second to upset ( no . 4 ; jockey willie knapp ) in the 1919 stanford stakes , saratoga , new york . this was the only loss in man o ' war ' s remarkable career .
the u . s . racing hall of fame inducted man o’ war in 1957 and a life - sized statue was erected at kentucky horse pack to honor the champion as well . the man o’ war stakes was inaugurated in 1959 at belmont park and continues to run today .
bill cooke recently curated an exhibit to honor man o’ war on the 100th anniversary of the horse’s birth . he has assembled some of the evidence of man o’ war’s commercial impact : cigarette tins , a razor strap embroidered with the horse’s name , a jar of hair creme .
ours notes a variety of x factors that could contribute to the differences in the times posted by man o ' war and secretariat . improvements in drainage technology and the practice of hosing down the dirt have made racetracks faster ; man o ' war ran on shoes made of steel versus secretariat ' s lightweight aluminum ; and the man o ' war typically carried extra weight to give his opponents a chance of winning .
sames , who died in 2005 at age 84 , said he had secured a prime spot that day to photograph man o’ war’s body lying in state . he’d used his charms to convince the crane company that transported man o’ war to the gravesite to give him a lift .
, man o’ war’s grandson , became one of the turf’s greatest campaigners and money winners in 1935–40 . ( a race between war admiral and seabiscuit in 1938 would become the second “race of the century . ” ) man o’ war died in 1947 and was inducted into the national museum of racing’s hall of fame in 1957 .
will harbut died a month before his beloved man o ' war , but his family has carried on his legacy in the thoroughbred industry . his son tom harbut was an exercise rider for man o ' war ' s sons war admiral and war relic before eventually becoming the stallion manager at spendthrift farm , and his great - grandson greg harbut runs a successful bloodstock agency .
many honors were heaped on man o ' war during his lifetime . during world war ii , the first cavalry stationed in japan gave him the honorary military rank of
colonel
.
although he was left at the start , buried in traffic for part of the journey , and forced wide , man o’ war still nearly won the race . the result was upset winning by a diminishing half length . man o’ war blew past upset right after the finish line .
above / below : an exterior door on man o ' war ' s longtime stall opened into a sizable paddock . when standing in that stall , it was easy to imagine man o ' war peering out through the slats , awaiting turnout time ( photos 2000 and 2008 ) .
man o ' war ' s male line is still represented by the leading sire tiznow . however , it is through his daughters that the big red horse ' s bloodline continues . every american champion of the last 20 years can trace their pedigree back to man o ' war .
as for whether you should ? debatable . the man o’ war’s “surround” is about as good as the g933—which is to say , good for a headset . still , the stereo output on the man o’ war is so incredible i’d dare say you’re better off simply relying on that .
he has been the subject of four notable biographies : the first , man o ' war , by page cooper and roger treat , was published in 1950 , and is a classic of its kind ; walter farley , author of the black stallion series , also wrote a slightly fictional biography of man o ' war ; in 2000 . edward l . bowen wrote a biography called man o ' war : thoroughbred lengends from eclipse press ; and in 2006 , dorothy ours wrote a new , extensively sourced biography entitled man o ' war : a legend like lightning .
man o war is my hero . i love racing and i want to be a jockey . but i cant find a riding school to go to . i have never been up on a horse . i can ' t find any info on man o ' war for my report
maureen o ' hara as mary kate danaher in a still from
the quiet man
.
one saratoga story describes man o’ war enjoying “more than 15 minutes of freedom after launching his rider more than 40 feet” during a morning workout .
loftus was backing up man o’ war , trying to line him up again after his fifth lunge through the tape . without warning , pettingill sprang the webbing , apparently catching loftus by surprise . various reports said man o’ war was facing the wrong way , sideways , or simply caught off guard and unprepared for the start . whatever position he was in , man o’ war was left at the start and at a clear disadvantage .
man o ' war is profiled in chapter 5 of avalyn hunter ' s american classic pedigrees 1914 - 2002 ( 2003 , eclipse press ) .
i thought i’d seen every photo of man o’ war , so i was thunderstruck to find a color photo of him in 1980 in the blood - horse . the photo was accompanied by an article explaining that it was believed to be the last photo taken of man o’ war alive .
following his smashing debut , man o ' war won three stakes races , at three different new york tracks , in the next 17 days .
situated on a hill on the original dublin to belfast road , the man o’war public house has been recorded in deeds dating back to 1595 .
hall of fame jockey , after riding man o ' war in the miller stakes . he was the regular rider of triple crown winner sir barton
man o’ war : the legacy” was on display until the end of 2017 . it was an interactive exhibit at the kentucky derby museum which covered the life of man o’ war , his impressive racing career , his ties to the kentucky derby and his lasting mark on thoroughbred racing .
this photograph of man o ' war and jockey clarence kummer was taken on july 10 , 1920 , at the old aqueduct racetrack’s dwyer stakes .
when the bidding began at the 1918 yearling sale in saratoga springs , man o’ war looked good … but nobody recognized him as potentially great .
probably not , and it’s a question of whether man o’ war had finished his dinner before hoodwink finished the race ,
bowen says .
an absolutely fascinating observation from a racing writing legend , who came to these conclusions just a few years after man o’ war concluded his career .
by the way , your earlier commenter dorothy ours modestly omitted that she is the author of the best book ever written about man o’ war .
the ceremony that gloomy afternoon included nine eulogies , lasted approximately 30 minutes and was broadcast on the radio . man o’ war’s casket remained open .
in 1977 the big casket was dug up , and man o ' war was moved , along with his statue , to kentucky horse park .
american racing regained its legal status in 1913 , but soon the nation’s focus shifted to world war i . track attendance and racing purses had plummeted significantly before man o’ war rejuvenated the sport .
man o’ war returned to saratoga in august 1920 and romped in the miller stakes . he followed with a remarkable performance in the travers . andy schuttinger substituted for the injured kummer in the midsummer derby and man o’ war did not skip a beat . even though he was restrained in the stretch , man o’ war covered the 1¼ - mile distance in 2 : 01⅘ , setting a stakes and track record that stood for 42 years .
for his final race , man o’ war competed in a match race in canada , the 1920 kenilworth park god cup against 1919 triple crown winner sir barton . man o’ war would win by seven lengths to end his career on a high note . at the time , riddle had intended to run man o’ war as a 4 - year - old but decided against it due to the likelihood of carrying huge weights in handicap races .
by the time his historic career was over , man o’ war had set three world records , two american records , and three track records . the colt was a horse for the ages and he was only aged three . the decision was made to send man o’ war to stud in kentucky . he would spend the next 22 breeding seasons siring 379 foals . the most successful of these offspring were war admiral and war relic . the war relic line still exists today , and man o’ war appears no less than 17 times in the bloodline of 2015 triple crown champion american pharoah
not only did man o ' war live nobly , he died nobly as well . his groom and pal , will harbut , died suddenly in october , 1947 . man o ' war was so crestfallen that he pined away , and less than a month later died of a broken heart .
with loftus banned by the jockey club , riddle and feustel chose clarence kummer as man o’ war’s new rider and the combination proved to be a winning one . riddle decided to pass on the kentucky derby in favor of having man o’ war make his 3 - year - old debut in the preakness . man o’ war won easily , as he did in the withers , belmont ( a 20 - length victory ) , stuyvesant and dwyer .
a scroll from the u . s . army’s first cavalry division was placed with a black ribbon on man o’ war’s barn . the first cavalry division had dubbed man o’ war an honorary colonel . in japan , an estimated 3 , 000 members of the country’s cavalry division paid their respects to man o’ war with military honors as well . american racetracks held a moment of silence at 3 p . m . , coinciding with the funeral .
rapid fire is not a good option on the man - o - war , as the attachment itself gives a very small effect , if any . note that with the increased fire rate , the man - o - war ' s centerspeed has less time to adjust between shots . this makes the rapid fire attachment incredibly detrimental for the man - o - war , as it increases the already high recoil ( although by very little ) .
after winning the travers , man o’ war returned to belmont for the lawrence realization . by this time few owners had any interest in racing against riddle’s powerhouse . only hoodwink , at 100 - 1 odds , came forward to meet man o’ war . knowing hoodwink provided no legitimate threat , kummer set man o’ war against the clock . the mighty colt responded by shattering the previous world record for 1⅝ miles ( 2 : 45 flat ) by more than four seconds ( 2 : 40⅘ ) . poor hoodwink was left in the dust by an approximate 100 lengths even though the official race chart said man o’ war was restrained at the end and never fully extended . man o’ war’s performance that day remains the belmont record for the distance .
man o’ war also became a great stallion as well as a tourist attraction for kentucky . one of his best sons , war admiral , won the triple crown in 1937 . even today , man o’ war’s direct male line of descent is with us , perhaps most prominently in the form of 2001 horse of the year tiznow and his sons .
man o ' war was so dubbed by mrs . eleanor robson belmont , who traditionally named all of her husband ' s horses , including mahubah , whose name is arabic for ' good tidings ' . mrs . belmont originally wanted to call mahubah ' s colt
my man o ' war
in honor of her husband ' s participation in world war i . when she sent the registration to new york , the first word was dropped and he was officially named man o ' war .
walter farley , author of the black stallion series , penned a fictionalized biography of man o ' war that was released in 1962 by random house .
above : man o ' war at faraway farm in 1932 , when he was 15 . james w . sames iii photo . sames / livingston collection
both were bred , raced , and managed by man o ' war ' s owner samuel riddle . he gave both a reasonable chance at stud .
which makes the man o’ war sort of exciting . it’s razer’s first foray into wireless headsets , and it sports a brand - new design aesthetic .
the man o’war is razer’s only wireless gaming headset , producing virtual 7 . 1 surround sound with a rated battery life of 14 to 20 hours .
man o’ war retired to stud in 1921 , with riddle preferring to call time on his career rather than see him assigned staggering weights in handicaps .
riddle said he did not believe in hurrying man o’ war and that he will not race again until he is prime condition . ” [ 2 ]
i just wonder if the other horse in that race could even see man o’ war when he crossed the finish line ,
i ask .
credit for the stallion’s success at stud goes to horsemen like john madden and bloodlines specialist william allison , who riddle consulted regarding man o’ war’s first book of mares . there is no reason to think that samuel riddle did anything but seek the expertise of knowledgeable people throughout man o’ war’s breeding career .
the handsome star shoot , sire of sir barton and grey lag . two of his daughters went to man o’ war , producing mars and crusader .
sue s . i’ , always interested to learn more about man o’ war and was very interested to read this . thank you so much , abigail
despite never running in the kentucky derby , man o ' war won numerous races , including the belmont and the preakness . the exhibit at kentucky horse park is called
man o ' war at 100 : the mostest horse that ever was ,
a phrase coined by his groom will harbut .
the one exception was the dwyer . although man o’ war shouldered “only” 126 pounds , he was conceding 18 pounds to a very good colt named john p . grier . that whitney colorbearer ran his heart out trying to press , stay with , and challenge the great champion every step of the way through a punishing pace . john p . grier will go down in racing history as the rival who forced man o’ war to summon something extra . man o’ war responded , finally subduing the whitney colt and driving clear in what was then american ( and world ) record time for 1 1 / 8 miles . ( for more details on man o’ war’s records , see dorothy ours’ man o’ war : a legend like lightning , appendix a . )
the summer of 1919 was not without controversy for man o’ war . what transpired on aug . 13 that year at saratoga in the sanford memorial turned out to be the one black mark on an otherwise flawless record . for the first and only time , man o’ war was defeated . the loss , however , did little to tarnish man o’ war’s reputation . if anything , it enhanced his legend , as he almost pulled off a miracle victory . the circumstances of the race remain shrouded in mystery and controversy . the horse that handed man o’ war his only defeat was the aptly named upset .
man o’ war began experiencing heart trouble in 1943 , forcing his retirement from breeding . he died of a heart attack on nov . 1 , 1947 at faraway , less than a month after harbut’s death . it required 13 men to lift man o’ war’s 1 , 300 - pound body from his stall . three days later , more than 2 , 000 people attended man o’ war’s funeral , which was broadcast on nbc radio and featured nine eulogies .
faraway farm , huffman mill pike , lexington , ky ( now man o ' war farm ) - where man o ' war lived from late ' 36 or early january ' 37 through his death in 1947 . he was also originally buried there before his remains were moved to the kentucky horse park .
on this day in 1920 , man o’ war wins the 52nd belmont stakes , and sets the record for the fastest mile ever run by a horse to that time . man o’ war was the biggest star yet in a country obsessed with horse racing , and the most successful thoroughbred of his generation .
the plot was surrounded by a moat 10 feet wide and 4 to 6 feet deep . sixteen pin oak trees - marking the number of years man o’ war stood at stud – had been planted around it . the walkway to the site was lined with 30 hornbeam trees representing man o’ war’s age .
following the conclusion of world war i , the world of sport began to return to its normal course and few stars made as much of an impact on the culture of competition than man o’ war .
man o’ war instead retired and went on to become an important stallion , siring 62 stakes winners from 381 named foals , including 1937 triple crown winner war admiral ( a notable sire himself ) , and war relic , whose sire line continues today . man o’ war’s influence on modern thoroughbred bloodlines is still intact and there is barely a pedigree in current north american racing that does not carry his name .
as a three - year old , man o’ war dominated the field . loftus was denied a jockey’s license that year , so clarence kummer rode “big red , ” as man o’ war came to be known . the horse skipped the kentucky derby , as his trainers deemed the mile - and - a - quarter race to be too grueling so early in the season , so the preakness stakes was man o’ war’s coming out party . he won easily .
i can ' t help it , i believe man o ' war is one of the greatest champions to have ever put his hoofs on the race circuit . all the better to read an almost real - life biography of his life . it is clear from the beginning that walter farley is a true fan of man o ' war since you can feel his admiration of this special thoroughbred through the whole book . and i ' m totally jealous that farley was able to see man o ' war in existens . hopefully , there will be again a racehorse as signular as man o ' war in this cent
horse racing : the maryland farm on which man o ' war once grazed and trained is about to be turned over to luxury houses and golf courses .
new york - - man o ' war and secretariat , two mighty chestnut colts , ran 1 - 2 in the race for horse of the century .
“mr waggoner , many men can have a million dollars , but only one can have man o’ war . i’m not interested in parting with him . ”
the man o’war golf course has electric carts , a driving range , a practice putting green , a pro shop , a snack bar , rental clubs , golf instructors , and servers beer and wine . the man o’war course has a really cool looking clubhouse built over the lake with a nice outdoor deck .
was turned sideways and surrendered several jumps to his competitors . it is notable that in the match race featuring two of man o’ war’s most famous offspring ,
man o’ war won both the preakness and belmont stakes . he ran eleven times as a 3 - year - old and , of course , won them all . there is few who doubt that man o’ war would have been the second triple crown winner in history if sam riddle had sent him to churchill downs . however , not winning the kentucky derby has done nothing to degrade man o’ war’s legacy as one of the greatest horses ever bred in america .
bowen says man o’ war was fortunate from the beginning . the horse was purchased by a fellow who had no reason to rush him to the track .
they came to commemorate the centennial of man o ' war ' s birth and to recognize his ties to harford county and its rich horse racing heritage .
at 3 : 24 , buglers from the man o’ war post of the american legion , dressed in the famous riddle silks , played the mournful taps .
in fact , many man o’ war photos are among my all - time favorites . how grand he was – although that word doesn’t seem nearly strong enough . and what was he looking at in those countless times he seemed oblivious to the man holding his lead shank ? unlike many famous thoroughbreds , man o’ war seemed to clearly understand he was the greatest .
war admiral is outcrossed through five generations . his dam brushup is a half sister to 1933 dwyer stakes winner war glory ( by man o ' war ) and to marching along ( by man o ' war ) , dam of the stakes - winning steeplechaser pebalong ( by big pebble ) . brushup is out of annette k . ( by harry of hereford ) , whose half sister seaplane ( by man o ' war ) is the dam of stakes winner aquaplane ( by high time ) and the third dam of the high - class racer and sire eight thirty .
although i ' ve visited many places related to man o ' war - from his marker on the hoofprints walk of fame at saratoga to man o ' war boulevard signs in lexington - i ' m most touched by places man o ' war actually breathed , walked , raced , slept , died . also included in this blog , out of admiration for all associated with him , are will harbut ' s , and fair play and mahubah ' s , graves .
originally , belmont ' s wife named the horse my man o ' war , after her soldiering husband , who was stationed in france during world war i , but the
my
was later dropped .
following the lawrence realization , man o’ war pushed his win streak to 13 with impressive victories in the jockey club gold cup and potomac handicap . at this point , there appeared to be no competition for man o’ war — with one possible exception , sir barton , the sport’s first triple crown winner in 1919 .
man o ' war , however , is widely distributed through pedigrees and through numerous sources . a measure of how pervasive the chestnut son of fair play has become is seen from a quick count of the number of times that man o ' war appears in some of the major stakes winners over the past weekend .
i also don’t see ghosts at the place of man o’ war’s birth , nursery stud in kentucky . long since developed , there isn’t a hint of august belmont’s old lexington - area farm anymore . even a roadside historical marker , which marks the area where man o’ war was born , doesn’t evoke them . and if there are any whispers of man o’ war around the spendthrift farm property once called hinata farm , where red originally entered stud , i haven’t found them .
they have been washed up alongside rare violet sea snails , which feed on the men o ' war .
imagine the people who have streamed onto this farm , now called man o ' war farm , and how they felt upon seeing the greatest of all racehorses .
this year , 2014 , marks the four hundred and nineteenth year of the man o’war pub serving fine food and beverages in a lively and traditional irish atmosphere .
his racing days having ended with his defeat of sir barton , man o’ war was retired to stud . he made news again , though , when his son
the man o ' war stakes has been held every year since 1959 and is named to honor the thoroughbred many consider to be the best racehorse in the history of u . s . racing . man o ' war won 20 of his 21 career starts . man o ' war set three world records , two american records , two track records , and equaled another track standard . he won one race by an incredible 100 lengths and triumphed in another while carrying 138 pounds .
the widespread impact of man o’ war’s influence on american thoroughbred horse racing is undeniable . in fact , he has been listed as the greatest racehorse of the 20 th century by the associated press , sports illustrated and many others . fans and followers of the sport regard man o’war as the most important american racehorse ever .
pons ' grandson , mike pons , proudly held the man o ' war plaque on wednesday afternoon , as he stood in front of the entrance gate to what in man o ' war ' s day was the clubhouse at the havre de grace racetrack , and now is part of the maryland national guard military reservation .
it took three days to bury man o’ war . heavy rains kept gravediggers from their task in his paddock , which was to be his final resting place .
while racing was legalized again in 1913 , world war i soon dominated the public ' s attention . attendance and purses were at record lows when man o ' war made his debut on june 6 , 1919 .
man o’ war made a furious rally to get in contention . loftus attempted to get through on the rail approaching the stretch , but he found traffic trouble and became locked in a pocket . past the eighth pole , loftus knew he had no choice but to swing his mount outside . man o’ war lost valuable ground .
rommy faversham ' s 2005 work samuel riddle , walter jeffords and the dynasty of man o ' war is the first book of the great breeders and their methods series , published by the russell meerdink company , ltd . faversham ' s book focuses on man o ' war ' s breeding career and long - term legacy .
when i was young i could whinny and run with the best of ’em , and , with my man o’ war blood , no one on our track team was faster . and if i was in the woods and a tree trunk lay across the path , i became man o’ war’s son battleship in the grand national .