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Thank you for creating Fonso. Keep up the good work, Kingturtle (talk) 14:43, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Manuel (Horse

Could you please cite that last sentence about the death of the horse, also maybe a cite for the contents of the info box. Thanks. Cliffsteinman (talk) 04:40, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Eclipse/Champion

Good work doing the KD winner articles. Re your edit to Vagrant (horse). We use the Thoroughbred Heritage retrospective Champions of the Turf from their website. Re the cite request above for Infoboxs. We use the horse's profile found at Pedigree Query. Also, if you like, you can get the other races won by all Derby winners here by typing in the year they won. Handicapper (talk) 17:29, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Though you might like to download this PDF for referencing. It has all categories from 2003 back to 1887. Eclipse Award/Champions Winners Chart from The Bloodhorse. Handicapper (talk) 14:39, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Meridian (horse)

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DYK for Goldsmith Maid

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

John E. Madden

Your John E. Madden article is a well done and valuable addition to the Thoroughbred racing project. Handicapper (talk) 19:02, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

I mentioned the article to another Project member. Here's what he said about it: [1] Handicapper (talk) 17:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lester Reiff

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Cast your vote on editing guideline at WikiProject Thoroughbred racing

There is currently an issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thoroughbred racing that as a member you might wish to read and vote on. Handicapper (talk) 19:25, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Mornington Cannon

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for George E. Smith (gambler)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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Here ya go

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		For your research and discoveries at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Higgby Act, which certainly made the discussion into a quite fascinating conversation, this is well deserved. Yaksar (let's chat) 20:30, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Black Caviar

Hi there, thanks for our edit to Black Caviar (horse). As you seem to be pretty knowledgeable about horse racing, I was wondering if you could explain it a bit more to me (as I know very little about it). If you see the newspaper article I referenced when I added that info, it claims that BC is currently ranked the world's best racehorse, not just the best Australian or best sprinter. So, I was hoping you could clarify this for me. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 02:00, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for explaining that to me and for clarifying it in the article as well (and the extra ref). Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 03:53, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

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x3 Rcsprinter (talk) 20:10, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Algerine (horse)

Hello! Your submission of Algerine (horse) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. The article is almost ready for DYK, but I noticed there is one uncited paragraph. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Qrsdogg (talk) 00:15, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Shackleford (horse)

Be WP:BOLD and add the chart. It looks good.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:54, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Why are furlongs only included in some races?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:23, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

The race length for those two maiden runs was in furlongs (1 mile = 8 furlongs) as opposed to miles like the other races. A thought the reader might like to know how long a furlong is compared to miles or km since the official chart lists the distance in furlongs.Froggerlaura (talk) 21:52, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

What about making finish 9/12 instead of just 9 to show how large the fields were.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:46, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Algerine (horse)

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Cheeseburger

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Kyrle Bellew

Good morning, Froggerlaura, I just want to say 'wow'! what a fantastic job sprucing up the Kyrle Bellew site. I hope some of the links/cites I had added helped. It knocked me off my feet when I logged on this morning. His photo is great. I didn't know all the info on Eugenie and the nature of their marriage, but it'll be great reading. All I can give is praise. Thanks again. Koplimek (talk) 13:12, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Kyrle Bellew

The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Skin cancer in horses

Thanks from the active members of the DYK project Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Theropod paleopathology

I've responded to your objections to the DYK nomination of Theropod paleopathology. I don't think they were entirely accurate and fair. Abyssal (talk) 18:23, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm replying right now. Abyssal (talk) 00:12, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I'm in the process of rewriting some stuff now. :) Abyssal (talk) 01:07, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I've completed a preliminary polishing. Abyssal (talk) 04:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

<3 Abyssal (talk) 05:11, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your editorial assistance

This user helped promote Shackleford (horse) to good article status.

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

DYK nom for Stay Thirsty

Hi Laura, I have reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Stay Thirsty and I have issues with paraphrasing and tone. Please see my comments at the nomination page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:38, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Stay Thirsty

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Star Shoot (horse).jpg

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Thanks for the review of Template:Did you know nominations/Joint custody

I left a reply there. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 15:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

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Joint custody (United States)

I figured I would post this on your wall as well as the DYK page:

I think I have addressed most issues posed. First off, I really like the alternate hook, besides sounding less clunky (as I think you put it), it also sounds a bit more interesting as well! I have overhauled some sections that reviewers had mentioned may have issues with them, refined the sources quite a bit, fixed over-linking, and I added the source you had recommended (GREAT SOURCE BY THE WAY!). Let me know if there are any other concerns, and I will fix them immediately :). Thank you again for taking the time to review this article, your time is greatly appreciated! --Kgw2 (talk) 16:28, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I will address this issue immediately and let you know once it has been resolved. Thank you for your fast input on what needs to be addressed still! --Kgw2 (talk) 20:29, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Just as an update, work has been done to the final two issues you had brought up. Provided nothing different occurs in the next 3 days, the discussion over the move will be closed on the 10th, and hopefully this article will be good to go for the DYK. Thanks again for all your help with this article! I will update you on the 10th as to the conclusion of the discussion of the move etc. --Kgw2 (talk) 18:49, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey sorry to bother you but I though I would check, for a cite that we used say 50 pages on, if, for instance, we used something like pages 90-92 for one source, and 132-133 for another, would I just want to make that 2 separate citations even though it is the same source? Also thank you again for all the helpful notes you have given us, they REALLY improved the article a tremendous amount! --Kgw2 (talk) 07:06, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

I figured I could just say thank you, or better yet I could figure out how to give you a brownie! The latter was much more fun. --Kgw2 (talk) 18:57, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

For your helpful edits and advice to my students. You can see all wok that we are doing here. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 03:31, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Grand Parade

Thanks very much for adding the picture to this article. It's a big improvement. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

And thanks for adding good old Alfred E. Watson's info on Grand Geraldine. He also wrote a book for Alfred W. Cox which I used for the Lemberg article. I like your use of "met with limited success" as a polite way of saying "almost totally useless". Tigerboy1966 (talk) 01:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help with the Derby winners. All the redlinks now gone. 27 days, 48 articles, 670,000 bytes. Phew!Tigerboy1966 (talk) 20:30, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced sarcasm

Oops. Sorry for that. I had missed it since it came before a question on another nomination and I had only responded to it. Once again, I apologize (and thank you for the relatively good humor with which you handled it). Daniel Case (talk) 18:54, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Caractacus, Lord Lyon and Ladas

• Excellent work on Caractacus- A True Underdog Story, and well-told.
• If you are ready for another project, could I suggest Lord Lyon who has a sort of "sore thumb" quality to his redlink.
• I have put Ladas up for GA so any contributions/additions/modifications would be welcome.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 17:47, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Caractacus (horse)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Overdue Barnstar

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		The barnstar for sports-related articles. For your outstanding work on Thoroughbred racing, especially for creating the article on Caractacus and the epic on Lord Lyon. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 14:39, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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Eleanor (horse) for DYK?

Hello, Froggerlaura. I noticed your good work on Eleanor (horse) and was about to nominate it for DYK. Will the article be ready soon? There are two sections still empty, so I think you are still working on it. I hope to post the nom. on T:TDYK soon, before the article becomes more than 5 days old and thus ineligible. I am not trying to rush you, though. If you don't want your work to get featured on MainPage, it's alright. Pls feel free to ignore the nom. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:15, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response. I had issues with internet access. Thank you for writing up the article. Nice work! Thanks for putting the nom template on T:TDYK, too. I couldn't do that yesterday. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 17:43, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Blink Bonny

Another cry for help/ research problem. Tbheritage have Blink Bonny running twice as a four-year-old and winning once. I had no problem finding the defeat, (pulled up at Goodwood) but I've had no luck finding the win. Maybe a walkover or a match where the other runner forfeited? Tigerboy1966 (talk) 18:32, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. The Goodwood report does make it sound like a "first and last" appearance. I did notice that you made a sub-page for resources, which is very useful. Also thanks for the extra details on Queen Mary and "Little Jack" Charlton. Good job on Prince Leopold as well, although I can't say I enjoyed reading it- it's a sad story. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 01:47, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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Walkover

I've just noticed that there is an article walkover, which isn't very well sourced but does at least explain the concept clearly and should therefore save a few key-strokes. I've added it to Eleanor. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 16:46, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Eleanor (horse)

Thanks for your article Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Laminitis

Thanks for your work on the Laminitis article. Upon looking at that radiograph and comparing it to one I have at home, I think the original uploader (not you) put the gray line for the hoof wall too far out. I jumped onto Google for some non-free images, and these might show you what I mean. [2], [3], [4], [5], etc... But I don't have photoshop and when I've tried to annotate photos in the past it's been a bust, so do you want to take a try at tweaking the image? Montanabw^(talk) 16:29, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

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Waxy DYK nom

Thank you for fixing the hook. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 10:54, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Prince Leopold (horse)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Horse birthdays

I bet you know this anyway but... the practice of all horses having their official birthday on 1 January only dates from 1834. Before that it was 1 May- at least at Newmarket. It can make some reports a bit confusing: runners at the Newmarket Craven meeting (more important then than now), often seem to have the "wrong" ages. TbHeritage got a bit confused by this.[6] I have included an explanation with a (print) ref in the Spaniel article.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 07:14, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Frederick, Cadland

As we are getting close to overlapping now, I thought I'd mention that the above are my next two targets for creation, if that's OK. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 23:23, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Sounds great. I'm planning on starting from the beginning and working forward. Not much info on the early ones though. Froggerlaura (talk) 23:25, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Whalebone (horse)

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:03, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

5x DYK?

Hello, Tigerboy1966 & Froggerlaura. I'm not sure if you are interested in getting into the DYK Hall of Fame with a quintuple hook. If you are interested, here's an unsolicited suggestion:

• ... that the 3rd Earl of Egremont (bust pictured), owner of Assassin (1782), Hannibal (1804), Cardinal Beaufort (1805), Election (1807), Lap-dog (1826), is the first person to ever own 5 winners of the Derby Stakes?

Just a suggestion. Feel free to ignore. Happy editing. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 18:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Note that Lap-dog (horse) is now plain old Lap-dog.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 02:04, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

The Lap-dog wikipage is 5 days old today and needs to be nominated before its eligibility expires. I have posted Template:Did you know nominations/Lap-dog on T:TDYK with a 4x hook for now. The 4x hook can become a 5x hook when "Election" is created. Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 06:40, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Froggerlaura. This 5xDYK is now on MainPage. Please feel free to use the {{User DYK HoF}} userbox on your userpage. Thank you for your wikicontributions. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 07:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Waxy (horse)

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Update

Currently working on Pan, who stayed in training till he was nine, ending his career running in "egg-and-spoon" races at Basingstoke, so he will take a while. After that I was going to do Sam. I have left Whisker for you as you did his brother Whalebone, so you should have a start there. I have also left you Gustavus as you say on your user page that you like grays. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 01:54, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

When I said that I'd "left" them for you I didn't mean it to sound like I was trying to WP:OWN the project! Sorry if that's how it comes over.Tigerboy1966 (talk) 02:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Not at all. I'll take on the last Waxy brother and Gustavus (still have a thing for grays :), have eyes for Assassin and Election too due to connection with Egremont. The horses in the 1780s are going to be hard to do, not many sources. Froggerlaura (talk) 02:21, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Dancing Rain

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DYK for Young Eclipse

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A barnstar for you

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		This is to thank you for finding and adding a picture of Blucher. Moonraker (talk) 10:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC) ... and another of Skyscraper. Moonraker (talk) 00:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

(NB, I recognized the engraving and was able to add some more details of it.) Moonraker (talk) 10:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Waxy (horse)

Feel free to nominate it for a GA, I'll be happy to review it for you.♦ Dr. Blofeld 01:28, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Good job, thanks for the fixes.♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:54, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

If there's anymore you want to nominate like Copenhagen (horse), let me know. We have an inadequate number of horse related GAs. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:35, 10 February 2012 (UTC)