Mucho Macho Man (foaled 2008) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic. Named after the Village People song "Macho Man", he was owned for most of his racing career by Dean and Patti Reeves of Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, and trained by Kathy Ritvo. Born late in the year for a Thoroughbred foal, as a growing two- and three-year-old he had to compete against horses that were several months older. In 2011, he competed in all three Triple Crown races, finishing third in the Kentucky Derby. After surgery in 2011 to address a breathing problem, he came back and won three graded stakes races and finished a close second in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic. Winning that race in 2013 (pictured with jockey Gary Stevens), combined with the compelling human-interest stories surrounding the horse and the people who worked with him, earned him the Secretariat Vox Populi Award and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Moment of the Year. Mucho Macho Man won another race in January 2014 and was retired in July due to "wear and tear", but essentially sound. He now lives at Adena Springs where he will stand at stud.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1891:
Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane on their former farm lands in Palo Alto, California, officially opened with 559 students and free tuition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University
1910:
A large bomb destroyed the Los Angeles Times building in Los Angeles, killing 21 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times_bombing
1949:
Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
1964:
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen, the first Shinkansen line of high- speed railways in Japan, opened for service. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Shinkansen
1991:
New Zealand's Resource Management Act came into effect, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, to ensure their sustainable use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Management_Act_1991
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
wherenot: Other related places, wherever; as in, to Bagdad, China, and wherenot. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wherenot
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities — not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. --Jimmy Carter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
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