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Animal
The Resume
(March 30, 1970-October 4, 1989)
Sire: Bold Ruler
Dam: Something Royal
Owner: Penny Tweedy (Chenery)
Trainer: Lucien Lauren
Jockey: Ron Turcotte
1973 Triple Crown Winner
Career Earnings: $1,316,808
Only raced sixteen months
Won sixteen of twenty-one races, finished in the money twenty times
Why he might be annoying
He won the last leg of the Triple Crown (Belmont Stakes) by 31 lengths (a record that stands today), making a laughing stock out of the competition.
An autopsy revealed his heart was 2½ times the size of an average horses' (unfair advantage).
Why he might not be annoying
He was voted 'Horse Of The Year' (1972, 73).
He was voted '35th Greatest Athlete Of The 20th Century' by ESPN (the only animal voted in the Top 50).
He was euthanized at nineteen, after suffering from laminitis - a painful hoof disease.
Research: Tim Howard
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Year In Review:
For 2009, as of last week, Out of 59 Votes: 40.68% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 74 Votes: 35.14% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 206 Votes: 44.66% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 164 Votes: 41.46% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 632 Votes: 42.25% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 707 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1413 Votes: 43.10% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 8007 Votes: 35.49% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 7076 Votes: 25.18% Annoying
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