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the Curragh
the Curragh , undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh racecourse is Ireland's most famous horse-racing center. The region gave its name to the Curragh Incident or "Mutiny," in which many... Read more |
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Pontefract
Pontefract , town (1991 pop. 28,621), Wakefield metropolitan district, N England. It is an industrial city; furniture, iron products, and textiles are made. Pomfret cakes are licorice lozenges made there. West of Pontefract is a racecourse. Situated on the edge of coal fields, Pontefract grew around... Read more |
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Benjamin Marshall
Marshall, Benjamin (1768–1835). English sporting painter, one of the best followers of Stubbs. He was briefly a pupil of the portrait painter L. F. Abbott, but from c.1792 he turned to animal painting. In 1812 he settled at Newmarket, famous for its racecourse, but he returned to London in... Read more |
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steeple
steeple steeplechase a horse race run on a racecourse having ditches and hedges as jumps, originally so called because a steeple marked the finishing point across country; the term is first recorded in the Sporting Magazine of April 1793 of a race of this kind run near Galloway.steeple-house a... Read more |
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Black Thursday
BLACK THURSDAY (1978) tunisian riots between government forces and striking workers over a sagging economy. On 26 January 1978, demonstrations organized by the Union G Read more |
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Doncaster
Doncaster , town (1991 pop. 74,727) and metropolitan district, N central England, on the Don River. Doncaster is a communications center, located on important rail lines and roads, and a market for fruits, vegetables, and livestock. There are slaughterhouses, railroad shops, steel mills, and... Read more |
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Alain Prost
Alain Prost 1955- French race car driver Formula One auto racing (F1) is the most elite, well funded, avidly followed, and competitive sport in the world. The drivers of F1 are among the most talented racing car drivers in the world, and Alain Prost retired in 1993 as the greatest driver in... Read more |
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week , so named because it is considered the anniversary of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper (that is, the mandatum novum or "new commandment" ). In some... Read more |
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