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Super Creek
Super Creek (スーパークリーク), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse foaled 27 May 1985 by No Attention, won the 1988 Kikuka Sho, 1989 Tenno Sho Autumn, and 1990 Tenno Sho Spring; 8 wins from 16 starts, rival of Oguri Cap and Inari One.
Tap Dance City (タップダンスシチー)
Tap Dance City (タップダンスシチー), foaled 1997, American-bred Japanese-trained Thoroughbred by Pleasant Tap; won the 2003 Japan Cup by a record 9 lengths, the 2004 Takarazuka Kinen, and three straight Kinko Sho; later a sire.
Tennō Shō (Autumn)
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (天皇賞（秋）, Akiten), JRA G1 horse race over 2,000 m turf at Tokyo Racecourse for 3yo+; descended from the 1905 Emperor's Cup; first leg of the Autumn Triple Crown; 2025 winner Masquerade Ball.
Tennō Shō (Spring)
Tenno Sho (Spring) (天皇賞（春）), Japan's longest JRA flat G1, 3,200m turf at Kyoto for 4yo&up each May; 2026 winner Croix du Nord in 3:13.7, 2025 winner Redentor.
Tenno Sho (天皇賞)
Tenno Sho (天皇賞, Emperor's Prize): two Japanese Grade 1 races run by the JRA, a 3,200m spring stayer's race at Kyoto and a 2,000m autumn middle-distance race at Tokyo, descended from the 1905 Emperor's Cup.
The Black Stallion (film)
The Black Stallion is a 1979 American family adventure drama directed by Carroll Ballard, adapted from Walter Farley's children's novel about a boy and a wild stallion.
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred, English horse breed for flat racing, founded on the Darley Arabian, Godolphin Arabian, and Byerly Turk; defined by the 1791 General Stud Book and American Stud Book registry, averaging 16 hands and 35-40 mph.
Thoroughbred breeding theories
Thoroughbred breeding theories, including Bruce Lowe's figure system, dosage, and the MSTN speed gene test, predict racehorse ability from pedigree; heritability is low to moderate and race times have barely improved in 60 years.
Tiger Roll
Tiger Roll, Irish-bred National Hunt gelding (foaled 2010) by Authorized, won back-to-back Aintree Grand Nationals in 2018 and 2019, the first dual winner since Red Rum in 1974, plus four Cheltenham Festival wins for Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House Stud.
Tokai Teio (トウカイテイオー)
Tokai Teio (トウカイテイオー), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse foaled 1988 by Symboli Rudolf; won 1991 Satsuki Sho and Derby, 1992 Japan Cup, 1993 Arima Kinen; 12 starts, 9 wins; JRA Hall of Fame 1995.
Tokyo Racecourse
Tokyo Racecourse (東京競馬場) is the Japan Racing Association's largest racecourse, a left-handed thoroughbred track in Fuchu, western Tokyo, opened in 1933 and home of the Japan Cup.
Tony McCoy
Tony McCoy (AP McCoy, born 1974, Moneyglass, County Antrim), Northern Irish jump jockey; 20 consecutive champion jockey titles from 1996, over 4,000 winners, 2010 Grand National on Don't Push It, first jockey to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year (2010), retired April 2015.
Tosen Jordan
Tosen Jordan (トーセンジョーダン), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse foaled 2006 by Jungle Pocket; won the 2011 Tenno Sho (Autumn) G1 in a Tokyo track-record 1:56.1, second in the 2011 Japan Cup, later a stallion.
Tosho Boy (トウショウボーイ)
Tosho Boy (トウショウボーイ), 1973–1992, Japanese Thoroughbred called the Heavenly Horse; 1976 Horse of the Year, won Satsuki Sho, Arima Kinen, Takarazuka Kinen; sired Triple Crown winner Mr. C.B.; JRA Hall of Fame 1984.
Travers Stakes
Travers Stakes: Grade 1 "Midsummer Derby" for three-year-olds, 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga Race Course; first run 1864, oldest US stakes for 3-year-olds; 2026 winner Leading Change.
Triple Crown of Hurdling
Triple Crown of Hurdling: unofficial British National Hunt series of the Fighting Fifth, Christmas, and Champion Hurdles; won by Kribensis, Buveur d'Air, and Constitution Hill.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes for three-year-olds in five weeks; 13 winners from Sir Barton (1919) to Justify (2018).
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Japan)
Japanese Classic Triple Crown (JRA Classic Sampo): sweep of the Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), and Kikuka Sho. Eight winners, 1941-2020, from Saint Lite to the unbeaten Contrail.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
The American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, also called the Triple Crown, is the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes sweep for 3-year-olds; 13 colts from Sir Barton (1919) to Justify (2018) have won it.
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi (ツルマルツヨシ)
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi (ツルマルツヨシ), Japanese Thoroughbred stallion foaled 1995, out of Sweet Cielo by Conquistador Cielo; won 5 of 11 starts including the 1999 Kyoto Daishoten (G2), beating Mejiro Bright and T.M. Opera O; later a lead and merit horse.
Twin Turbo (ツインターボ) (horse)
Twin Turbo (ツインターボ), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, bay colt foaled April 13, 1988, by Lyra Ridge out of Racing Jean; 35 starts, 6 wins, three G3 wins (Radio Tampa Sho, Tanabata Sho, All Comers), last of 13 in the 1994 Arima Kinen.
Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza, Mexican-born Hall of Fame jockey (born 1972, Tulancingo), rode American Pharoah to the 2015 Triple Crown, won three Kentucky Derbies and three Preaknesses, and has over 3,500 wins and $214 million in earnings.
Virginia Gold Cup
The Virginia Gold Cup is an annual American steeplechase horse race, a four-mile timber race run each spring at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, first held in 1922.
War Admiral
War Admiral (1934-1959), son of Man o' War out of Brushup, was the 1937 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year, unbeaten in 8 starts that year, later beaten by Seabiscuit in the 1938 Pimlico Special, and a leading sire.
William Kissam Vanderbilt
William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849-1920), also William K. Vanderbilt I, American railroad manager, philanthropist, and racehorse breeder; son of William Henry Vanderbilt, husband of Alva Smith, later French breeder at Chateau Vanderbilt, Carrieres-sous-Poissy.
Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins (William Patrick Mullins, born 1956), Irish National Hunt trainer at Closutton, County Carlow; record 121 Cheltenham Festival winners, five Gold Cups, four Grand Nationals, Irish and British champion trainer.
Winning Post (ウイニングポスト)
Winning Post (ウイニングポスト, WiPo) is Koei Tecmo's horse-raising simulation series, first released 1993; Guinness record for longest-running horse racing game series, 4 million+ units sold, Japan-only except Winning Post EX (1995).
Winx (horse)
Winx is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, foaled 2011, trained by Chris Waller, who won 37 of her 43 starts, including a world record 25 Group 1 victories.
Woodbine Mile
Woodbine Mile: Grade 1 one-mile turf stakes at Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, first run 1988 as the Molson Export Challenge; Breeders' Cup Mile Win and You're In race with a $1,000,000 purse.
Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers Raceway, opened 1899 as Empire City Trotting Club by William H. Clark, is a half-mile harness track in Yonkers, NY; renamed 1950, Rooney family 1972, MGM 2019, home of Empire City Casino and the Messenger Stakes.