Formosa (horse)
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Formosa was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that was the first winner of the English Fillies Triple Crown in addition to running a dead heat with the colt Moslem for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes. Formosa
Formosa in an 1868 painting by Harry Hall.
Formosa was ridden by George Fordham in most of her Classic racing engagements.
2000 Guineas Stakes
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The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and scheduled
Formosa (horse)
…Thoroughbred racehorse that was the first winner of the English Fillies Triple Crown in addition to running a dead heat with the colt Moslem for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes. Formosa was bred by James Cookson and was foaled in 1865 at his Neasham Hall stud farm. Formosa was sold to William Graham (who raced under the pseudonym…
The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810–1894)
Engraving of the 1874 2,000 Guineas, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 1874