Minoru Park
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Minoru Park is a park located on the site of a former horse-racing track and airstrip in Richmond, British Columbia.
East-facing aerial view of Minoru Park
Minoru Park's running track, built on its former horse racecourse
Minoru Aquatic Centre
Richmond Cultural Centre
Minoru (horse)
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Minoru was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won two British Classic Races. In a career which lasted from June 1908 to April 1910 he ran thirteen times and won seven races. Aft
Minoru Park
…Minoru was one of the first major aviation hubs in Western Canada. Named after King Edward VII's Epsom Derby-winning Irish thoroughbred racehorse, Minoru, the area started out as a horse-racing track on August 21, 1909, to an audience of 7,000. (Minoru never raced in Richmond, however.) Almost one year…
Minoru as depicted in Vanity Fair, September 1909
Minoru with Herbert Jones up in the Winner's Circle at Epsom. Painting by Alfred Charles Havell