Big fan of wikipedia here - I use it on a daily basis. Finally bit the bullet and started to edit articles where I have some expertise (mostly horse racing for now at least).
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editI flutter around on horse racing articles, alternating between article improvement from the clean-up list, racing updates, semi-random drive bys and the odd new article.
New Articles
edit- Squirt - grandsire of Eclipse, not much else to be found
- Creator - Belmont Stakes
- Frosted - that Met Mile performance!!
- Irad Ortiz Jr.
- Speightstown - sprinter and sire
- Lady Eli - started when I was nervous if she'd ever make it back to the track
- Billy Kelly
- Lexie Lou - first Queen's Plate winner in a long time to do something after
- Northern Dancer sire line - the begats!! Irresistible to me at least
- Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital - a fun one!
- Little Mike
- Susan Stover - veterinary research, sounds like an amazing woman
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge series - historical context for the BC (also adding more chit chat on the main BC articles)
- 2014 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- 2013 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- Shaman Ghost
- 2017 Road to the Kentucky Derby - someone's got to do it!
- The Pizza Man - have been hunch-betting the horse for years because of the name. Got his second G1 win at age 7.
- 2005 Belmont Stakes - filling in history
- 2004 Belmont Stakes
- 2003 Belmont Stakes
- 2002 Belmont Stakes
- 2001 Belmont Stakes
- 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- 2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- 2006 Breeders' Cup - going back in history of BC
- 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic - start series
- 2016 Breeders' Cup
- 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Tourist – here's hoping he and/or Gemologist can become the major sire the Godolphin Arabian sire line needs
- 2015 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2005 Breeders' Cup
- 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Always B Miki – first shot at a Standardbred
- Bal a Bali
- 2013 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2014 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2015 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2017 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic
- 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Abel Tasman
- Always Dreaming
- Jose Ortiz
- Caren (horse) - Canadian Horse of the Year
- Cupid (horse) - finally got his G1
- Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes - now G2
- Tapwrit
- Lady Angela - grand-dam of the greatest Canadian
- 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
- 2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- West Coast (horse)
- Oscar Performance
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
- 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Forever Unbridled
- Roy H
- Good Magic
- Talismanic
- Bolt d'Oro
- Begründen Sie
- Pink Lloyd - 2017 Canadian HoY and winner of eleven straight!
- 2018 Breeders' Cup
- 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Game Winner
- Stormy Liberal
- 2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2005 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Peter Miller (trainer)
- City of Light
- 2019 Kentucky Derby
- Omaha Beach (horse)
- War of Will
- Heavenly Prize
- 2020 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- 2019 Breeders' Cup
- 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic
- British Idiom
- Into Mischief
- Starship Jubilee
- 2020 Breeders' Cup
- 2020 Breeders' Cup challenge series
- Buckaroo - part of work on leading sires of North America
- The Porter - another leading sire
- Sir Charles - another leading sire from way back
- Covfefe – what a filly!
- Chatterton - another leading sire
- 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Essential Quality
- Whitmore - most popular winner at the 2020 Breeders' Cup
- Ben Strome - leading sire of 1903
- Leviathan (horse) - another leading sire
- Brad H. Cox - Eclipse Award and Monomoy Girl/Covfefe
- 2021 Kentucky Derby
- Rock Your World
- Known Agenda
- Bonnie Scotland (horse) - another leading sire
- 2021 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- Shedaresthedevil
- Malathaat
- Letruska
- Knicks Go
- 2021 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series
- 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic
- Echo Zulu
- 2022 Kentucky Derby
- Secret Oath
- Moira
Sandboxed
edit- McCraken (awaiting notability)
- Mr. Prospector sire line - a counterpoint to the Northern Dancer sire line, but is anyone else interested?
Revisions
editI try to do a lot of routine maintenance and upgrades, with a bit more time on some favorite topics. Here are some of the ones I've worked on a fair bit, in no particular order:
- Secretariat - Worked with Montanabw to bring to FA!
- Man o' War - brought this to GA Feb2018
- Northern Dancer - brought this to GA April2020
- Dan Patch - hope to get to GA
- Kincsem - hope to get to GA
- Zenyatta - hope to get to GA
- Eclipse - more to come
- Winx
- War Admiral
- Dr. Fager
- Count Fleet
- Bold Ruler
- Seattle Slew
- Sadler's Wells
- La Troienne - Love this mare!
- Personal Ensign
- Native Dancer
- Kentucky Broodmare of the Year
- Tapit - bit of a breeding junkie here. Also love the grays
- Potoooooooo
- Byerly Turk
- A.P. Indy
- Nyquist (first article I worked on!)
- Dance Smartly
- Ashado
- Ruffian
- Funny Cide
- Fourstardave
- Ben's Cat
- Lava Man
- Kitten's Joy
- Chad Brown
- Mark Casse
- John Velazquez
- Julien Leparoux
- Kent Desormeaux - an early one
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - added detail for the horses
- WinStar Farm
- Thoroughbred breeding theories - still needs more work
- Old Friends Equine
- Road to the Kentucky Oaks
- Ghostzapper
- With Approval
- Natalma
- Holy Bull
- Better Talk Now