Template:Did you know nominations/Pyrrhus The First

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The result was: promoted by Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:09, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Pyrrhus The First edit

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... that the first Derby Stakes to be officially timed took place in 1846, with Pyrrhus The First (pictured) completing the one-and-a-half-mile course in 2:55.0?

(alt.hook)... that Pyrrhus The First (pictured) winning the 1846 Derby Stakes inspired a poem in the literary magazine Bentley's Miscellany?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:56, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Article meets all the requirements, as does the image. I've no preference over which hook. Miyagawa (talk) 18:46, 28 January 2012 (UTC)