A fact from Thormanby (horse) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after the 1860 Derby winner Thormanby died suddenly at age 18, its tail was mounted as a whisk in the hall of racehorse trainer Mathew Dawson's house?
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Some of the images of Thormanby available on the net appear to have been flipped. Note that his sock should be on the NEAR (left) side. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 01:10, 7 January 2012 (UTC)Reply