Template:Did you know nominations/Sam (horse)

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Sam (horse) edit

"Sam with Sam Chifney up". Painting of 1818 Epsom Derby winner Sam, with jockey Sam Chifney Jr., by Benjamin Marshall (1763-1835)

  • ... that the winning racehorse and jockey at the 1818 Derby Stakes were both named Sam? (both pictured)
  • Comment: Sorry, I am nominating this article a few hours late. May i invoke the Swahili rule, please? Thank you. --PFHLai (talk) 02:26, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 02:26, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

  • Article, hook and sources are good. Image was in fact a newly reproduced painting rather than a photographic reproduction, so I've taken the liberty of re-uploading the original and adding a cropped version. Paul_012 (talk) 17:37, 11 February 2012 (UTC)