Template:Did you know nominations/Santa Claus (horse)

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:48, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Santa Claus (horse) edit

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... that until 1967, Santa Claus was the biggest prize money winner in the history of British and Irish horse-racing?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 09:30, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Interesting hook. Expansion and date verified, offline ref accepted in good faith. Big Dom 20:01, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

There are also April Fools' Day possibilities (which may require further sourcing), such as:
ALT1: ... that Santa Claus was a stud? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

The April Fools' Day hook was promoted today, and I removed it from Prep 2. Aside from the obvious fact that it's about three months early, it hasn't been determined whether to use an April Fools' Day hook or not, and, as I noted above, further sourcing is required if this hook is to be used. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 00:52, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Okay, the author has supplied a ref, and I added another which explicitly supports the April 1 hook. So, if others prefer that hook and feel that it's Fool-worthy, this can be moved to the April Fools' page. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:35, 10 January 2012 (UTC)