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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:45, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Bloomsbury (horse)

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The 1839 Epsom Derby -- Bloomsbury beating Deception in a snowstorm. Painting by James Pollard (1797-1867).

  • ... that after the Thoroughbred racehorse Bloomsbury won the 1839 Derby Stakes (pictured), his identity was questioned and bookmakers refused to pay out on "winning" bets?

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 04:26, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Article is well-written and nicely illustrated. Most of the sources look OK but what makes Pedigreequery.com and Bloodlines.net reliable sources? Prioryman (talk) 15:29, 29 January 2012 (UTC)