Template:Did you know nominations/Chamant (horse)

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The result was: promoted by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:29, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Chamant (horse)[edit]

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... that Chamant's (pictured) win over Brown Prince and Silvio in the 2,000 Guineas Stakes in 1877 was misreported as a victory by 2,000 men under "Chamat Croun" and "Prince Silvio" in the ongoing Russo-Turkish War?

Comment: Not a self-nom. --PFHLai (talk) 05:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 05:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

New article of quite sufficient length; hook is well-cited (and classic!). I've taken the liberty of a minor grammatical improvement to the hook. Mangoe (talk) 03:38, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the review and the helpful tweak. Cheers! --PFHLai (talk) 23:17, 20 September 2012 (UTC)