Offbeat horse trivia game!

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Wait, I have one more to add in addtiion to the golf course...it was the Chinese year of the Green/ Wood Monkey too.

Oh I didn't know that one!

What horse was said to have an I.Q. equivalent to a human sixth grader? He exploded onto the national scene in 1897 by demonstrating inexplicable abilities to read, write, spell, do mathematics, tell time, sort mail, use a cash register and a telephone, cite Bible passages, and debate politics. For the next nine years, he performed in nation-wide expositions and world's fairs to wildly receptive crowds, smashing box office records, overcoming hurdles of prejudice and skepticism, all the while winning rapturous praise from the press and such leaders as President McKinley and Booker T. Washington.

If it is the educated horse I am thinking of he had the same name as a former Bluejay/Yankee lefthanded pitcher.

Originally Posted by Miller

If it is the educated horse I am thinking of he had the same name as a former Bluejay/Yankee lefthanded pitcher.

lol, I forgot about that guy
Jimmy Key wasn't it?
yes the horse was Jim Key
trained by Dr. William Key
a former slave, and self-taught vet
great story!

[gallant bloom]

what does
melhor ainda
mean?

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by gallant bloom

what does
melhor ainda
mean?

better still. in portuguese

[gallant bloom]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

better still. in portuguese

no one else
knows this?

Originally Posted by gallant bloom

what does
melhor ainda
mean?

I'm gonna guess it means a $5.20 show bet at Arlington Park!

Ok I'll pose some trivia.
William Shoemaker's last mount was a New York bred competing in a California grass stakes race. Name him.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

What horse was said to have an I.Q. equivalent to a human sixth grader? He exploded onto the national scene in 1897 by demonstrating inexplicable abilities to read, write, spell, do mathematics, tell time, sort mail, use a cash register and a telephone, cite Bible passages, and debate politics. For the next nine years, he performed in nation-wide expositions and world's fairs to wildly receptive crowds, smashing box office records, overcoming hurdles of prejudice and skepticism, all the while winning rapturous praise from the press and such leaders as President McKinley and Booker T. Washington.

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