Template:Did you know nominations/Voltigeur (horse)

Voltigeur (horse)
Created/expanded by Tigerboy1966 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 01:26, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ... that in 1851, a match between Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman (painting by John F. Herring shown) drew an estimated 100,000 spectators, the largest crowd at the Knavesmire since 1759?


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Date of creation, length, image and content are fine. Hook reference is offline but accepted in good faith. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * What extraordinary things they made horses do in those days. Fancy making them rerun the St Ledger in 1850 on the same day as the first race had produced a dead heat! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:23, 9 January 2012 (UTC)