User:Jlvsclrk

Big fan of wikipedia here - I use it on a daily basis. Finally bit the bullet and started to edit articles where I have some expertise (mostly horse racing for now at least).

Articles
I flutter around on horse racing articles, alternating between article improvement from the clean-up list, racing updates, semi-random drive bys and the odd new article.

New Articles

 * 1) Squirt - grandsire of Eclipse, not much else to be found
 * 2) Creator - Belmont Stakes
 * 3) Frosted - that Met Mile performance!!
 * 4) Irad Ortiz Jr.
 * 5) Speightstown - sprinter and sire
 * 6) Lady Eli - started when I was nervous if she'd ever make it back to the track
 * 7) Billy Kelly
 * 8) Lexie Lou - first Queen's Plate winner in a long time to do something after
 * 9) Northern Dancer sire line - the begats!! Irresistible to me at least
 * 10) Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital - a fun one!
 * 11) Little Mike
 * 12) Susan Stover - veterinary research, sounds like an amazing woman
 * 13) 2015 Breeders' Cup Challenge series - historical context for the BC (also adding more chit chat on the main BC articles)
 * 14) 2014 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
 * 15) 2013 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
 * 16) Shaman Ghost
 * 17) 2017 Road to the Kentucky Derby - someone's got to do it!
 * 18) The Pizza Man - have been hunch-betting the horse for years because of the name. Got his second G1 win at age 7.
 * 19) 2005 Belmont Stakes - filling in history
 * 20) 2004 Belmont Stakes
 * 21) 2003 Belmont Stakes
 * 22) 2002 Belmont Stakes
 * 23) 2001 Belmont Stakes
 * 24) 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
 * 25) 2012 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
 * 26) 2006 Breeders' Cup - going back in history of BC
 * 27) 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic - start series
 * 28) 2016 Breeders' Cup
 * 29) 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 30) 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 31) Tourist – here's hoping he and/or Gemologist can become the major sire the Godolphin Arabian sire line needs
 * 32) 2015 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 33) 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 34) 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 35) 2005 Breeders' Cup
 * 36) 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 37) Always B Miki – first shot at a Standardbred
 * 38) Bal a Bali
 * 39) 2013 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 40) 2014 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 41) 2015 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 42) 2016 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 43) 2017 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 44) 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 45) 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 46) 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 47) Abel Tasman
 * 48) Always Dreaming
 * 49) Jose Ortiz
 * 50) Caren (horse) - Canadian Horse of the Year
 * 51) Cupid (horse) - finally got his G1
 * 52) Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes - now G2
 * 53) Tapwrit
 * 54) Lady Angela - grand-dam of the greatest Canadian
 * 55) 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
 * 56) 2018 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 57) West Coast (horse)
 * 58) Oscar Performance
 * 59) 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
 * 60) 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 61) Forever Unbridled
 * 62) Roy H
 * 63) Good Magic
 * 64) Talismanic
 * 65) Bolt d'Oro
 * 66) Justify
 * 67) Pink Lloyd - 2017 Canadian HoY and winner of eleven straight!
 * 68) 2018 Breeders' Cup
 * 69) 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 70) Game Winner
 * 71) Stormy Liberal
 * 72) 2019 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 73) 2005 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 74) Peter Miller (trainer)
 * 75) City of Light
 * 76) 2019 Kentucky Derby
 * 77) Omaha Beach (horse)
 * 78) War of Will
 * 79) Heavenly Prize
 * 80) 2020 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 81) 2019 Breeders' Cup
 * 82) 2019 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 83) British Idiom
 * 84) Into Mischief
 * 85) Starship Jubilee
 * 86) 2020 Breeders' Cup
 * 87) 2020 Breeders' Cup challenge series
 * 88) Buckaroo - part of work on leading sires of North America
 * 89) The Porter - another leading sire
 * 90) Sir Charles - another leading sire from way back
 * 91) Covfefe – what a filly!
 * 92) Chatterton - another leading sire
 * 93) 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 94) Essential Quality
 * 95) Whitmore - most popular winner at the 2020 Breeders' Cup
 * 96) Ben Strome - leading sire of 1903
 * 97) Leviathan (horse) - another leading sire
 * 98) Brad H. Cox - Eclipse Award and Monomoy Girl/Covfefe
 * 99) 2021 Kentucky Derby
 * 100) Rock Your World
 * 101) Known Agenda
 * 102) Bonnie Scotland (horse) - another leading sire
 * 103) 2021 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * 104) Shedaresthedevil
 * 105) Malathaat
 * 106) Letruska
 * 107) Knicks Go
 * 108) 2021 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series
 * 109) 2021 Breeders' Cup Classic
 * 110) Echo Zulu
 * 111) 2022 Kentucky Derby
 * 112) Secret Oath
 * 113) Moira

Sandboxed

 * McCraken (awaiting notability)
 * Mr. Prospector sire line - a counterpoint to the Northern Dancer sire line, but is anyone else interested?

Revisions
I try to do a lot of routine maintenance and upgrades, with a bit more time on some favorite topics. Here are some of the ones I've worked on a fair bit, in no particular order:


 * Secretariat - Worked with Montanabw to bring to FA!
 * Man o' War - brought this to GA Feb2018
 * Northern Dancer - brought this to GA April2020
 * Dan Patch - hope to get to GA
 * Kincsem - hope to get to GA
 * Zenyatta - hope to get to GA
 * Eclipse - more to come
 * Winx
 * War Admiral
 * Dr. Fager
 * Count Fleet
 * Bold Ruler
 * Seattle Slew
 * Sadler's Wells
 * La Troienne - Love this mare!
 * Personal Ensign
 * Native Dancer
 * Kentucky Broodmare of the Year
 * Tapit - bit of a breeding junkie here. Also love the grays
 * Potoooooooo
 * Byerly Turk
 * A.P. Indy
 * Nyquist (first article I worked on!)
 * Dance Smartly
 * Ashado
 * Ruffian
 * Funny Cide
 * Fourstardave
 * Ben's Cat
 * Lava Man
 * Kitten's Joy
 * Chad Brown
 * Mark Casse
 * John Velazquez
 * Julien Leparoux
 * Kent Desormeaux - an early one
 * National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - added detail for the horses
 * WinStar Farm
 * Thoroughbred breeding theories - still needs more work
 * Old Friends Equine
 * Road to the Kentucky Oaks
 * Ghostzapper
 * With Approval
 * Natalma
 * Holy Bull
 * Better Talk Now