Mill Reef (1968-1986) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

He was owned and bred in America at the Rokeby Stables by Paul Mellon. He was a son of Never Bend, out of the mare Milan Mill. Sent to England in December 1969 to be trained by Ian Balding, Mill Reef won the Epsom Derby in 1971, after having come second in the 2,000 Guineas to Brigadier Gerard. Mill Reef went on the win the Eclipse Stakes one month later, and in the same month, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot. In October, he completed an extraordinary year by winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. ... Paul Mellon (June 11, 1907 – February 1, 1999) was son of Andrew W. Mellon, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932, and brother of Ailsa Mellon-Bruce. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Template:DecemberCalendar2006 December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Brigadier Gerard (1968 - 1989), a winner of 17 of his 18 races, was one of the best and most popular Thoroughbred race horses of the 20th century. ... The Eclipse Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for horses three years old above run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 7 yards at Sandown Park during July. ... The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above horses run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs at Ascot Racecourse during July. ... Ascot Racecourse is a racecourse, located in the village of Ascot in the English county of Berkshire used for thoroughbred horse racing. ... Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Prix de LArc de Triomphe is a flat thoroughbred horse race of a 2400 metres (about 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf for 3 year olds and up, Colts, horses, Fillies and mares (exclude geldings). ...

Kept in training as a four-year old, he did not have the same level of success, despite winning the Prix Ganay at Longchamp in April 1972, and, narrowly, the Coronation Cup at Epsom. He had the virus and in August broke a foreleg while training by stepping in a hole on the ground. He was saved, however, and went to the National Stud in 1973. Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Hippodrome de Longchamp, commonly referred to as Longchamp, is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris, France. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for horses four years old and above run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 10 yards at Epsom Downs during June. ... Epsom is a town adjoining Ewell in the Epsom and Ewell borough of Surrey in South East England and near to the southern boundary of Greater London. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Mill Reef had a very successful career as a stallion, siring among others the winners in 1978 of both the Derby, Shirley Heights, and the French Derby (Prix du Jockey Club) Acamas. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ...