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Izvestia (May 5 1987 – October 21 1991) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1990. A descendant of Nearco his damsire Personality was the 1970 Co-American Horse of the Year. Owned and bred by Kinghaven Farms the colt began racing in the United States winning two Graded stakes races at the Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky. He was shipped north in the spring of 1990 to a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto from which he won the Triple Crown.

award
Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, Canadian Horse of the Year, Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse, Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
breeder
Kinghaven Farms
colour
Gray (horse)
country
Canada
damsire
Personality (horse)
grandsire
Nearctic (horse)
honours
Woodbine Racetrack, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
owner
Kinghaven Farms
race
Breeders' Stakes, Prince of Wales Stakes, Forerunner Stakes, Queen's Plate, Woodbine Mile, Transylvania Stakes, Canadian Turf Handicap, Eclipse Stakes (Canada), Plate Trial Stakes
sex
Stallion
trainer
Roger Attfield

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