Roseben (1901-1918) was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame race horse who grew to such an enormous size (one inch less than 18 hands) that he was known as The Big Train. Because of his great size he was slow to mature but when he finally got moving in his fourth fifth and sixth years of racing he was called the greatest sprinter of his time. He ran under weights as high as 130 pounds in 59 of his races and as high as 140 pounds in 29 races.
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