Charlotte (horse) Charlotte (horse) Charlotte (1811 – after 1828) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the inaugural running of the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1814. The Guineas was Charlotte's only race as a three-year-old but she returned to run four times in 1814. She won a Gold Cup at Stamford but was retired after being injured in a race at the same course a day later. Charlotte was a bay mare bred by her owner Christopher Wilson of Tadcaster. She sired by Orville, a successful staying racehorse who excelled over extreme distances. At stud he was
Saratoga Race Course been "twilight racing", where the first race post time is at 2:30 pm on some days, previously 2:45 PM. The following are Graded stakes races run at Saratoga: Buried at Clare Court Jogging Track are Fourstardave, Mourjane (IRE) and A Phenomenon. Champion filly Go For Wand, who suffered a fatal injury during the stretch run of the 1990 Breeders Cup Distaff, is buried in the Saratoga Race Course infield. The Race Course is the setting of a scene early on in the Ian Fleming James Bond novel "Diamonds Are Forever". It also is the setting of Sherwood Anderson's short story