Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Vagrancy was a bay filly born in 1939 out of Valkyr by Man o' War. She raced for Belair Stud and was trained for most of her career by “Sunny” Jim Fitzsimmons. She was a promising winner at age two and then ran twenty-one times at age three, when she was named the 1942 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. She was also the champion "handicap" filly that season after beating the older crops in head-to-head races. At age three, she bloomed into the champion of her crop, winning nine stakes races
HMS Racehorse (1806) the Invasion of Ile de France. On 13 and 14 March 1809, "Racehorse" was in company with her class-mate, , about 1000 miles from Rodrigues. "Harrier" fell behind and this was the last sighting of her; she was lost, presumed foundered. In December 1810, Commander James de Rippe replaced Fisher. "Racehorse" was sent to Mauritius to join the squadron there under James Hillyar that had been assembled to attack the French squadron under Francois Roquebert that was expected from Brest. Early in 1811 "Racehorse" was in company with her sister-ship "Elipse" when "Eclipse" recaptured the "Donna Emilia". On 3 February,