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before the question. Again, welcome! VanTucky (talk) 18:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
You're most welcome. Let me know if there is anything you need help on. Also, consider joining the Adopt-a-user program. It's helpful to have someone to go running to sometimes. VanTucky (talk) 22:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Not sure what edit on that article you're referring to. Please specify. BTW, use User talk pages for user messages, not pages in the User namespace. Cheers, Robert K S (talk) 00:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Umm what are you talking about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.253.147 (talk) 15:21, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from articles that you have created yourself. If you do not believe the article should be deleted, then please place ((hangon)) on the page (please do not remove any existing speedy deletion tag) and make your case on the article's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the article. Thank you.
Please look again at your references to Parole. The three British races he won in April 1879 were the Newmarket Handicap (April 16), the City and Suburban Handicap (April 22) and the Great Metropolitan Handicap (April 23). The first named is unlikely to be connected to the present Newmarket Stakes for three-year-old entire colts (Parole was a six-year-old gelding). Details of the latter two races (both at Epsom) can be found at tbheritage.com.
This is otherwise an excellent article - Merry Christmas, Zafonic (talk) 10:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC).
Please:
1) insert the {Thoroughbred racing} tag on the Talk page of all articles you create (or edit if not already done). Usually, but not always, the tag helps avoid the problem of "notability" or "delete" tags as per the Lawrence Realization Stakes as polite editors will (and all should) question it on the Project Talk page and leave it at that.
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Thank you for your cooperation. Handicapper (talk) 17:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Golden Gate Fields Handicap, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. iced kola(Mmm...) 00:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
You created a new page, that just has two templates on it. That qualifies for Speedy Deletion under WP:CSD#A1, "Very short articles lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article.". If this race is as important as you say, then feel free to create an article for it, citing the appropiate sources and references. However, creating an article with just a couple templates on it will get it deleted. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me. =) iced kola(Mmm...) 00:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
How the hell did that not already exist? Good job! --SmashvilleBONK! 07:17, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, do you have photos of Jose A. Santos? Juan25 (talk) 18:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
None that I can call my own. All pictures on the Funny Cide site were taken by me, but no Santos there that day. JiggeryPokery (talk) 18:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey - just so you know - I copied your article to User:Smashville/Silky Sullivan so I could help you with the tone so we can get it to GA or FA status. --SmashvilleBONK! 15:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm sure you know a lot more about Califonia racing than I do so I thought you might want to look at Golden Gate Derby and California Derby and see if you can sort it out. I did tables for both, and verfied the winners from Thoroughbred Times, BloodHorse etc. Handicapper (talk) 16:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I see that you have loaded a pic of Viv Stanshall, and good for you. You have not included a license, and I guess that some bot or other will soon tell you so, and delete the image if you do not do so. So may I suggest you edit the image to include a license? (I hasten to add that I will not be the editor who does the deleting - this is just to help the image to stay.) Patche99z (talk) 09:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
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Good article on Hystericalady. Handicapper (talk) 19:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
You show Gabriel Saez was the leading U.S. jockey in wins for 2004 but according to the NTRA: Rafael Bejarano "Led all North American jockeys with 455 victories in 2004" [1]. If you get a chance, maybe check your source as I wonder if Gabriel Saez might possibly have been the leading rider in Panama in 2004? Thanx. Handicapper (talk) 16:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Any idea what happened to the Belmont Lexington Stakes? Handicapper (talk) 17:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
There is currently an issue at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Thoroughbred racing that as a member you might wish to read and vote on. Handicapper (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
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