Imbros was an American Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 racehorse

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 who set or equaled six track records including a new world record

World record

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 for seven furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s in winning the 1954 Malibu Sequet Stakes

Malibu Stakes

The Malibu Stakes is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses of either gender held each December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California...

 at Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...

 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TQ4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l5sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4432,752029&dq=imbros+record&hl=en and equaled the world record for a mile and a sixteenth in winning the 1954 Californian Stakes

Californian Stakes

The Californian Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II event is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt...

 at Hollywood Park Racetrack. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=02QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1657,2061173&dq=imbros+californian+record&hl=en

Bred in Kentucky

Kentucky

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 by Royce G. Martin's Woodvale Farm, his sire was Polynesian

Polynesian (horse)

Polynesian was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Gertrude T. Widener, of the prominent Widener family of Philadelphia, and bred by her father-in-law Joseph E...

 who also sired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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 inductee, Native Dancer

Native Dancer

Native Dancer , nicknamed the Grey Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television. He was one of the best horses produced in USA after the war...

. His dam, Fire Falls, was a daughter of Bull Dog

Bull Dog (horse)

Bull Dog was an French Thoroughbred racehorse who became a North American Champion sire and Champion broodmare sire.Owned and bred by American Jefferson Davis Cohn at his Haras du Bois-Roussel in Alençon in France's Lower Normandy region, Bull Dog was sired by Teddy who had been the Leading sire...

 who was the leading sire in North America

Leading sire in North America

The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prizemoney won by the sire's progeny during the year...

 in 1943 and a three time Leading broodmare sire in North America

Leading broodmare sire in North America

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. Imbros was purchased by California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 businessman Andrew Crevolin

Andrew J. Crevolin

Andrew Joseph Crevolin was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner in California whose horse won the 1954 Santa Anita and Kentucky Derbys....

 at the Keeneland Summer Sale

Keeneland Sales

The Keeneland Sales is an American Thoroughbred auction house in Lexington, Kentucky founded in 1935 as a nonprofit racing/auction entity on 147 acres of farmland west of Lexington, which had been owned by Jack O. Keene...

 of yearling

Yearling (horse)

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s and named for the Turkish

Turkey

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 island of Imbros

Imbros

Imbros or Imroz, officially referred to as Gökçeada since July 29, 1970 , is an island in the Aegean Sea and the largest island of Turkey, part of Çanakkale Province. It is located at the entrance of Saros Bay and is also the westernmost point of Turkey...

 in the Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea

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Racing in California for trainer Bill Molter

William Molter

William "Willie" Molter was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred racing.A native of Fredericksburg, Texas, Willie Molter began his career in horse racing as a jockey at racetracks across the Texas border in Mexico...

, at age three Imbros won four stakes races including the 1953 Will Rogers Stakes

Will Rogers Stakes

The Will Rogers Stakes is an American Grade IIIT Thoroughbred horse race.Run annually in the latter part of May at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California, the race is open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of one mile on turf and currently carries a purse of $100,000....

 at Hollywood Park Racetrack. At age four, Imbros had a brilliant campaign. In addition to setting a world record for seven furlongs in winning the 1954 Malibu Sequet Stakes at Santa Anita Park, and equaling the world record for eight and a half furlongs in winning the Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park, on April 24, 1954 Johnny Longden

Johnny Longden

John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son...

 rode him to a new Bay Meadows track record for one mile in winning the Governor Goodwin J. Knight Handicap. One week later on May 1 at the same track, Imbros set another track record of 1⅛ miles while capturing the William P. Kyne Handicap, the first $100,000 stakes race at Bay Meadows Racetrack. http://www.toconline.com/html/files/Archives/TOCTIMESMAR_08.pdf http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P2AbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w00EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2368,1384992&dq=imbros+track+record+bay+meadows&hl=en As well, Imbros twice equaled the Santa Anita Park track record for six furlongs http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D15F93558177B93CBAB1789D95F408585F9 and earned runnerups in the Premiere, Santa Anita

Santa Anita Handicap

The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up , and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season...

, and Lakes And Flowers Handicaps.

Imbros raced at age five with his best resuts a second-place finish in both the San Antonio

San Antonio Handicap

The San Antonio Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California...

 and San Carlos Handicap

San Carlos Handicap

The San Carlos Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at during the third week of February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California...

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At stud

In July 1955 it was announced that California breeder Charles H. Jones had purchased Imbros for breeding purposes.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vGopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=icwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=650,288439&dq=imbros+bred&hl=en. As a stallion, Imbros most notably sired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...

 inductee, Native Diver

Native Diver

Native Diver was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Shapiro who had claimed his dam, Fleet Diver, the daughter of Devil Diver out of Our Fleet by Count Fleet. Despite the fact that her immediate lineage included members of Blood-Horse magazine List of the...

who set six career track records at distances from six to nine furlongs.