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Peteski (1990-2001) was a Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

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

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 who won the Canadian Triple Crown
Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada....
 in 1993. He was sired by the U.S. Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
 winner, Affirmed
Affirmed

Affirmed was an United States thoroughbred race horse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. As of 2008 in sports#Thoroughbred Horse Racing, he was the last horse to do so....
, and was out of the mare
Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae.Most of the time, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger....
 Vive, a daughter of Nureyev
Nureyev (horse)

Nureyev was a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse racing and Champion Father who was bought in 1978 at the Keeneland Sales by Stavros Niarchos for US$1.3-million and raced in France and the United Kingdom....
.

Peteski was owned and raced by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 businessman and future United States Ambassador
Ambassadors from the United States

File:Flag of a US ambassador.svgThis article contains several lists of Ambassadors from the United States. There are also individual articles listing the holders of many of the ambassadorial offices, for which see :Category:Lists of United States ambassadors....
 to Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, Earle I. Mack
Earle I. Mack

Earle Irving Mack is an United States businessman and former Ambassadors from the United States to Finland....
. The colt made just one start as a 2-year-old, finishing fifth in a Maiden special weight race at Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the end of what became Lakeshore Boulevard, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell....
.

Following his Triple Crown win, Peteski met two of that year's U.S.






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Peteski (1990-2001) was a Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred

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

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
 who won the Canadian Triple Crown
Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada....
 in 1993. He was sired by the U.S. Triple Crown
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
 winner, Affirmed
Affirmed

Affirmed was an United States thoroughbred race horse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. As of 2008 in sports#Thoroughbred Horse Racing, he was the last horse to do so....
, and was out of the mare
Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae.Most of the time, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger....
 Vive, a daughter of Nureyev
Nureyev (horse)

Nureyev was a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse racing and Champion Father who was bought in 1978 at the Keeneland Sales by Stavros Niarchos for US$1.3-million and raced in France and the United Kingdom....
.

Peteski was owned and raced by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 businessman and future United States Ambassador
Ambassadors from the United States

File:Flag of a US ambassador.svgThis article contains several lists of Ambassadors from the United States. There are also individual articles listing the holders of many of the ambassadorial offices, for which see :Category:Lists of United States ambassadors....
 to Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, Earle I. Mack
Earle I. Mack

Earle Irving Mack is an United States businessman and former Ambassadors from the United States to Finland....
. The colt made just one start as a 2-year-old, finishing fifth in a Maiden special weight race at Greenwood Raceway
Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the end of what became Lakeshore Boulevard, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell....
.

Following his Triple Crown win, Peteski met two of that year's U.S. Triple Crown race winners in September's Molson Million
Woodbine Mile

The Woodbine Mile is a Graded stakes race stakes race on grass for Thoroughbred horse racing three years old and up held annually in mid September at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada....
. Up against Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
 winner Sea Hero
Sea Hero

Sea Hero is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He won the 1993 Kentucky Derby as an almost 13:1 longshot. It marked the first Derby win for jockey Jerry D....
 and Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
 winner Colonial Affair
Colonial Affair

Colonial Affair is an United States thoroughbred stallion horse racing. He was sired by 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Pleasant Colony, out of the mare, Snuggle....
, Peteski showed just how good he was, winning easily.

Retired from racing, Peteski stood at stud
Horse breeding

Horse breeding refers to reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given list of horse breeds....
 at Darby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm

Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W....
 near Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World," it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region....
 until 2000 after which he was moved to Pin Oak Lane Farm near New Freedom, Pennsylvania
New Freedom, Pennsylvania

New Freedom is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a population of 3,512....
. He met with modest success as a sire.

Peteski died of colic
Horse colic

Colic in horses is defined as abdominal pain, but it is a clinical sign rather than a diagnosis. The term colic can encompass all forms of Gastrointestinal tract conditions which cause pain as well as other causes of abdominal pain not involving the gastrointestinal tract....
 in 2001. His story can be found on his own website put up by Pin Oak Lane Farm .