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Horses of Note Crossword Puzzle

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Another challenge from the Author's Lounge. Mostly famous racehorses and their riders, but also horses from history and even fictional horses. No fillers.
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. Fictional horse, immortalised in an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell (5,6)
      7. ___ House, British racehorse winner of the 1993 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (5)
      8. Shergar, the racehorse which was stolen in 1983, was ___-bred (5)
      9. English racehorse ___ Orchid, winner of the King George VI Chase 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1990 (6)
      11. Winner of the 1992 Doncaster Handicap in Australia, ___ Square (4)
      13. Irish racehorse ___ Mate was the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004 (4)
      14. Gun ___, was the 2017 American Horse of the Year (6)
      17. Winning jockey of the 1969 Epsom Derby riding Blakeney, ___ Johnson (5)
      18. ___ Burns Murphy, winning jockey in the Kentucky Derby in 1884, 1890 and 1891 (5)
      20. Champion Irish racehorse, winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2009 (3,3,5)

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      1. Summon Up The ___ was ridden at the 2016 Olympics by Brazilian rider Carlos Parro (5)
      2. Thoroughbred racehorse ___ of Aces, winner of the 1974 Oettingen-Rennen in Germany (3)
      3. Shannon, an Australian racehorse inducted into the Hall of Fame, was bred at ___ stud (3-3)
      4. Dante, winner of the 1945 English Epsom Derby, was owned by Sir ___ Ohlson (4)
      5. A mythical horse with a single horn projecting from its forehead (7)
      6. National Hunt racehorse, runner up in the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup (5)
      10. ___ Forrest was the author of the 2012 book "If Wishes Were Horses" (7)
      12. Genitor was the horse ridden by ___ Caesar, with whom he conquered Gaul (6)
      13. In the 2018 Grand National run at Aintree, ___ The Wings finished in 3rd place (5)
      15. The Epsom Oaks and the St Leger Stakes are two of the British Classic ___ (5)
      16. Sweet Reason, winner of the 2014 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park, was trained by ___ Gyarmati (4)
      19. Owner of the Gilltown Stud near Kilcullen in Ireland, ___ Khan (3)