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Remsen

American  
[rem-suhn] / ˈrɛm sən /

noun

  1. Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.


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Dornoch was able to make the Kentucky Derby field courtesy of winning the Remsen at Aqueduct and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

A fifth-place finish in the Wood Memorial, earning Brooklyn Strong 10 points toward the Derby, ended up being enough to get the 2020 Remsen Stakes winner into this year’s field.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021

Why he’ll win: A third in the Remsen, a win in the Withers and a second in he Wood Memorial shows he can perform at a high level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2019

Van Remsen, the curator of birds at Louisiana State University’s Museum of Natural Science, told me that the Filardi affair hasn’t changed his mind about the importance of collecting.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2018

In the evening Mitchel and Thauret were in a box at the opera with the Remsen family.

From An Artist in Crime by Rodrigues Ottolengui

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