Epona


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Epona (Bubona)

goddess; watched over cattle and horses. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 90]
See: Protectiveness
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I would add as well, that the specific mention of the goddess Epona is also uniquely Apuleian and does not appear in the Onos version.
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The dedication of one volunteer, 15-year-old Charleigh Ahearn, paid off handsomely when she and Epona won four ribbons at a horse show Sunday, Epona's first competition.
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Celebrating equine and canine companions, this year's Lilac Festival will introduce the first annual Feast of Epona and Epona & Barkus Parade.
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A Romano-Celtic bronze found in Wiltshire shows the goddess Epona with a horse, holding wheat and a dish, for agricultural fertility, and a branch which is probably the hawthorn.
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Brosnan is joint-owner of Croom House Stud and his Epona Bloodstock-bred Maybe received the two-year-old filly award.
Special ITBA award for breeder Barry
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Big award for Brosnan
Today Croom House is surrounded by 270 acres and is home to a 25-strong broodmare team under the Epona Bloodstock banner.
We should look forward to a new era when the burden will never fall again on one individual for so long
In 1986 bought Croom House Stud in County Limerick and has since bred many top-grade winners through his company Epona Bloodstock Limited, including Maybe, the 1,000 Guineas favourite, and last year's National Stakes winner Zoffany.
Denis Brosnan Born in 1944 [...]
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3-1 Owner Michael Tabor Trainer Aidan O'Brien Jockey Joseph O'Brien Groom Yvonne Zucher Breeder Epona Bloodstock Ltd Distances 13/4l, 3l
Maybe powers to first Group 1 with Classic swagger

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