Structured record
Identity snapshot
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- Foaled
- 1772
- Sex
- Male
- Breed
- Arabian horse
- Color
- gray
- Birthplace
- Turkey
Reference desk
Documented relationships
Pedigree, participation, and honors appear only when the upstream entity links them explicitly.
Pedigree
No sire or dam is present in this source record.
Events & honors
- Owner recorded by source
- sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Owner recorded by source
- Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
Catalog identity
- Wikidata entity
- Q7544480
- Permanent revision
- #2347497370
- Record depth
- Structured source profile
- Source links
- 3
Provenance
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Wikidata
Smetanka - structured entity record (opens in a new tab)
Structured identity, classification, pedigree, participation, and award statements displayed on this page.
Retrieved July 26, 2026
Wikipedia
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Compare documented peers
These horses share multiple recorded identity fields, such as discipline, breed, country, sex, or foaling period.
Notable horses
Marengo
horse of Napoleon
- Shared recorded breed / studbook
- Arabian horse
- Shared discipline
- Notable horses
- Foaled within twenty-five years
- 1794
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Notable horses
Vizir
Arabian horse owned by Napoleon Bonaparte
- Shared recorded breed / studbook
- Arabian horse
- Shared discipline
- Notable horses
- Foaled within twenty-five years
- 1793
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Notable horses
O'Bajan
Arabian stallion, b. 1880 in Syria
- Shared recorded breed / studbook
- Arabian horse
- Shared discipline
- Notable horses
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Notable horses
Skowronek
Polish purebred Arabian stallion, bred at the stud in Antoniny
- Shared recorded breed / studbook
- Arabian horse
- Shared discipline
- Notable horses
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Stay within the discipline
These source-linked records share the same discipline classification; open each profile to establish any closer comparison.
Racing
Potoooooooo
British thoroughbred racehorse
- Foaled within five years
- 1773
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Racing
Highflyer
race horse
- Foaled within five years
- 1774
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Racing
Diomed
race horse foaled in 1777; winner of the first Epsom Derby
- Foaled within five years
- 1777
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Racing
Florizel
British Thoroughbred racehorse
- Foaled within five years
- 1768
- Shared recorded sex category
- Male
Field notebook
Questions the available evidence can support
Era comparison
Start with Smetanka's recorded foaling year (1772). Date every comparison and keep later commentary separate from contemporaneous results.
Based on: Recorded foaling yearConnection map
Trace the recorded owner entries one source at a time. Preserve the role and date attached to each source rather than assuming a permanent relationship.
Based on: Named connections, events, or honorsIdentity language
Copy breed, studbook, sex, and place terms exactly as the source presents them; note conflicts instead of silently standardizing them.
Based on: Recorded identity fieldsSource check
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Based on: Linked source trail
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