Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha (/ˈoʊməhɑː/ OH-mə-hah) is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the 2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958, making it the nation's 41st-largest city. According to the 2014 Population Estimates, Omaha's population was 446,599. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2013 with an estimated population of 895,151 residing in eight counties. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, Nebraska-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2013 estimate. There are nearly 1.3 million residents within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of the city's center, forming the Greater Omaha area.

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Omaha (disambiguation)

Omaha is a city in Nebraska, U.S.

Omaha may also refer to:

Omaha (tribe), a Native American tribe that currently resides in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Nebraska

Computing

Omaha (software), Google's open-source project providing automated deployment of software updates

Places

France

Omaha Beach, the Allied code name for one of the June 6, 1944, Battle of Normandy landing sites

New Zealand

Omaha, New Zealand, north of Auckland

United States

Omaha (Amtrak station), a train station in Omaha, Nebraska

Music

Omaha, 2008 album by Ulf Lundell

"Omaha", a 1973 song by Waylon Jennings from Honky Tonk Heroes

"Omaha", a 1994 song by Counting Crows from August and Everything After

"Omaha", a 1967 song by Moby Grape from Moby Grape

"Omaha", a song by Tapes 'n Tapes

Games and sports

Omaha (horse), winner of the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1935

Omaha hold 'em, a poker variant

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Omaha (horse)

Omaha (March 24, 1932 – April 24, 1959) was a United States Thoroughbred horse racing champion. In a racing career which lasted from 1934 through 1936, he ran twenty-two times and won nine races. He had his greatest success as a three-year-old in 1935, when he won the Triple Crown. As a four-year-old, he had success running in England, where he narrowly lost the Ascot Gold Cup.

Background

Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, Omaha was a chestnut horse with a white blaze who stood 16.3 hands high. He was the son of 1930 U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox and the mare Flambino. Omaha was the third horse to ever win the Triple Crown, which he did in 1935. Flambino also produced the Ascot Gold Cup winner Flares and was the sister of La France, the direct female ancestor of many notable thoroughbreds including Danzig Connection, Decidedly, and Johnstown.

The horse was owned by and bred William Woodward, Sr.'s famous Belair Stud in Bowie, Maryland. He was trained by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, who also trained Omaha's sire to the Triple Crown. As a yearling, Omaha was leggy and awkward-looking but a favorite of Woodward, who reportedly considered sending the horse to England to be trained for the Epsom Derby. In the event, Omaha's move to England was postponed until 1936. He was ridden to his biggest wins by Canadian jockey Smokey Saunders.

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