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Winston Churchill's pets
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Winston Churchill was an animal lover and kept many pets.[2] He had pet cats and dogs such as his bulldog Dodo, wartime cat Nelson, poodle Rufus and marmalade cat, Jock.[3][4] He also kept a large variety of creatures on his estate, Chartwell, including butterflies, cows, fish, pigs and swans.[5][6]
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He was an equestrian for much of his life, from riding the pony Rob Roy at the age of seven, leading lancers in Britain's last cavalry charge at the Battle of Omdurman, to playing polo in his fifties and riding to hounds in his seventies. He then owned and bred prize-winning racehorses, starting with Colonist II in 1949.