A fact from Ronteza appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that although Ronteza slipped and fell chasing a cow in competition, she made Arabian horse history?
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ALT1: ... that Ronteza was the horse that brought rider Sheila Varian into the spotlight? Source: Parkinson, Mary Jane (2013). "AHW's heritage horse: Ronteza". Arabian Horse World. 53 (12): 45.
ALT2: ... that although Ronteza slipped and fell chasing a cow in competition, she made Arabian horse history? Source: Parkinson, Mary Jane (2013). "AHW's heritage horse: Ronteza". Arabian Horse World. 53 (12): 45.
Overall: This article is long enough (~3,000 chars) and was new enough when nominated. The tone is appropriately neutral, not e.g. excessively aggrandizing the horse, and I don't see any signs of plagiarism from online sources. The QPQ looks good. There are spots where no citation was given for content I haven't been able to find in the sources; I'm also not sure how a non-equestrian can know that "Faronek was 50% Crabbet" by being shown his pedigree. Just as a piece of advice on the article, it never once says that the horse was an American and lived and competed in California; that seems pretty relevant. Oh, and "leighweight" seems like it's probably a typo, but I thought I'd ask, just in case it's an equestrian term I'm not familiar with. All three proposed hooks are supported by citations in the text; I agree that ALT2 is the most interesting. With some citation work, it should be good for DYK. Bryan Rutherford (talk) 22:10, 11 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
Sorry for the late reply! I've been occupied with college; it may take me a while before I can start working on this again, but I'm good with finding more adequate sourcing so we can move forward with the DYK. Horsegeek(talk)21:42, 21 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
Apologies! The worst part of the semester has just come to a slow and I got a chance to hop on and add a few more references and did a bit of rewording along with added some relevant information. Bryanrutherford0 let me know if it anything still needs to be done! Horsegeek(talk)22:56, 4 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
This article is long enough (~3,000 chars) and was new enough when nominated. The tone is appropriately neutral, not e.g. excessively aggrandizing the horse, and I don't see any signs of plagiarism from online sources. The QPQ looks good.