Race
Video Capsule Summaries
| 1932 Agua
Caliente Handicap: The 17.2 hand wonder horse PHAR LAP ships from Australia
for his final start in the then richest ever North American race and sets a
track record, only to die mysteriously two weeks later |
| 1938 Match Race: SEABISCUIT
and WAR ADMIRAL - You saw the movie |
| 1965 Epsom
Derby: SEA-BIRD, highest ever rated by Timeform, wins in hand |
| 1965 Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe: SEA-BIRD destroys one of the greatest fields in Arc history |
| 1967 Gotham
& Woodward Stakes + 1968 Suburban & Brooklyn Handicaps: In one the greatest
rivalries in racing history, DAMASCUS and DR. FAGER race against each other
four times, each winning twice |
| 1968 Washington Park
Handicap: DR. FAGER sets a new world record for a mile on dirt in 1:32.1 |
| 1969
Kentucky Derby: A thrilling finish between MAJESTIC PRINCE, ARTS AND LETTERS
and DIKE |
| 1970 Kentucky Derby: DUST
COMMANDER wins by open lengths at 15-1 |
| 1971
Kentucky Derby: Venezuelan champion CANONERO II comes from 18th to win
easily |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby: RIVA
RIDGE goes wire-to-wire |
| 1972 King
George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes: BRIGADIER GERARD goes 15-for-15 while
defeating four classic winners |
| 1973 Belmont Stakes:
Horse-of-the-Year SECRETARIAT takes the Triple Crown in what many call the
greatest performance in racing history |
| 1973 Grand
National Steeplechase: RED RUM gets his first of three, and greatest victory
in the Grand National over CRISP |
| 1973 Kentucky Derby:
SECRETARIAT sets the track record with consecutively faster quarters |
| 1973
Marlboro Cup: SECRETARIAT overwhelms four champions while setting a track
record |
| 1973 Preakness Stakes:
SECRETARIAT from last to first on the clubhouse turn |
| 1974
Kentucky Derby: CANNONADE draws away as the weaker half of the favored entry
with JUDGER |
| 1974 - RUFFIAN Race 1 -
Fashion Stakes (ETR, NSR) |
| 1974 -
RUFFIAN Race 2 - Astoria Stakes (ETR, NSR) |
| 1974 - RUFFIAN Race 3 -
Sorority Stakes (NSR) |
| 1974 -
RUFFIAN Race 4 - Spinaway Stakes (NSR) |
| 1975 Kentucky Derby: FOOLISH
PLEASURE runs down the leaders in mid-stretch |
| 1975 King
George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes: GRUNDY and BUSTINO in their
legendary battle to the wire in record time; considered by many the greatest
race ever |
| 1975 - RUFFIAN Race 1 -
Comely Stakes (NSR) |
| 1975 -
RUFFIAN Race 2 - Acorn Stakes (NSR) |
| 1975 - RUFFIAN Race 3 -
Mother Goose Stakes (NSR) |
| 1975 -
RUFFIAN Race 4 - Coaching Club American Oaks (ESR) |
| 1976 Kentucky Derby: Puerto
Rican champion BOLD FORBES and American champion HONEST PLEASURE run one-two
the entire way |
| 1976
Marlboro Cup: FOREGO runs down HONEST PLEASURE in the final stride |
| 1977 Kentucky Derby: SEATTLE
SLEW asserts himself at the quarter pole after a troubled start |
| 1978
Belmont Stakes: AFFIRMED wins the Triple Crown in a virtual match race with
archrival ALYDAR |
| 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup:
EXCELLER takes over from 22 lengths behind but SEATTLE SLEW battles back |
| 1978
Kentucky Derby: AFFIRMED holds off the late charge of ALYDAR |
| 1979 Kentucky Derby:
SPECTACULAR BID draws away in the stretch |
| 1980
Kentucky Derby: GENUINE RISK becomes only the second filly in history to win
the Derby |
| 1980 Strub Stakes:
SPECTACULAR BID sets the American dirt record for a mile and a quarter |
| 1980 Woodward Stakes: The immortal SPECTACULAR BID in a walkover |
| 1981 Kentucky Derby: PLEASANT COLONY holds off the late charge of
WOODCHOPPER |
| 1982
Kentucky Derby: Gato del Sol comes from the dead last to win at 21-1 |
| 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup:
Michael Dickinson saddles the top five finishers, an unprecedented feat in
the history of Thoroughbred training |
| 1983
Kentucky Derby: Canadian champion SUNNY'S HALO presses the pace and takes
command at the quarter pole |
| 1984 Craven Stakes: LEAR FAN
desperate to hold off the late challenge of RAINBOW QUEST |
| 1984
Kentucky Derby: SWALE an easy winner pressing the pace and going to the lead
on the far turn |
| 1985 Jersey Derby: In one of
the racing's greatest overlooked performances, Kentucky Derby winner SPEND A
BUCK prevails despite a a 1:09 speed duel and being headed at the 1/4-pole
by future Belmont Stakes hero CREME FRAICHE |
| 1985
Kentucky Derby: SPEND A BUCK romps over a stellar Derby field |
| 1986 Cheltenham Gold Cup:
DAWN RUN becomes the only mare in history to win both the Champion Hurdle
and the Cheltenham Gold Cup after surrendering the lead in the drive but
courageously storming back |
| 1986
Kentucky Derby: FERDINAND finds a hole on the rail in the stretch and drives
to the win |
| 1986 Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe: DANCING BRAVE sets an Arc record against a high-class field |
| 1987
Kentucky Derby: ALYSHEBA almost falls at the head of the stretch but
recovers to run down BET TWICE |
| 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff:
PERSONAL ENSIGN closes out an undefeated career with a last stride victory
over Derby winner WINNING COLORS |
| 1988
Breeders' Cup Mile: French invader, MIESQUE, manhandles a stellar
international field to win her second straight BC Mile and secure her
position as one of the great filly milers in history. |
| 1988 Kentucky Derby: The filly, WINNING COLORS, steals the race on the front
end |
| 1989
Breeders’ Cup Classic: SUNDAY SILENCE displays his athletic superiority
against nemesis EASY GOER |
| 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup:
DESERT ORCHID wins The Racing Post’s one-time “greatest race in history”
over YAHOO |
| 1989
Kentucky Derby: SUNDAY SILENCE weaves through the stretch but wins
comfortably |
| 1989 Preakness Stakes: SUNDAY
SILENCE and EASY GOER eye-to-eye down the stretch |
| 1990
Breeders’ Cup Mile: ROYAL ACADEMY, Lester Piggot up, just noses out
ITSALLGREEKTOME at the wire |
| 1990 Kentucky Derby:
UNBRIDLED draws away in an emotional win for Mrs. Francis Genter |
| 1991
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile: European superstar two-year-old ARAZI makes a
spectacular move on the far turn to win in hand |
| 1991 Kentucky Derby: STRIKE
THE GOLD rallies from far back |
| 1992
Kentucky Derby: LIL E. TEE outfinishes CASUAL LIES |
| 1993 Kentucky Derby: SEA HERO
maneuvers his way through the field for 86-year-old owner Paul Mellon’s
first Derby win |
| 1994
Kentucky Derby: GO FOR GIN takes the field wire-to-wire in the slop |
| 1995 Breeders' Cup Classic:
Two-time Horse of the Year CIGAR completes an undefeated 10-for-10 season
including eight Grade 1 wins while establishing a stakes record |
| 1995
Kentucky Derby: THUNDER GULCH easily defeats his more highly regarded stable
mates SERENA’S SONG and TIMBER COUNTRY |
| 1996 Kentucky Derby:
GRINDSTONE barely nips CAVONNIER at the wire |
| 1997
Kentucky Derby: SILVER CHARM by a desperate nose over hard charging CAPT.
BODGIT |
| 1997 Prix de l’Arc de
Triomphe: PEINTRE CELEBRE wins in race record time |
| 1998
Breeders' Cup Mile: With another spectacular training feat, Michael
Dickinson (see 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup) brings 1996 BC Mile winner DA HOSS
back from a two year layoff to win again after a single prep race |
| 1998 Kentucky Derby: REAL
QUIET hangs on against the late rush of VICTORY GALLOP |
| 1999
Kentucky Derby: CHARISMATIC has enough to just turn back MENIFEE at the
finish |
| 2000 Breeders' Cup Classic:
Three-year-old TIZNOW, en route to being named Horse of the Year, wins his
first of two Classics in a driving finish over English/Irish three-year-old
champion GIANT'S CAUSEWAY |
| 2000 Dubai
World Cup: DUBAI MILLENNIUM cruises to a six-length win over a world-class
field in a performance ranked among the greatest in racing history |
| 2000 Juddmonte International
Stakes: GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and KALANISI nose-to-nose through the final two
furlongs |
| 2000
Kentucky Derby: FUSAICHI PEGASUS powers to a win as the first Derby favorite
since 1979 |
| 2001 Breeders' Cup Classic:
TIZNOW clinches his second Classic (and the older horse championship) in a
desperate battle with Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner SAKHEE |
| 2001 Irish
Champion Stakes: FANTASTIC LIGHT holds off GALILEO in a prolonged stretch
duel |
| 2001 Kentucky Derby:
MONARCHOS sweeps to a widening lead in the fastest-paced Derby in history |
| 2002
Kentucky Derby: WAR EMBLEM controls the pace and goes wire-to-wire |
| 2003 Breeders’ Cup Turf:
HIGH CHAPARRAL AND JOHAR in a dead heat |
| 2003
Kentucky Derby: FUNNY CIDE becomes the first New York-bred ever to win the
Derby and the first gelding to win since 1929 |
| 2004 Kentucky Derby: SMARTY
JONES pulls away in the last furlong and becomes the first undefeated Derby
winner since 1977 |
| 2004 Philip
H. Iselin Breeders’ Cup Handicap: GHOSTZAPPER earns the highest Beyer Speed
Figure since at least 1992 |
| 2004 Preakness Stakes: SMARTY
JONES remains undefeated as he wins by 11½ lengths |
| 2004
Woodward Stakes: In a virtual match race, future Horses-of-the-Year
GHOSTZAPPER and SAINT LIAM battle to the wire with GHOSTZAPPER just
prevailing in 1:08.3, 1:33.1 and 1:46.1 for the mile and an eighth |
| 2005 Kentucky Derby: GIACOMO
comes from the back of the pack to prevail at 50-1 |
| 2005
Melbourne Cup: The mare, MAKYBE DIVA, leading earner in the history of
Australian racing, wins her third Melbourne Cup in a row and becomes the
first horse ever to win the race three times |
| 2005 Metropolitan Mile:
Horse-of-the-year GHOSTZAPPER returns to the races with a dazzling win,
earning the best Performance Figure (PF) of any horse since at least 1999 |
| 2005
Preakness Stakes: AFLEET ALEX in a brilliant display of courage goes to his
knees at the quarter pole but comes back to win going away |
| 2006 Epsom Derby: SIR PERCY
in front as four go under the wire together |
| 2006
Kentucky Derby: Undefeated and ill-fated BARBARO is an easy winner |
| 2006 Melbourne Cup: Two
Japanese horses, DELTA BLUES and POP ROCK, a nose apart at the wire after
3,200 meters |
| 2007
Belmont Stakes: RAGS TO RICHES noses out Preakness winner CURLIN in a
stirring stretch drive to become the first filly to win the Belmont in 102
years |
| 2007 Epsom Derby: AUTHORIZED
overwhelms the field and gives jockey Frankie Dettori his first Derby win in
15 tries |
| 2007
Hollywood Gold Cup: In a thriller, LAVA MAN becomes only the second horse
after NATIVE DIVER to win three Gold Cups and the first ever to win a G1 on
dirt, turf and a synthetic surface |
| 2007 Japanese Derby: VODKA overpowers the
colts and becomes the first filly since 1943 and the third filly ever to win
the Japanese Derby |
| 2007
Juddmonte International Stakes: In his first start against older runners,
Epsom Derby winner AUTHORIZED impressively defeats Group 1 winners DYLAN
THOMAS and NOTNOWCATO |
| 2007 Kentucky Derby: STREET
SENSE becomes the first ever Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner to take the Derby
and the first two-year-old champion to win since 1979 |
| 2007
Melbourne Cup: 2006 Australian champion three-year-old, EFFICIENT, unplaced
in six consecutive starts since winning the VRC Derby, rallies from far back
to win in a heart stopper |
| 2007 Prix de l'Arc de
Triomphe: DYLAN THOMAS all out in a breathtaking finish. |
| 2007
Queen's Plate: Ridden by the first female jockey ever to win the race,
Emma-Jayne Wilson, MIKE FOX just wins with a furious late rush |
| 2007 Wadsworth Memorial
Handicap: The last race of dual classic winner FUNNY CIDE |
| 2007
Whitney Handicap: LAWYER RON breaks Saratoga's 33 year old 9-furlong track
record |
| 2008 Arima Kinen: Japanese
2007 three-year-old filly champion. DAIWA SCARLET, dominates the Group 1
Grand Prix at Nakayama and becomes the first distaffer in 37 years to win
the all-star event. |
| 2008 Ascot
Gold Cup: The great stayer, YEATS, becomes the second horse ever to win
three consecutive Gold Cups |
| 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic:
European-based three-year-old milers RAVEN'S PASS and HENRYTHENAVIGATOR
dominate America's top classic distance runners in the first ever BC Classic
contested on an All Weather Surface |
| 2008
Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes: RED GIANT sets a new world
record for 10 furlongs on the grass |
| 2008 English Two Thousand
Guineas: American-bred HENRYTHENAVIGATOR overtakes 2007 European champion
two-year-old NEW APPROACH by the narrowest of margins in a thriller |
| 2008 Japan
Cup Dirt: In just his 2nd start after a 28-month layoff, 2005 Japan Cup Dirt
hero KANE HEKILI prevails in a breathtaking three-horse photo finish that
includes defending champion VERMILION. |
| 2008 Kentucky Derby:
Undefeated BIG BROWN is overwhelming winning the Derby in just his 4th start |
| 2008 King
George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes: In a brilliant display, winning
his fourth consecutive Group I race, DUKE OF MARMALADE charges up from
behind, loses the lead in the stretch and comes back to win |
| 2008 Monmouth Stakes: Dual
classic winner BIG BROWN returns to the turf and, facing older horses for
the first time, is a courageous winner |
| 2008 New
Mexico Classic Cup Championship for Fillies and Mares: New Mexico-bred
PEPPERS PRIDE goes 18-18-0-0 |
| 2008 New Mexico State Racing
Commission Handicap: In a brilliant effort, New Mexico-bred mare PEPPERS
PRIDE makes it 19-19-0-0 and reaches $1 million in earnings |
| 2008 Prix
de l'Arc de Triomphe: Undefeated ZARKAVA rallies from off the pace and
overwhelms a distinguished field to become the first three-year-old filly in
26 years to win the Arc |
| 2008 Zia Park Allowance
(October 4): Undefeated New Mexico-bred mare PEPPERS PRIDE sets a modern
North American record with her 17th consecutive win |
| 2009 Ascot
Gold Cup: YEATS wins an unprecedented fourth straight Gold Cup and confirms
his status as one of the greatest stayers in Thoroughbred racing history. |
| 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic:
In her initial confrontation with males, five-year-old ZENYATTA remains
undefeated in 14 lifetime starts and becomes the first filly or mare in
history to win the race. |
| 2009
Haskell Invitational Stakes: Three-year-old filly, RACHEL ALEXANDRA, which
defeated the Derby winner in the Preakness, romps over the Belmont winner
and other three-year-old colts in a devastating performance. |
| 2009 John Smith's Grand
National: At 100-1, MON MOME becomes the longest-priced winner since 1967,
and the first winner trained by a woman since 1995 |
| 2009
Kentucky Derby: At
51-1, MINE THAT BIRD becomes the second longest-priced winner of the
Kentucky Derby in history, rallying from 17 1/2 lengths back in the last
half mile |
| 2009 Kentucky Oaks: RACHEL ALEXANDRA wins by the largest margin in the race's history, 20 1/4
lengths |
| 2009 King
George VI Chase: KAUTO STAR establishes himself as one of the greatest
chasers of all time with a devastating performance in his fourth consecutive
King George VI win, a feat achieved by no other horse |
| 2009 Preakness Stakes:
Kentucky Oaks heroine RACHEL ALEXANDRA wires the field defeating Kentucky Derby winner MINE THAT
BIRD and eleven other colts and geldings to become the first filly winner of
the race in 85 years |
| 2009 Prix
Jacques Le Marois: 2008 BC Mile winner, GOLDIKOVA, wins by six lengths and
earns the highest Racing Post Rating for a filly or mare since BOSRA SHAM in
1997. |
| 2009 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de
Triomphe: The great three-year-old SEA THE STARS achieves racing immortality
as he becomes the only winner ever of the English 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby
and Arc de Triomphe |
| 2009
Tattersall Millions Champion Stakes: The brilliant three-year-old dual
English classic winner SEA THE STARS dominates and is assigned a provisional
rating of 140 pounds by Timeform, third highest in history |
| 2009 Woodward Stakes: RACHEL
ALEXANDRA continues her assault on racing history by becoming the first
three-year-old filly since 1887 to defeat Grade 1-level older males in a
route race in New York |
| 2010 Ascot
Gold Cup: Lightly regarded at 20-1, RITE OF PASSAGE shatters the track
record as he wears down AGE OF AQUARIUS in an epic duel, denying Aiden
O'Brien his fifth consecutive Gold Cup as a trainer |
| 2010 Breeders' Cup
Classic: In a thriller, BLAME holds off a valiant and late-charging ZENYATTA
to stop her unbeaten win streak at 19 and prevent her from capturing a
second straight Classic |
| 2010
Breeders' Cup Mile: GOLDIKOVA becomes the first three-time winner of a
Breeders' Cup race with a brilliant and dominating third consecutive victory |
| 2010 Dubai Duty Free Irish
Derby: A 1-2-3 finish led by CAPE BLANCO gives trainer Aiden O'Brien and
Ballydoyle a record-breaking fifth consective Irish Derby victory |
| 2010 Dubai
World Cup: At Dubai's spectacular brand new Meydan Race Course,
Brazilian-bred GLORIA DE CAMPEAO holds on desperately to take the world's
first ever $10 million race by the slimmest of margins in wire-to-wire
fashion |
| 2010 Investec Derby:
WORKFORCE wins by seven lengths and breaks the track record by almost a full
second in just his third lifetime start |
| 2010
Kentucky Derby: SUPER SAVER gets a dream rail trip in the slop as rider
Calvin Borel is the first to win three Derbies in four years and trainer
Todd Pletcher wins his first after going 0 for 24 |
| 2010 King George VI & Queen
Elizabeth Stakes: HARBINGER trounces the English and Irish Derby winners
winning by 11 lengths in race record time and cracks Timeform's all-time top
dozen |
| 2010 Prix
Rothschild: The brilliant GOLDIKOVA matches MIESQUE'S ten Group I wins as
the most ever by a European-trained horse (see MIESQUE'S tenth in the 1988
Breeders' Cup Mile) |
| 2011 English 2,000 Guineas:
2010 European juvenile champion FRANKEL leads gate to wire and records one
of the greatest and most spectacular wins in Guineas history to remain
undefeated |
| 2011
Kentucky Derby: Lightly-raced ANIMAL KINGDOM rallies from mid pack and wins
drawing away in his first ever start on dirt |
| 2011 Lexus Newmarket
Handicap: Undefeated in 10 starts, Australian mare BLACK CAVIAR earns the
highest ever Racing Post Rating for a filly or mare and the second highest
ever for a sprinter behind DAYJUR |
| 2011 Mountaineer Racetrack
Starter Allowance (November 21): RAPID REDUX sets a modern-day North
American record with his 20th consecutive win and 18th in 2011 alone. |
| 2011 Prix Rothschild:
GOLDIKOVA takes her 14th Group 1 win and emerges as the only horse ever to
win the same Group 1 race four times in a row since the introduction of
European Pattern races in 1971. |
| 2011
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: In a stellar field, three-year-old filly
DANEDREAM shatters the course record, heads an all-filly trifecta and
becomes the first German runner since 1975 to win the Arc |
| 2011
Qipco Sussex Stakes: Unbeaten three-year-old FRANKEL devastates CANFORD
CLIFFS, the world's top older miler, with a breathtaking turn of foot and
earns a Timeform Rating of 142, fourth best in history |
| 2011 Queen Elizabeth Stakes: Unbeaten three-year-old FRANKEL wins his ninth straight
and earns a Racing Post Rating of 139, highest ever recorded on turf
and equal to Dubai Millennium's rating in the 2000 Dubai World Cup on dirt |
| 2011 St Leger Stakes: In a DOSAGE coup, under
the genetic pressure of a severe pace and a course record finish time, the
top four in the marathon event (led by MASKED MARVEL) had the most
distance-suitable pedigrees in the field |
| 2011 Schweppes Schillaci Stakes: Undefeated
wonder mare BLACK CAVIAR, rated best in the world, runs her streak to 14
straight and ties Phar Lap's Australian consecutive win record set in 1931 |
| 2011 UAE Derby: UAE Oaks winner KHAWLAH becomes the first filly to win the
UAE Derby getting up by a desperate nose in a thrilling finish |
| 2011
Woodward Stakes: Four-year-old filly HAVRE DE GRACE takes on the boys and
emerges with a comfortable win as only the second female to capture the
Woodward in its 58 year run |