Videos tagged with "1980s"

Burrough Hill Lad- The 1984 Cheltenham Gold Cup [00:57]
Burrough Hill Lad was a top class national hunt chaser of the 1980s winning the Welsh National in 1983 and also winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1984. Trained by Jenny Pitman he is one of the highest rated chasers in history. Jockey Phil Tuck rode the horse to victory at the 1984 Cheltenham Gold Cup when Burrough Hill Lad was eight years old.
Tags: Burrough, Hill, Lad, 1984, Cheltenham, Gold, Cup, Phil, Tuck, Jenny, Pitman, Horse, Racing, steeplechase, National, hunt, Jump, gallop, tip, bet, Fat, Jockey, trot, Winner, Champion, Victory, Legend

PACER AND TROTTER RACING PART 3 TANGMERE 1980s [04:39]
half bread racing a trotter over 3 miles at tangmere chichester 1980s
Tags: horse racing, pacer, trotter, tangmere, chichester, travellers, 1980s

Footage from Bay Meadows shot on December 26, 1985 [11:21]
Here is some footage from Bay Meadows Racecourse my father shot with the family camcorder in the mid 1980s. The opening exterior shot was filmed in the spring or summer of 1984, while the racing footage was filmed on December 26, 1985. Jockeys mentioned in this video include Hall of Famer Russell Baze (then 27-years-old), Vicki Aragon (now Vicki Baze after marrying Russell's cousin, Gary), Chad Schvaneveldt, Ken Tohill, and retired riders Roberto Gonzalez, Chris Lamance, and Tom Chapman. Miss Chanago, the filly who won the $17000 allowance feature that day and who was described by father described as a "damn nice horse," was ridden by Marco Castaneda for Bill Morey, Jr. It'd be her final career start. John Gibson was the track announcer.
Tags: bay, meadows, racecourse, san, mateo, california, jockey, club, horse, racing, 1985, russell, baze, vicki, aragon, ken, tohill, chad, schvaneveldt, chris, lamance, roberto, gonzalez, tom, chapman, marco, castaneda, bill, morey

The Best Of John Henry [04:31]
John Henry best horse of the 1980s
Tags: John, Henry, 1981, 1982, 1883, 1884, santa, anita, belmont, hollywood, park, oakland, parkgolden, gate, fields, america, best, horse, fast, super, monmouth, mountaineer, calder, Arlington, millions, delmar, kenneland, kentucky, derby, breeders, cup, the,

Horse racing oddity: jockey misjudges distance [03:21]
For some reason I find oddities like this May 16, 2004 race very entertaining. The Hasta la Vista Handicap at Turf Paradise in Arizona is run at what today is an unusually long distance of 1 7/8 miles. This requires two full circuits of the course, rather than the usual one time around in most races. Unfortunately for jockey Jorge Carreno, he forgets that minor detail, creating a very unusual sitation. On a personal note, in the early 1980s, I recall Hall of Fame jockey Jorge Velasquez ...
Tags: thoroughbred, horse, racing, oddity, jockey, misjudged, distance