Videos tagged with "1st"

1995 Wood Memorial Stakes [13:22]
The road to Kentucky may run through New York after all. In perhaps the most impressive performance by a 3-year-old colt this year and on the heels of his decisive victory in the Gotham three weeks ago, Talkin Man led every step of the way to win the 71st running of the $500000 Wood Memorial yesterday at Aqueduct. Talkin Man did it in impressive fashion, toying with seven colts before pulling away for a 7 3/4-length victory over Knockadoon and assuring himself a date at Churchill Downs in three weeks, perhaps as the favorite of the Kentucky Derby on May 6. The 2-to-5 favorite in the Grade II Wood, Talkin Man left the rest of the field -- none had won a graded stakes race -- in the dust at the top of the stretch. Jockey Shane Sellers, riding the Canadian-bred horse for the first, and likely last time, because Mike Smith had to honor another commitment in Arkansas, never used his whip as his mount covered the mile and an eighth in an easy 1:491/5 . "I was just a passenger out there," Sellers said after Talkin Man breezed through fractions of 234/5 seconds for the quarter, 48 flat for the half, 1:123/5 over 6 furlongs and the mile in 1:37 even, while never being asked to run all out. "Regardless of what the pace was, I knew what I had underneath me. He was telling me, 'We OK, we OK Don't worry about nothing.' " Coupled with the upset victory by the 30-1 long shot Wild Syn in the Blue Grass at Keeneland a little over an hour earlier, Talkin Man's victory guarantees that the ...

Eumeralla Quest Tamworth 1st Feb 2013 [04:57]
Eumeralla Quest (Joe's) first win for Robert Knight at Tamworth.

450whp Camaro SS 1st-3rd [00:15]
Some guy at a gas station a few years ago.He talked with us for a few. Has cams, heads, lots bolt ons. No spray. He said it was around 430-50whp

Maria Remedio's 1st Stakes Win [02:43]
Watch as Maria Charles, now Maria Remedio, gets her 1st stakes win ($ 75000) at Phila Park aboard "Chase the Line' @ Phila Park on 02/23/08.

HRI's Five To Follow Video Previews for racing this weekend at Punchestown - 1st February 2013 [04:51]
Horse Racing Ireland's #fivetofollow videos previews for the weekends racing to come.