Videos tagged with "acclaim"

Sam Shepard Reads at Trinity College Dublin [01:20:10]
The acclaimed actor, playwright and director Sam Shepard delivered an eclectic reading of his work at Trinity College Dublin on 6 December 2012 in front of a...

Chantal Sutherland's Appeal for activism for Racing Future [03:05]
Internationally acclaimed jockey Chantal Sutherland, now based in California, still has her heart at Woodbine. She appeals, on behalf of her friends in the Ontario racing industry, for Ontarians to step up and take action.

1989 Breeders' Cup Classic + Pre & Post Race [34:11]
Sunday Silence grittily held off a desperate late charge by Easy Goer to win the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic by a neck today at Gulfstream Park. The tight finish of this fourth meeting between the decade's greatest racing rivals brought a crowd of more than 50000 to a roar and settled the sport's major titles. Sunday Silence, who had beaten Easy Goer in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness before Easy Goer trounced him in the Belmont Stakes, is assured of being voted thoroughbred racing's Horse of the Year. Emotions ran high long after the official sign was posted. For Sunday Silence's backers and handlers, this was a long-awaited day of vindication. After the Belmont, their colt had been widely dismissed as only second-best despite holding a 2-1 edge in the rivalry. For Easy Goer's many fans, who made him the 1-2 betting favorite today, the result was flabbergasting. They found some excuses for him, but were devastated to see their colt emerge from this season as merely the second-best 3-year-old instead of being acclaimed as the champion of the decade. It was small consolation for Easy Goer's connections, the Ogden Phipps family and the trainer Shug McGaughey, that they won two of the six earlier Cup races today, with Rhythm in the Juvenile and Dancing Spree in the Sprint. Sunday Silence, a 3-year-old son of Halo and the Understanding mare Wishing Well, paid $6 for $2 to win as the second choice in the Classic betting and ran the mile and a quarter in 2:00 1/5 ...

Shergar- The 1981 Epsom Derby (Epsom Downs) [02:48]
Shergar (1978 - unknown) was an acclaimed Irish racehorse, and winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record 10 lengths, the longest winning margin in the race's 226-year history. This victory earned him a spot in The Observer newspaper's 100 Most Memorable Sporting Moments of the Twentieth Century. The jockey on the day was Walter Swinburn. Shergar was trained by Michael Stoute and owned by HH Aga Khan IV.
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Jockey's Starting In February [00:31]
Trailer, as aired on horse racing games TV, for the Animal Planet's acclaimed series "Jockeys" documenting the difficult and dangerous aspects of a jockey's career and life.
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