2012 USTA Blue Ribbon Fair -- Wisconsin Harness the Stars Tour [05:51]
Hoof Beats magazine visited the Iowa County Fair in Mineral Point, Wis., one of the stops on the Wisconsin Harness the Stars Tour. The Wisconsin horsemen were recently awarded the 2012 USTA Blue Ribbon Fair Award for outstanding promotion of county-fair harness racing, and were featured in the June 2012 issue of Hoof Beats magazine.
Tags: harness racing, standardbred, Hoof Beats, horse racing, magazine, horse, harness the stars, USTA, wisconsin
jimmie johnson claims third nascar all-star victory [00:07]
jimmie johnson won the nascar sprint all-star race for the third time in his illustrious career on saturday at charlotte motor speedway
Tags: NASCAR (Business Operation), Jimmie Johnson (TV Actor), Racing, Race, Star, Mini, Speedway, Horse, Race (2011 Film), All, Lucky, Cooper, Track, Jack, Crash, Stars, Eric, Kart, Cup, Series, Motor, Driver, Raceway, Cars, Alice, Trophy (Award Category), Grid
Traditional Bells wins the maiden at Bonvilston ...Eliza waits to present a trophy [01:26]
A popular winner of the day at Bonvilston pt to pt near Cardiff was 'Traditional Bells' who was ridden by Evan David to win the maiden . All the winners at Bonvilston receive a trophy of a fine art print by Eliza's artist partnwer David Dent. In addition there is a cup from the race sponsor; plus champagne. So even though it is an amateur sport; it is nice for the winner to have something by which to remember the day their horse won its first race....
Tags: horse, racing, jumps, national, hunt, point, to, Bonvilston, near, cardiff, Wales, sport, cup, picture, Eliza, vintage, fur, coat, Trophy (Award Category), big, crowd, lovetheraces, outdoor sports, maiden, presentation, winner, enclosure, horses, Traditio
Horse Racing Legends | John Henry [01:47]
John Henry (March 9, 1975 -- October 8, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6591860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also listed as #23 - Top 100 US Racehorses of the 20th Century.
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