Videos tagged with "belmont"

1994 Early Times Manhattan - Paradise Creek *Course Record*
up to Paradise Creek in the Early Times Turf Classic and the Early Times Dixie, skipped yesterday's contest. "The last two races against Lure, we didn't feel we had that much pressure on us," said Mott, whose charge has now won six races in a row. "Today, it looked like we were the best horse in the race. He ran well, he's doing well and he's a top-class race horse." As far being as the best grass horse in training and a possible Eclipse Award winner later in the year, Mott was not so sure. ...
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1994 Metropolitan Handicap - Holy Bull
win as the even-money favorite, and he enriched Croll by bringing home $300000 and hoisting his career earnings past $1 million dollars to nearly $1.3 million. He has won 8 of his 10 races now, and he has won them by leading almost every step of the way. He couldn't quite match the record time of 1:33 for the Metropolitan Mile set by Conquistador Cielo in 1982, and he just missed the second fastest time shared by five other horses. But he did match the third best time for the race of ...
Tags: belmont, park, horse, racing, tom, durkin, holy, bull, mike, smith, cherokee, run, colonial, affair, devil, his, due, vitginia, rapids, jimmy, croll

Affirmed & Alydar
Pimlico. He didn't disappoint as he got the lead by the 1/4 pole and stayed there the rest of the way, winning in 1:54 2/5. Alydar rallied from 6th but just couldn't get past the stubborn Affirmed. Only three rivals showed up to challenge the pair in the Belmont and the race basically turned into a match race with the pair running 1-2 almost the whole way. The final 7 furlongs of the race they went at it head to head. For a moment at the head of the stretch Alydar actually got his head in ...
Tags: horse, racing, affirmed, alydar, john, tom, durkin, belmont, stakes, triple, crown, rivalry, duel, Veitch, Steve, Cauthen

SECRETARIAT: SUPERHORSE in The Preakness
subscribed visit my channel, click PLAYLISTS, then watch "SECRETARIAT The Movie". SECRETARIAT's record-smashing Derby left fans eager to see him run in the Preakness. Watch him break last then to quote William Nack, " . . take off like a flushed deer around the first turn." The greatest last-to-first move in history left fans, reporters, and veteran horsemen alike in absolute awe when this one was over. To the best of my knowledge this is the first time that his Preakness triumph has ever ...
Tags: horse, racing, SECRETARIAT, 1973, Kentucky, Derby, Preakness, Belmont, Stakes, Triple, Crown, Winner, thoroughbred, Man, o', War