Videos tagged with "blinkers"

2000 Whitney Handicap Grade I [01:52]
with blinkers, a change in equipment Schulhofer made after Lemon Drop Kid finished third by two lengths to winner Golden Missile in the Pimlico Special Handicap (G1) on May 13. Equipped with blinkers, Lemon Drop Kid won both the June 11 Brooklyn (G2) and July 4 Suburban (G2) Handicaps. "After Edgar rode him at Pimlico, and told me Lemon Drop Kid saw the gate out of the corner of his eye when he turned for home and lost his momentum, I figured, well, I better put them on him," Schulhofer ...
Tags: saratoga, horse, racing, lemon, drop, kid, edgar, prado, cat, thief, running, stag, behrens, golden, missile, tom, durkin

1994 Florida Derby - Post Race
new nose band and a new metal bit to keep his mouth closed, won by 5 3/4 lengths and ran one of the imposing races of the year. Halo's Image, equipped with new blinkers to focus his vision on the race, stayed on course and finished third. Holy Bull simply shot from the gate and didn't look back. He held a lead of two lengths or more through fast fractions, chased but not caught by Halo's Image and Ride the Rails. They zipped the first quarter of a mile in 222/5 seconds, the half-mile in ...
Tags: gulfstream, park, horse, racing, holy, bull, mike, smith, jimmy, croll, jim, mckay, florida, derby