Videos tagged with "closer"

$100000 All American Stakes at Golden Gate Fields [10:51]
It doesn't get much closer than this, the 7th race at Golden Gate Fields Nov. 23, a mile and a sixteenth Grade III race for three year olds and upward. See: Larry Stumes "Hudson Landing wins by nose over Control Seeker" San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2012.

2012 Breeders' Cup contender - Coil on to Sprint after staying perfect at six furlongs [01:23]
Already a Grade I winner over a route of ground last year as a 3-year-old, Coil earned an automatic berth into next month's $1.5 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade I) by rallying late under Martin Garcia to win the $250000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (Grade I) by a head over stable mate Capital Account. Since moving to Bob Baffert's barn, Coil has won 6-of-10 starts and eclipsed $1 million in career earnings by wining for the third time at the traditional six furlong sprint distance for owners Pegram or Watson or Weitman. The 7-to-1 price on Coil was by far the most generous of his career, which was previously the 9-to-2 his backers received when the Point Given colt made his first start for Baffert while breaking his maiden by over three lengths at Hollywood Park in November of 2010. Looking to move one step closer to defending his Breeders' Cup and Eclipse Award Sprint Championships from a year ago, Amazombie faded to fourth as the 4-to-5 favorite after sitting the perfect trip behind dueling leaders and getting first jump on the closers. The only 3-year-old in the group, Jimmy Creed came up the rail late to secure the show.

1994 Breeders' Cup Classic + Post Race [10:15]
The Breeders' Cup horse that arrived last at Churchill Downs ran first Saturday as Concern beat Tabasco Cat by a neck in the $3-million Classic, ending on a high note a long year of unfulfilled promise for the 3-year-old colt from Maryland. Trainer Dick Small's style is to ship a horse to a race at a late hour, and by van instead of plane. He made no exception with Concern, even though the late-running son of Broad Brush was appearing in the most important stake of his 21-race career. A 10 1/2-hour trip brought Concern and the trainer to Kentucky at 3 am Friday, long after all the other Breeders' Cup horses had settled in and been tested during workouts over the Churchill Downs track. Concern did all of his Breeders' Cup preparations at Pimlico, where he worked a mile on Monday. "I find that most horses do better in their own surroundings," Small said. "It's better not to disrupt their daily rhythms." Small played it even closer to the vest when Concern ran in the Travers in August. For that race, the horse was driven to Upstate New York and arrived at 4 am on the day of the race, about 13 hours before post time. He lost by a neck to Holy Bull, the probable horse of the year who didn't run in the Breeders' Cup. Being beaten by necks and running second and third have been Concern's style, a rut that ended in time for his owner-breeder, Robert Meyerhoff, to collect a purse of $1.56 million, more than half a million dollars more than his colt had earned from all his previous ...

Barrels and Poles [01:02]
Amanda Lake barrel racing and pole bending. The pole vending video is just a practice on a pattern where the poles are way closer together than in a standard pattern.
Tags: Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Rodeo, Cowgirl, Horse

[FLASHBACK] Channel Nine - Live Sydney Horse Racing - Opener & Closer (1987) [01:17]
Proof that just about anything can be found on old VHS recordings. Very interesting to say the least how Nine's famous cricket theme was used for an intro to a John Tapp racing call at Rosehill! Because I'm not trying to infringe copyright/I'm not here to let you watch the race, I've only included the Opener & Closer. ©1987-2012 Nine Network for the intro, and possibly Sky Channel/Racing or TVN for the racing footage.
Tags: Channel Nine, Wide World of Sports, Horse Racing, John Tapp, Opener, Closer, Australian TV