Videos tagged with "empire"

Seeking an Empire Runs Third At Fair Grounds [03:03]
Seeking an Empire ran a hard charging 3rd, just 1.5 lengths behind the winner at the Fair Grounds on January 24.

Lunar Victory - 2012 Empire Classic [02:04]

Belmont Stakes 2012 Preview: I'll Have Another EXCLUSIVE Interview [01:43]
Will I'll Have Another become the first Triple Crown winner in 34 years? See what his jockey Mario Gutierrez has to say in this exclusive interview. Subscribe: goo.gl
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Empire Breeders Classic Filly Elimination #2 - For A Dancer [02:08]
For a Dancer got up in the final strides to nip Cowgirl Hall in the 2nd elimination of the Empire Breeders Classic. The final time was 1:54.3, just 2/5 of a second off the track record. Jeff Gregory did the driving for trainer Joe Holloway. For a Dancer is now 3-for-3 this season and 11-for-14 lifetime.
Tags: Vernon Downs, harness racing, horse racing, Empire Breeders Classic, EBC, For a Dancer

2003 Belmont Stakes - Empire Maker + Post Race [17:38]
History was set at Belmont Park Saturday but it was not Funny Cide becoming a Triple Crown winner. Instead, it was trainer Bobby Frankel winning his first Triple Crown race when his Empire Maker won the Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Ten Most Wanted was second and Funny Cide third. The New Yorkers were rooting for New York-bred Funny Cide. But a New York-bred did win the Belmont -- Frankel was born in Brooklyn. Empire Maker ran second to Funny Cide in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), and then skipped the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), which Funny Cide won easily. Empire Maker was favored in the Derby. Empire Maker is by Unbridled and out of the incredible producer Toussaud, by El Gran Senor. The Belmont winner was bred and is owned by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm. Jose Santos sent Funny Cide right to the lead in the 1 ½ mile race run over a track made quite sloppy by persistent rains. He appeared in good shape when the half was run in :48.70, and six furlongs were timed in 1:13.51. But, Jerry Bailey aboard Empire Maker said he could sense that Funny Cide was rank as they traveled down the backside. Empire Maker was in third at that point behind Funny Cide and Scrimshaw. "He was so rank today. He couldn't get him to settle down," Bailey said of Santos and Funny Cide. Bailey commenced his move on the turn for home and went by Funny Cide fairly easily. Pat Day had Ten Most Wanted in full gear at that point and they made a race out of it, closing to within three-quarters of a length at ...
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