Videos tagged with "rivals"

Race tipping: Aphrodite Stakes, 3.10 Newmarket Saturday [01:51]
This Listed race is Newmarket's feature on Saturday and, according to the Racing Post's Graeme Rodway, it contains a performer who is a "class apart" from her rivals.
Tags: aphrodite, stakes, newmarket, horse, racing, betting, tipping, rodway

2012 Breeders' Cup contender - Acclamation makes it seven straight with easy Eddie Read repeat [02:55]
Allowed to walk the dog on the lead through slow fractions over 1 1/8-miles on Del Mar's turf course, Acclamation made 1-to-2 look like a gift, strolling home by 2 3/4-lengths over four rivals to win for the seventh straight time in graded stakes company while repeating in the $300000 Eddie Read (Grade I). "(Whether) he sets fast fractions or slow fractions, he always comes home," said jockey Patrick Valenzuela of the 2011 Eclipse-award Champion Older Horse. "I've ridden some champions like Sunday Silence and Arazi, but for any horse to go out and set the pace like that and come home the final quarter like he does, that's a true race horse." The win pushed career earnings to over $1.95 million for the 6-year-old California-bred son of Unusual Heat, who could attempt to repeat in the $1 million Pacific Classic at the end of August. Options are open for either the Breeders' Cup Classic or Turf as the end of the year goal at Santa Anita. "Acclamation and Tom Knust (Valenzuela's agent) made this comeback happen," said Valenzuela, who returned from yet another retirement earlier this year. "My weight's good and I just want to get more winners." A champion in Argentina, Interaction rallied for second at 11-to-1 in his fourth US start and Casino Host rounded out the trifecta at 6-to-1 making his first start in the barn of Ron Ellis.
Tags: Breeders', Cup, Acclamation, Del, Mar, Patrick, Valenzuela, horse, racing

Frankel::The World's Greatest Racehorse Returns [01:43]
I OWN NOTHING BUT THE EDITING. *EDIT* Simply superb. Frankel is magic. 10 from 10. Just the greatest. No flat horse has ever got me this excited. Can't wait to see where he goes next! In one week, the highest rated racehorse (or is he joint with BC? whatever, in my eyes Frankel is superior to Black Caviar, controversial I know-dont eat me!) in the world returns in the Lochinge Stakes at Newbury. I for one cannot wait and hopefully he will smash up his rivals once again. There's a couple if glitches in the video, SV wouldn't play it back properly but hopefully they're not too major. Does everyone else think Frankel will be better this season? Anyway, enjoy the video, it's nothing special but I couldn't resist making it as a tribute to the returning superstar ^^ (Now back to revising, exams start on tuesday!)
Tags: frankel, return, of, the, wrold's, greatest, racehorse, lockhinge, stakes, horse, racing, kings, and, queens, thirty, seconds, to, mars, tom, queally, sir, henry, cecil, 2000, guineas, 2011

The Kentucky Derby 138 Backside Buzz with Jill Byrne 5.1.12 [03:08]
Jill Byrne has the latest on new contender arrivals, and a one on one chat talking horses with NFL legend and broadcaster Terry Bradshaw.
Tags: kentucky, derby, churchill, downs, louisville, horse, racing, jill, byrne, terry, bradshaw

Affirmed - 1978 Belmont Stakes [02:45]
They were, perhaps, the greatest rivals in the history of racing.... and this is perhaps their greatest duel. Affirmed's shot at the Triple Crown was on the line and Alydar was determined to make him work for it. In a stirring performance, Affirmed came through. His rider, 18-year-old phenom Steve Cauthen, became the youngest rider to win the Triple Crown Final time: 2:26 3/4 Owner: Harbor View Farms Trainer: Lazaro Barrera Jockey: Steve Cauthen
Tags: racing, Belmont park, sports, horse, horse racing, track, race, affirmed, alydar, steve cauthen, rival, rivalries, 1978