Videos tagged with "royal"

Celebration Race Horse Crownn Royal [01:21]
Race demonstration in Kentucky

2003 Kentucky Derby: Full Broadcast [01:05:32]
There on the track was Empire Maker, the impeccably bred favorite with a tender foot, a cocky trainer from Brooklyn and a plurality of the public's money on his back. There was Atswhatimtalknbout, the Hollywood horse, partly owned by movie royalty, and there, too, was Indian Express, the rhythm-and-bluegrass colt whose owner was a legendary record producer in the 1950's. But for the two minutes that count the most on the first Saturday in May, the real star was a New York-bred gelding named Funny Cide, who was sent off at the ''yeah, right'' odds of better than 12-1 and romped off with a victory of a length and three-quarters in the 129th running of the Kentucky Derby. But forget for a moment Funny Cide's glitzier and supposedly more formidable competition. By any standard, this was an improbable victory. A New York-bred had never won the Derby, and the last time a gelding won was in 1929, when Clyde Van Dusen posted a two-length victory. The public was caught unawares, and six buddies from Sackets Harbor, NY, who own Funny Cide and run under the banner of Sackatoga Stable with four other partners were stunned by their good fortune. ''We are a three-horse stable,'' said Jackson Knowlton, one of the owners who bought the gelding for $75000 in a private sale. ''We are the little guys in the game. Everyone who dreams in this game, who owns two or five horses, look at what you can accomplish. Little did we know.'' Maybe it should not have been a surprise that a group of ...

Zara Phillips MBE Photoshoot for Womens Weekly [01:26]
Zara Phillips MBE, Eventing team Olympic silver medallist in London 2012 and former European and World Champion, has been announced as the first Magic Millions Racing Women (MMRW) Ambassador, an appointment that will see her visit Australia in early January 2013 for the week-long Magic Millions Carnival.
Tags: Fashion, Australia (Country), Zara, Phillips, Royal, Magic, Millions, Racing, Horse Racing (Sport)

Gina Bryce at Ladies Day, Royal Ascot 2012 [01:12]
Gina Bryce and John McCririck chat about the Ribblesdale Stakes on Ladies Day at Royal Ascot 2012.
Tags: horse, racing, Horse Racing (Sport), sports

Horse Racing 1979 Ascot Gold Cup [04:25]
Le Moss shows what a true class act and not matched stayer wise he was.
Tags: horse, racing, flat, royal, ascot, le, moss, ardross, goodwood, cup, gold, sagaro, horseracing, grey, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1977, bruni, 1978, Grundy, 1975