Videos tagged with "sentimental"

Standardbred Canada Video Feature - Horse Names [13:20]
Harness racing participants share some of their favourite names for racehorses in this week's Standardbred Canada video feature -- the ones that were sentimental, powerful or just good for a laugh. What's your favourite horse name?

1995 Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap [02:58]
Kiri's Clown, a 6-year-old horse who likes to come busting out of the gate to take the lead and try to hold it, came busting out today and did hold it. And by the length of his neck, against a late rush by Awad, he scored a resounding upset to win the $250000 Sword Dancer Invitational on the Saratoga turf. Not only that, but he broke Fraise's track record of 1992 by two-fifths of a second, running the mile and a half on the inner turf course in 2:252/5 . He also broke the losing streak of his trainer, Phil Johnson, who hadn't saddled a winner in New York State in 68 races going back to April. In between, though, Kiri's Clown traveled to New England in June and won the New Hampshire Sweepstakes. Kiri's Clown gave his latest performance only five days after running seventh in the Daryl's Joy Handicap. Johnson explained in the winner's circle that his horse would rather race every five days than work out every five days. "If you have a good work horse," he said, "you don't do the Daryl's Joy. But he doesn't work very well, and sometimes horses lose interest working." Johnson and his jockey, Mike Luzzi, planned on having the early lead; the only question was whether they would hold it. "We thought we would get the lead," Luzzi said, "but I didn't think we would get it the way he did. Basically, my horse was just galloping along. He got challenged at the three-eighths pole, and then when Awad came to him, he just got real game." When Awad came to him, they had only a few ...
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1986 Kentucky Derby - Ferdinand [21:48]
A horse from California was supposed to win the 112th Kentucky Derby, but hardly anybody expected it to be Ferdinand, a 17‚1 shot ridden by a 54-year-old jockey and saddled by a 73-year-old trainer. But at the finish of a slow and roughly run Derby, it was Ferdinand, ridden by Bill Shoemaker and trained by Charlie Whittingham, drawing away to a 21/4- length victory over Bold Arrangement and Broad Brush, with the favored Californians, Snow Chief and Badger Land, off the board. Shoemaker steered Ferdinand, a son of the English triple crown winner Nijinsky II, through heavy traffic from last place to first while covering the mile and a quarter in a dull 2:024/5. Bold Arrangement, an English colt, won a three-way duel for second place, finishing three-quarters of a length in front of Broad Brush. Snow Chief, the 2‚1 favorite, tired badly to finish 11th after taking a brief lead round the far turn. Ferdinand paid $37.40 for $2 to win, the highest Derby payoff since Gato del Sol, also a Californian, also rallied to win from last place and returned $41.40 in 1982. The race was a sentimental triumph for Shoemaker, who became by far the oldest rider ever to win the race while scoring his fourth Derby triumph, and for Whittingham, a Hall of Fame trainer who had never won a Derby. Artistically, though, it was a less successful Derby run before a crowd of 123891. The winner's time over a fast track was the slowest in 12 years, and more horses had rough trips than honest ones today ...
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This is Zenyatta. [02:03]
Watch in HD!!! Anyone else watch Breeders Cup 2010? Hoping so, otherwise you're going to be lost XD So, with BC Classic presumably Zenyatta's last race, I wanted to do a wee special video (wee, as in it sucks with its quick creation) of her, being a huge fan and all. In case you haven't already see, heard, or otherwise found out yet about the results of the Classic yesterday: Zenyatta placed 2nd by a nose behind Blame. My thoughts: Zenyatta, in all technicality and sentimental purposes, and with the rate at which she was slaughtering her way through Blame's lead, won the BC Classic 2010. She's more or less a victim of racing luck, what with the heafty traffic she had to dodge through to be able to make her run. If you noticed, she passed Blame about 2 strides after the finish line. Had the wire been two strides further, the results of the race would be completely reversed. Nonetheless, this race does not defile her in any manner. She's still Zenyatta, she still has her record setting win-streak under her belt, and she's still a moose. No matter what anyone attempts to say about this horse, she has most certainly earned her place among the greats. __________________________ Rant over! ^^ And now I must go do something rather importante! See you allllllllllllllllllllllllll (tomorrow)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~.Stretchy.~ xoxo
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