1994 San Antonio Handicap - The Wicked North
horses on the grounds, going well over 1000 pounds, and he was even bigger, maybe 1300 pounds, when Bernstein was sprinting him. His last victory on dirt was in the six-furlong Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar 6 1/2 months ago. Desormeaux was aboard The Wicked North for the first time since he successfully rode the horse at the end of 1992. "I thought my chances were slim after my horse got so worked up before the race," Desormeaux said Sunday. "He was absolutely drenched (with sweat). But ...
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1994 Westchester Handicap - Virginia Rapids
always seems to get a piece of it." "He's a very particular horse with a lot of character," Samyn said. "Allen keeps telling me to just let him stay happy." No alibi was offered for Cherokee Run, second in the Preakness last May, first in the Dwyer last July and first in a tuneup race in Florida two weeks ago. His trainer, Frank Alexander, said with some regret: "I don't know why. Maybe it was the shipping. Maybe the track was a little cuppy." Down the road for all the senior stars: the ...
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Affirmed & Alydar
Pimlico. He didn't disappoint as he got the lead by the 1/4 pole and stayed there the rest of the way, winning in 1:54 2/5. Alydar rallied from 6th but just couldn't get past the stubborn Affirmed. Only three rivals showed up to challenge the pair in the Belmont and the race basically turned into a match race with the pair running 1-2 almost the whole way. The final 7 furlongs of the race they went at it head to head. For a moment at the head of the stretch Alydar actually got his head in ...
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Horse Racing - Now We Are Free
It's very, very short, but i think it's alright. I might make a longer version one day. Haha i just looked at it and realised i over sped up the clip of persian punch (even if you don't know the horse you'll see which one i mean). i don''t have any sort of media player on my computer atm so I'm going to excuse myself this error :) I wish it could have been colour but I could only get some of the clips in b&w so had to stick with that. Oh, and on an entirely random note: thanks to everyone ...
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Horse Racing - With Arms Wide Open
So this isn't that good, but I just sort of happened to make it. I don't own the clips (except a couple of them) and I don't own the song. Seabiscuit ones are from megavideo, the rest are channel 4 or bbc (or mine). Anyway, enjoy =)
Tags: Horse Racing, Music Video, Cheltenham, Kauto Star, Racehorses, Jockeys
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