Videos tagged with "wonder horse"

Horse Racing Legends | Phar Lap [02:10]
1932 Agua Caliente Handicap: The 17.2 hand wonder horse PHAR LAP ships from Australia for his final start in the then richest ever North American race and sets a track record, only to die mysteriously two weeks later.
Tags: 1932, Agua, Caliente, Handicap, Phar, Lap, Australia, Racing, horse, Race

Newsreel: Light Tanks Show Their Prowess In Battle Maneuvers, 1938/11/02 [03:00]
Newsreel footage from November 2, 1938 (1) "Fort Meade, MD: Mechanical monsters of the 66th US Infantry (Light Tanks) sweep everything before them as they advance through smoke and shell fire to the attack. A thrilling sight, from daylight to dark, as the 'battle wagons' roll along." (2) Seabiscuit Wins match Race - "Pimlico, MD: The horse racing classic of the Century! War Admiral, the favorite, is beaten by three lengths as CS Howard's West Coast wonder horse takes the sensational match race that thrills 40000 fans." (some parts silent in this partial newsreel without narration) Production Company: Universal Studios Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Tags: Light, Tanks, Show, Their, Prowess, In, Battle, Maneuvers, 1938/11/02, film, newsreel, newsreels, Fort, Meade, MD, Mechanical, monsters, 66th, United, States, US, Infantry, wagons, sports, Seabiscuit, horse, race, War, Admiral, racing, horses, Howard, Wes

1998 Alabama Stakes [06:27]
Banshee Breeze won the Alabama Stakes by six lengths over Lu Ravi, one month after winning the Coaching Club American Oaks, and inflicted defeat for the first time on Manis tique, the wonder horse from California. Both Banshee Breeze and Manistique are daughters of Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic. But Banshee Breeze, racing for the ninth time, won for the fifth time and showed that experience often prevails over sheer brilliance. Manistique, a huge filly named for a town in Wisconsin, was racing for only the fourth time. And, although she had won each of her three starts at Hollywood Park by at least 10 lengths, she apparently had breathing problems and could not cope. Banshee Breeze has won at a mile and a half in the Coaching Club American Oaks and at a mile and a quarter in the Alabama, the filly counterpart to next Saturday's Travers Stakes. Even her jockey, Jerry Bailey, was impressed with the way she handled Manistique, the betting choice, ridden by Gary Stevens, who flew here from the West Coast for the race. ''I had a lot of horse at every point in the race,'' Bailey said, ''and I couldn't believe how she was running. I was right behind the favorite, and I wasn't sure how much horse Gary had, but I knew that he would need a lot because my filly was ready to run. This was the best that she finished, and past the wire she still had more in her. To have her this ready was just incredible.'' The man who got her ready was Carl ...
Tags: saratoga, horse, racing, tom, durkin, jerry, bailey, carl, nafzger, banshee, breeze, manistique

Zenyatta breeders cup classic [02:27]
zenyatta doing the imposible at santa anita o9 taking on and beating the boys in the breeders cup classic,trained by john sherreffs and ridden by mike smith ... zenyatta breeders cup classic mike smith super mare wonder horse filly greatest santa anita rip van winkle john sherriffs race track calafornia
Tags: zenyatta, breeders, cup, classic, mike, smith, super, mare, wonder, horse, filly, greatest, santa, anita, rip, van, winkle, john, sherriffs, race, track, calafornia