Horse Racing
- The United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Cottage Rake for the third successive year
- Grand National – Freebooter
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Comic Court
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by McGill
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Tantieme
- Ireland – Irish Derby won by Dark Warrior
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Palestine
- Epsom Derby – Galcador
- St. Leger Stakes – Scratch
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Middleground
- Preakness Stakes – Hill Prince
- Belmont Stakes – Middleground
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don’t get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goat’s cheese ... get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)