Horse Racing
- February 11 – Diana Crump becomes first woman jockey to ride against men in USA racing
- February 22 – Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first female winner of a USA race
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – What A Myth
- Grand National – Highland Wedding
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Rain Lover
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by Jumpin Joseph
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Levmoss
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Prince Regent
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Right Tack
- Epsom Derby – Blakeney
- St. Leger Stakes – Intermezzo
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Majestic Prince
- Preakness Stakes – Majestic Prince
- Belmont Stakes – Arts and Letters
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“It is possible that the telephone has been responsible for more business inefficiency than any other agency except laudanum.... In the old days when you wanted to get in touch with a man you wrote a note, sprinkled it with sand, and gave it to a man on horseback. It probably was delivered within half an hour, depending on how big a lunch the horse had had. But in these busy days of rush-rush-rush, it is sometimes a week before you can catch your man on the telephone.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“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)