Horse Racing
England
- Grand National – Peter Simple
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Flea
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Nunnykirk
- Epsom Derby – The Flying Dutchman
- Epsom Oaks – Lady Evelyn
- St. Leger Stakes – The Flying Dutchman
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“Time is a horse that runs in the heart, a horse
Without a rider on a road at night.
The mind sits listening and hears it pass.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“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)