Horse Racing
England
- Grand National – Manifesto
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Sibola
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flying Fox
- Epsom Derby – Flying Fox
- Epsom Oaks – Musa
- St. Leger Stakes – Flying Fox
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Merriwee
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Butter Scotch
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Princess Hilda
- Irish Derby Stakes – Oppressor
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Manuel
- Preakness Stakes – Half Time
- Belmont Stakes – Hindus
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“The horse is taught his manage, and no star
Of wildest course but treads back his own steps;”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“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)