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There’s Omaha-US Triple Crown winner, later came to England and won the Victor Wild S. and Queen’s Plate and a close 2nd in the Prince of Wales and Ascot Gold Cup.
. Following a not-so-successful stud career in Kentucky, he was moved to his namesake city, where he was regularly
paraded at Ak-Sar-Ben racetrack and sometimes grazed in the infield.It’s odd that they’re rating the "best of the decade" before the decade (and the King George) is officially over. An excellent run on Saturday would put Kauto on top, would it not?
It is hard to compare horses from Americs and Europe, the racing style is different, there’s less of an emphasis on speed and moreso on rating well and having a good closing kick. Sea the Stars, Sea Bird II, Brigadier Gerard, they are all legends, but they were in a different racing world than Citation or Man O’War. Not a worse one, just different. There’s a lot to be said for being unbeaten, or nearly so-I have to admire Sea the Stars accomplishments and his legendary season, even if isn’t in my personal all-time top 10 list.
Every time someone says Kauto Star is vulnerable/not up to his old self/has regressed, BET HIM. You’d think people would learn by now
.Incidentally, here’s the first 10 of the Bloodhorse Top 100 US Racehorses of the 20th Century.
1. Man O’ War
2. Secretariat
3. Citation
4. Kelso
5. Count Fleet
6. Dr. Fager
7. Native Dancer
8. Forego
9. Seattle Slew
10. Spectacular BidMy rankings:
1. Man O’War
2. Citation
3. Secretariat
4. Kelso
5. Dr. Fager
6. Buckpasser
7. Forego
8. Damascus
9. Round Table
10. Native DancerNote that each of these horses raced at least 20 times, most of them at least twice that. Kelso was our Horse of the Year 5 years in a row, Forego 3 years in a row. I can never put a horse like Sea Bird II, Zarkava, Sea the Stars, Peintre Celebre, or Dancing Brave above them-none of those raced more han 10 times.
The American pacers Martha Maxine and Arizona Helen (who are related) were originally listed as fillies and competed in filly & mare races, but after excess testosterone was found in their systems, examinations revealed that they were in fact "male psuedohermaphrodites", and due to the risk of cancer they were both "gelded" and now must compete in open races. Arizona Helen is unfortunately not doing so well against the boys and is in lower-level claimers, but Martha Maxine, who was at the top of her division and a multiple stakes winner, is contiinuing to do fairly well. Rather interesting, I think.
Actually I’m disgusted by the recent minaret ban in Switzerland. The vast majority of Swiss Muslims (what very few there are) are not Arab, they’re from the Balkans, and most are non-practicing. There’s a grand total of 4 minarets in Switzerland-and how many church belltowers?
Also, a lot of you are confusing the ultraconservative Wahhabism with mainstream Islam. Islamic banking has little to do with fundamentalism and is based on the prohibition of usury.
Quarter Horse racing is quite the thrill, even if it lacks the glamo(u)r of the Thoroughbreds. There’s several top trainers with strings at Hialeah, and a good stakes program. They’re also lucky that most of the other QH meets have ended. Eventually the Thoroughbreds will return.
How lucky we are to have all these great jumpers come back season after season-and how lucky for the Nicholls barn!
It was clear something was off when not a single horse was sold to the sheikhs at the Keeneland November sale. Usually they’re buying up everything in sight.
Is showjumping legal? How about paper chases and point-to-points? What I don’t get about this ruling is enforcement; how are they going to prevent anyone with enough land setting up some jumps? That’s how a good portion of our steeplechases are, no parimutuel betting and amatuer jockeys.
As for the claim that jumps racing is "appalling" and "cruelty", in this past American spring-summer chasing season I can recall but one equine death out of the 30 or so meets, and that was a HUGE deal. There are more instances of horses being pulled up, as the jocks will do so if they feel their horse tiring or jumping very badly-it’s not worth it to risk a fall.
Einstein, the 7-year-old stallion who excells on all surfaces but finished an uncharacteristic 11th in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, is also supplemented to the HK Cup. This Friday he is running in the GII Clark Handicap at Churchill on the dirt, which he won last year. I doubt he’ll go to Hong Kong off such a short rest, but as this is his last year racing, he may opt for the race with more prestige.
I’m not sure if you can bet from outside the US, but http://www.xpressbet.com/, http://www.youbet.com/, and http://www.twinspires.com/content/ all offer live video along with online wagering for tracks in America, Canada, and a few in Europe and Australia.
Hello, I’m Emily (username is the great racemare of the 19th century http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=9). I found this site via the thoroughbredchampions forum. I don’t have much experience betting UK races, and unfortunately it’s hard to view them in America. I’d love to learn more, though.
I’m very lucky to live in "horse country" where there are 4 parimutuel tracks (Charles Town, Laurel, Pimlico, and Colonial) within a few hours drive, plus numerous steeplechase meets and point-to-points. Like AlyshebaFan, I prefer the jumpers to the flat racers, sadly they aren’t as popular here as in Britain. However, we do have timber racing. There is nothing quite like seeing horses and jocks gallop over fields (not manicured tracks) and across the countryside, leaping over imposing wooden fences before the final mad dash to the finish in front of the crowd. I encourage any Brit who is thinking about visiting the US to try and see the Maryland Hunt Cup.
. Following a not-so-successful stud career in Kentucky, he was moved to his namesake city, where he was regularly