Horse Racing
England
- Grand National – The Colonel (first of two consecutive wins)
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Scottish Queen
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Pretender
- Epsom Derby – Pretender
- Epsom Oaks – Brigantine
- St. Leger Stakes – Pero Gomez
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Warrior
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Bay Jack
Ireland
- Irish Derby Stakes – The Scout
USA
- Belmont Stakes – Fenian
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“I on my horse, and Love on me, doth try
Our horsemanships, while by strange work I prove
A horseman to my horse, a horse to Love,”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
“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)