Horse Racing
England
- Grand National – Gamecock
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Reve d'Or
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Enterprise
- Epsom Derby – Merry Hampton
- Epsom Oaks – Reve d'Or
- St. Leger Stakes – Kilwarlin
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Dunlop
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Bonnie Duke
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Eglentine
- Irish Derby Stakes – Pet Fox
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Montrose
- Preakness Stakes – Dunboyne
- Belmont Stakes – Hanover
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“Cowardice shuts the eyes till the sky is not larger than a calf-skin: shuts the eyes so that we cannot see the horse that is running away with us; worse, shuts the eyes of the mind and chills the heart.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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