1888 in Sports - Horse Racing

Horse Racing

England

  • Grand National – Playfair
  • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Briar-root
  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Ayrshire
  • Epsom Derby – Ayrshire
  • Epsom Oaks – Seabreeze
  • St. Leger Stakes – Seabreeze

Australia

  • Melbourne Cup – Mentor

Canada

  • Queen's Plate – Harry Cooper

Ireland

  • Irish Grand National – The Maroon
  • Irish Derby Stakes – Theodolite

USA

  • Kentucky Derby – MacBeth II
  • Preakness Stakes – Refund
  • Belmont Stakes – Sir Dixon
  • The Futurity - Proctor Knott

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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:

    “When a horse comes to the edge of the cliff, it is too late to draw rein; when a boat reaches midstream, it is too late to stop the leaks.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “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)