Horse Racing
England
- Grand National – not contested due to World War I
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Diadem
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Gay Crusader
- Epsom Derby – Gay Crusader
- Epsom Oaks – Sunny Jane
- St. Leger Stakes – Gay Crusader
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Westcourt
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Belle Mahone
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Pay Only
- Irish Derby Stakes – First Flier
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Omar Khayyam
- Preakness Stakes – Kalitan
- Belmont Stakes – Hourless
Read more about this topic: 1917 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
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In mottelee, and hye on horse he sat,
Upon his heed a Flaundryssh bevere hat,
His bootes clasped faire and fetisly.
His resons he spak ful solempnely,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
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—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)