Horse Racing
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Garrison Savannah
- Grand National – Seagram
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Let's Elope
- Canadian Triple Crown Races:
- Queen's Plate – Dance Smartly
- Prince of Wales Stakes – Dance Smartly
- Breeders' Stakes – Dance Smartly
- Dance Smartly becomes the country's third consecutive Triple Crown winner.
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Suave Dancer
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Generous
- Japan – Japan Cup won by Golden Pheasant
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mystiko
- Epsom Derby – Generous
- St. Leger Stakes – Toulon
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Strike the Gold
- Preakness Stakes – Hansel
- Belmont Stakes – Hansel
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Breeders' Cup Classic – Black Tie Affair
- Breeders' Cup Distaff – Dance Smartly
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Arazi
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Pleasant Stage
- Breeders' Cup Mile – Opening Verse
- Breeders' Cup Sprint – Sheikh Albadou
- Breeders' Cup Turf – Miss Alleged
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Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“The horse is taught his manage, and no star
Of wildest course but treads back his own steps;”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“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)