Horse Racing
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Cool Dawn
- Grand National – Earth Summit
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup – Jezabeel
- Canada – Queen's Plate – Archers Bay
- Dubai – Dubai World Cup won by Silver Charm
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Sagamix
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes – Dream Well
- Japan – Japan Cup won by El Condor Pasa
- English Triple Crown races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – King of Kings
- Epsom Derby – High-Rise
- St. Leger Stakes – Nedawi
- United States Triple Crown races:
- Kentucky Derby – Real Quiet
- Preakness Stakes – Real Quiet
- Belmont Stakes – Victory Gallop
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Breeders' Cup Classic – Awesome Again
- Breeders' Cup Distaff – Escena
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Answer Lively
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Silverbulletday
- Breeders' Cup Mile – Da Hoss
- Breeders' Cup Sprint – Reraise
- Breeders' Cup Turf – Buck's Boy
Read more about this topic: 1998 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or racing:
“If this bureau had a prayer for use around horse parks, it would go something like this: Lead us not among bleeding-hearts to whom horses are cute or sweet or adorable, and deliver us from horse-lovers. Amen.... With that established, let’s talk about the death of Seabiscuit the other night. It isn’t mawkish to say, there was a racehorse, a horse that gave race fans as much pleasure as any that ever lived and one that will be remembered as long and as warmly.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“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)