"2/1 favourite and finished second to Tyburn Tree. After the retirement of Jeremy Tree, the training of Quest for Fame was taken over by his assistant Roger Charlton. In April 1990, Quest For Fame returned to Newbury and recorded his first win when taking the Spring Maiden Stakes by one and a half lengths. At Chester in May he finished second of the three runners in the Chester Vase, beaten a length by Belmez. At Epsom on 6 June, Quest For Fame started 7/1 fourth favourite for the Derby. Ridden by the eleven-times champion Pat Eddery, he took the lead"
"Sent back to Newmarket for the British Classic, the 2,000 Guineas, Zafonic won by 3½ lengths from Barathea and breaking a 45-year-old course record. In the Sussex Stakes, the colt burst a blood vessel and finished seventh. His racing career over, Zafonic was sent to his owner's Banstead Manor Stud near the village of Cheveley in East Cambridgeshire. He sired more than two dozen stakes winners including Xaar, the 1997 European 2-Year-Old Champion and winner of the Dewhurst Stakes and Prix de la Salamandre, Count Dubois (Gran Criterium), Zafeen (St. James's Palace Stakes), Iffraaj and Trade Fair. In August 2002,"
"Quest for Fame (horse) Quest for Fame (foaled 1987) is a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 1989 until November 1992, he ran fifteen times and won four races. His most notable success came in 1990 when he won the Derby. He was later trained in the United States, where he won the San Luis Obispo Handicap and the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap in 1992. He was the first Epsom Derby winner to win a major race as a five-year-old since St. Gatien in 1886. Quest For Fame was a"
"Zafonic's owner leased him for the southern hemisphere covering season to Arrowfield Stud in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Only a few days after being released from quarantine, Zafonic died on 7 September 2002 as the result of an accident at Arrowfield's paddock. Zafonic Zafonic (1 April 1990 – 7 September 2002) was a European Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky. He was the 1992 European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and won the following year's 2,000 Guineas. Zafonic was sired by the Mr. Prospector stallion Gone West, out of the Seaton Delaval Stakes winner Zaizafon, a daughter of The Minstrel. He was"
"Zaccio Zaccio (foaled March 26, 1976-died September 19, 2007) is a deceased racehorse best known for winning champion steeplechaser 3 times from 1980-1982 and being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Zaccio was a bright chestnut with a blaze. His sire was able to beat Ninjinsky II. Who was the last horse to win the English Triple Crown. His mother descends from the legendary Native Dancer.Who has contributed to loads of other champions. Also he won the Preakness and the Belmont. Starting his career Zaccio ran 9 times as a jumper and won 6 of"
"of Fame filly Princess Doreen (""The Princess"" came back to beat him in the 1926 Saratoga Handicap), and Pierre Wertheimer's 4-year-old colt Epinard, the champion 2-year-old of France who was unofficially named American Champion Older Male Horse. Sarazen came back the following year and became the only horse to have his name engraved twice on one of the oldest trophies in American sports, ""The Annapolis Subscription Plate."" The plate is presented to the winner of the Dixie Stakes run at ""Old Hilltop"" since 1870 (the race was formerly called ""The Dinner Party Stakes""). To date, Sarazen is the only repeat"
"the gelding Sarrera, who won the Doomben Cup. He was pensioned from breeding duty in 2010. Quest for Fame (horse) Quest for Fame (foaled 1987) is a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 1989 until November 1992, he ran fifteen times and won four races. His most notable success came in 1990 when he won the Derby. He was later trained in the United States, where he won the San Luis Obispo Handicap and the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap in 1992. He was the first Epsom Derby winner to win"
"(won 3 times (1973, 1974, 1977), runner up twice (1975, 1976)); Mr Frisk (1990) (the last winner to date to be ridden by an amateur jockey and still holds the record for the fastest time); Aldaniti (1981) (ridden by Bob Champion shortly after he had recovered from cancer. His story was made into a film); and Foinavon (1967) (won at odds of 100/1 after a mêlée at the 23rd fence resulted in the majority of the field falling or refusing. Foinavon was far enough behind at that point to avoid the confusion and ran on to win by 20 lengths."
"Prix Winner - (Incento) $30,000 Oaks Summer Classic Grand Prix Winner - (Incento) $30,000 La Farge Cup Spruce Meadows, Canada Winner – (Robinson) $200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup Spruce Meadows, Canada Winner – (Robinson) $175,000 Chrysler Classic Spruce Meadows, Canada Winner – (Hilton Flight) $40,000 U.S. Jumping Derby Winner – (Roxy Z) $25,000 World Cup Grand Prix of San Juan Capistrano Winner – (Richard Spooner) North American Champion (2002) Winner – (Richard Spooner) Pacific Coast Rider of the Year 2001 Winner - (Robinson) $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix January 28 Winner - (Southshore) $50,000 EMO Grand Prix January 30 Winner -"
"other notable horses. In 1971, after Mr. Widener's death, Sylvester Veitch opened his own public stable. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1977. Among his accomplishments, Sylvester Veitch held the single-season mark of 24 wins in 24 days set in 1954 at Saratoga Race Course, a record that held until 2003. In the course of his career he had forty-four stakes winners. He trained 5 champions in all: First Flight in 1946, Phalanx in 1947, Counterpoint in 1951, Career Boy in 1956, and What a Treat in 1965. Mr. Veitch died at"
"at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m) with a purse in 2006 of $5,000,000, increased from $4,000,000 in 2005. It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights: There were 13 entries in the race. The even money favorite was the three-year-old colt Bernardini, who had won six straight races including the Preakness, Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup. Bernardini, owned by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin Stable, assumed the leadership of the three-year-old division after Barbaro's breakdown in the Preakness, and needed to win the Classic to wrap up Horse of the Year honors. Lava Man was"
"could determine if this affected the result of the race. The Classic was run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m) with a purse of $5,000,000. It was run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights: There was a full field of fourteen for the Classic, led by four horses who were considered Horse of the Year contenders: Shared Belief, California Chrome, Tonalist and Bayern. Unusually, all four favorites were three-year-olds – the older horse division had been depleted by the retirement of horses such as Mucho Macho Man and Game On Dude. Shared Belief"
"more widely known among casual racing fans. Once the richest race in the world, in more recent years, only the Pegasus World Cup, Dubai World Cup, and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe have had consistently higher purses. Often, the winner of the Classic goes on to win U.S. Horse of the Year honors, including the four winners of the race between 2004 and 2007—respectively Ghostzapper, Saint Liam, Invasor, and Curlin. Due to the extremely high quality of horses in the event, the race is notoriously hard to predict. One notable example of an underdog winning the Classic is the victory"
"to have won by a short head. There was no photo-finish at the time in National Hunt racing and there was some criticism of the judge's verdict. He became the oldest horse to win the race, supplanting Thrown In who won as an eleven-year-old in 1927. The winning time of 6:23.4 for three and a quarter miles was a record for the race. Silver Fame's time has never been beaten (as of 2016) although it should be mentioned that the distance of the race has been slightly altered on several occasions. Silver Fame returned for a final season in 1951/52."
"born in 2003. Classic Fame Classic Fame (29 March 1986 – after 2002) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a track career interrupted by illness and injury he won eight of his nineteen starts over five seasons. He began in Ireland as a two-year-old in 1988 when he was unbeaten in three races including the National Stakes and the Beresford Stakes. After being well beaten in two starts as a three-year-old he developed Horse colic and missed the rest of the year before being transferred to the United States. Racing mainly in California he won the American Handicap"
"Classic Fame Classic Fame (29 March 1986 – after 2002) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a track career interrupted by illness and injury he won eight of his nineteen starts over five seasons. He began in Ireland as a two-year-old in 1988 when he was unbeaten in three races including the National Stakes and the Beresford Stakes. After being well beaten in two starts as a three-year-old he developed Horse colic and missed the rest of the year before being transferred to the United States. Racing mainly in California he won the American Handicap in 1990 and"
"Zaccio started with a big losing streak. This time it was 6 straight. This time thought he came back with 4 straight wins. Before ending the season with the Colonial Cup International Stp. After being dormant for 22 months Zaccio lost twice to begin his return. But won his third attempt and then was retired. Zaccio Zaccio (foaled March 26, 1976-died September 19, 2007) is a deceased racehorse best known for winning champion steeplechaser 3 times from 1980-1982 and being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Zaccio was a bright chestnut with a blaze. His"
"at Kempton but was beaten a neck by the three-year-old Young Buster. On his final European start, Quest For Fame finished seventh of the fourteen runners behind Saumarez in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Quest For Fame's lack of success led to his being sent off a 58/1 outsider for the Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs in November. He belied his odds and produced his best performance of the season in running third to Miss Alleged. In 1992, Quest for Fame was transferred to the stable of Robert J. Frankel in California. In February, he recorded his first"
"horses in both flat and national hunt (once described as ""the four horses of the Ardcloughalypse"") include The Tetrarch (1911, regarded as probably the finest two-year-old in Irish racing history), Captain Christy (winner Cheltenham Gold Cup, 1974), Star Appeal (winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1975) and Kicking King (winner Cheltenham Gold Cup, 2005). Horse breeder Edward Cub Kennedy came from Baronrath, while father-and-son trainers Pat Taaffe and Tom Taaffe came from Alasty. As a jockey Pat Taaffe (1930–92) rode two winners of the English Grand National, Quare Times in 1955 and Gay Trip in 1970 and was"
"which used to take almost half of the race in the past. Some obstacles have also been changed, mostly to improve safety, although the difficulty of the race is said to have suffered as a result. Horses must negotiate a total of 31 obstacles. These are: Historically, the most successful horse in the race was Železník. The horse won the race four times (from 1987 to 1989 and again in 1991). Josef Váňa Sr. is the most successful jockey, having achieved eight victories, and he is also a very well known celebrity in the Czech Republic. There is a 2012"
"successes was his partnership with Nelson Bunker Hunt in the filly Glorious Song who was voted the 1980 Sovereign Award for Canadian Horse of the Year. His horses have won the Queen's Plate in 1994 and 1997, the Belmont Stakes in 1997, and the Preakness Stakes in 2000. His horse Ghostzapper won several major races including the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic, was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, and named the World's Top Ranked Horse for 2004. In Canada, Stronach and/or his Stronach Stables has won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner nine times. In the United"
"the United States, among his successes he won the 1962 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, and through 2018 he holds the record for most number of wins in the prestigious Travers Stakes with five. Champions trained by Bert Mulholland: In 1967, Bert Mulholland was inducted in the United States' U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. A resident of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, he died at age eighty-four in 1968 at Germantown Hospital in Philadelphia. Winbert F. Mulholland Winbert F. ""Bert"" Mulholland (August 27, 1883 - July 12, 1968) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse"
"of safety changes in the months leading up to the race, following the deaths of two horses in the previous year's National. The changes included reducing the severity of some of the fences, raising the minimum age of participating horses from six to seven years old, and requiring all runners to have previously been placed in a recognised steeplechase of at least three miles. Neptune Collonges, ridden by Daryl Jacob, won the race, beating Sunnyhillboy in a photo finish and the closest ever finish to a Grand National. Neptune Collonges became only the third grey horse to win the 173-year-old"
"of Fame trainer Max Hirsch. He remained a maiden until his fifth start. Hirsch raced him until he won the Champagne Stakes for two-year-olds, then sold him to Harry F. Sinclair of Sinclair Oil (famous for his close connection to the 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding, and involved in the infamous Teapot Dome scandal). Sinclair took enormous pleasure in his recently purchased no-expense-spared Rancocas Stable in New Jersey while buying every horse that took his fancy. The trainer, Hall of Famer Sam Hildreth, not as well-heeled as Sinclair nor as happy about the horse—a superstitious man,"
"a ""huge"" bay horse standing more than 16.2 hands high, with a white coronet on his right hind foot, bred in France by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Gainsborough Stud. He was sired by Zafonic, the best European two-year-old of 1992 who went on to win the 2000 Guineas in the following year. The best of Zafonic's other offspring was probably Xaar, the winner of the Dewhurst Stakes and Prix de la Salamandre in 1997. His dam Shy Lady was a Listed race winner in Germany and was descended from Shy Dawn, the dam of Opening Verse. Zafeen began his"
"addition, Baffert won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and Zayat Stables took home the Eclipse awards for Outstanding Owner and Outstanding Breeder. Acknowledging owner Ahmed Zayat's record of philanthropy to Jewish causes, the ""Jewish Daily Forward"" in November 2015 named American Pharoah its ""plus one"" on its annual list of 50 most influential American Jews. The major award that the horse did not win was the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. In spite of being the public's overwhelming favorite, earning 47% of the vote out of eleven candidates in online voting, topping the Kansas City Royals, Usain Bolt,"
"""the Wizard of Mordialloc"" (c. 1880–1951), Bailey Payten (c. 1896 – 9 September 1948), and Peter Riddle (c. 1885 – 29 June 1947). Some notable wins were: Other notable mounts were Mosaic, Nuffield, Pantheon, Manrico, Mildura. Munro was noted for his vigorous riding, especially in a tight finish. Unlike many other outstanding jockeys, he was not interested in golf, but kept him self fit by riding and swimming, an exercise he enjoyed, and never dieted to keep his weight down, though he did have a problem later on. Though daring and energetic, he seldom fell from his mount, and was"
"record for a stallion, and was exported to Australia to stand as a stallion at the Glenhope Stud in Victoria. He made little impact at his new base and died on 4 May 1985. Although Right Tack was not a success as a sire of winners, he exerted some influence on future generations through his daughter Mofida who produced Zaizafon, the dam of the 2000 Guineas winner Zafonic and the successful stallion Zamindar. Right Tack Right Tack (1966–1985) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1968 to October 1969 he ran twelve"
"6,300 metres in 1969, but it returned to 6,500 metres in 1971. The present format, 5,800 metres with twenty-three fences, was introduced in 1981. The three most successful horses in the race's history are Hyeres III, Katko and Mid Dancer, who have all recorded three victories. A further seven have won the event twice, most recently Princesse d'Anjou in 2006 and 2008. Two winners, Jerry M and Troytown, also achieved victory in the Grand National. Twelve foreign-trained horses have won, the latest of which was Mandarin in 1962, trained in England by Fulke Walwyn. The most recent foreign contender to"
"the lead in mid-stretch. Tiznow fought back and won the race by a nose, with Tom Durkin calling, ""Tiznow wins it for America!"" Tiznow became the first and to-date only two-time winner of the Classic. In the 2009 Classic, Zenyatta came into the Breeders' Cup with a perfect record of 13 wins from 13 starts. Rather than trying to defend her title in the Ladies Classic (now known as the Distaff), her connections decided to enter her in the Classic against the boys. The race was run on Santa Anita's Polytrack synthetic dirt surface, which attracted several turf competitors including"
"Belmont Stakes winner Mad Play and two future U.S. Hall of Famers, Princess Doreen and Sarazen owned by Virginia Fair Vanderbilt. Future Hall of Fame trainer Max Hirsch said the 6-1 third choice Sarazen's win over Epinard, in which he set a Latonia track record, was his greatest thrill in racing. $55,500 to the winner. Although he finished second in all three of the International Specials, Epinard's 1924 performances earned him the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse honors. International Special The International Specials of 1924 were a series of three Thoroughbred horse races held in September and October at three"
"through 1945, and not in 1978 when the grandstand was destroyed by fire. While the facilities were being rebuilt, the 1979 race was held at nearby Sportsman's Park. The race was also not run in 2016, due to purse money hardships in Illinois. Historically, a premier race of the season that attracted the best horses from across the United States, U.S. Hall of Fame horse Sun Beau won it three times in a row between 1929 and 1931. Other Hall of Fame inductees have their name on the Gold Cup, including Equipoise (1933), Discovery (1935), Challedon (1936), Round Table, who"
"contest both. The final leg is the St. Leger, held over 1 mile 6 1/2 furlongs at Doncaster and is open to both sexes. The variety of distances and racecourses faced in the Classics make them particularly challenging as a series to even the best horses. It is rare for a horse to possess both the speed and stamina to compete across all these distances, making the Triple Crown a particularly notable achievement. In fact, in the modern era, it is rare for any attempt on the Triple Crown to be made. Although the oldest race in the series, the"