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Oldest horse to win Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year - at age 9; Oldest horse to win a Grade 1 race - at age 9 (tied) Only horse to win the Arlington Million (G1) twice - 1981 & 1984; One of only three horses to win the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) twice - 1981 & 1982; Won more graded stakes than any other Thoroughbred - 25
Silver Charm (b. February 22, 1994) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and 1998 Dubai World Cup (of all of which he is the oldest surviving winner).
He became the oldest horse to win the race, supplanting Thrown In who won as an eleven-year-old in 1927. [6] The winning time of 6:23.4 for three and a quarter miles was a record for the race. [ 14 ] 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 ...
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap steeplechase over 30 fences and a distance of approximately 4 miles 3½ furlongs.
Citation, the first racehorse to win one million dollars. rMiss Woodford was the first to earn over $100,000, in 1885. [610] In 1951, Citation became the first horse to win one million dollars. In 1979, Affirmed became the first horse to break the two million dollar barrier, [611] finishing his career with earnings of $2.3 million. Purses began ...
Katsuragi Ace: First Japanese-trained horse to win the Japan Cup; Kauto Star: record five-time winner of the King George VI Chase; Keen Ice: 2015 Travers Stakes winner; Kelso: only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year, in the list of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by The Blood-Horse magazine, Kelso ranks 4th
He went to the outside and swept by the two leaders, Atigun and Grassy, and opened up 4 and 1/4 lengths on Grassy and win the race. This was historic as he was both the oldest horse and the first Argentinean horse to win a Breeders’ Cup race. [1] He returned for two more starts at age ten.
In 1995, at the age of twelve, he became the oldest horse to win the Scottish Grand National. Willsford had a heart attack and died in a race at Cheltenham Racecourse in November 1996. There have been a few memorial races held for Willsford at Cheltenham Racecourse. Willsford made one appearance in the Grand National, finishing 20th in 1992.