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  2. Del Mar Fairgrounds - Wikipedia

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    In the race, Seabiscuit was ridden by jockey George Woolf and Ligaroti by Noel Richardson. In front of a record crowd that helped make Del Mar race track a success, Seabiscuit won by a nose. By 1940, Del Mar became a summer playground for many Hollywood stars. Between 1942 and 1944, the facility was closed due to the Second World War.

  3. Vendée Globe - Wikipedia

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    The Velux 5 Oceans Race, a stopping solo race, currently run using the IMOCA 60 Class previously known as the BOC Challenge, later as Around Alone. The Ocean Race, a stopping fully crewed race, currently using the Volvo Ocean 65 and IMOCA 60 class. Previously known as the Whitbread Round The World Race and the Volvo Ocean Race. Other races

  4. 2020–2021 Vendée Globe - Wikipedia

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    Alongside the race for the fourth time a web based online routing game mirroring the race ran by Virtual Regatta this was the largest ever online sailing game with 1,000,000 unique users. It was won by French sailor Jean-Claude Goudon, whose user name was “tigrou26120,” finished in a time of 68 days, 22 hours, 16 minutes and 4 seconds.

  5. List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing - Wikipedia

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    Larry Klein (USA), 42, San Diego San Francisco Twin Flyer, 38 foot sloop [23] 2007 Bruce Goldsmith (USA), 71 J/29 Boom head injury America's Cup Testing Golden Gate Yacht Club 9 May 2013 Andrew Simpson (GBR) San Francisco Artemis Racing, AC72, Boat 1 Entrapped after the boat broke apart and capsized. Antigua Superyacht 8 March 2022

  6. 2024–2025 Vendée Globe - Wikipedia

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    An exemption for this case in the rules allowed him to fulfil the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023. [14] Phil Sharp (GBR) was not able to meet the requirement of taking part in a solo race in 2022 or 2023 due to damage taken to is new boat Oceanslab during the transfer to the start of the 2023 Retour à la Base. [14]

  7. Category:Del Mar Racetrack - Wikipedia

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    The Del Mar Racetrack horse racing venue — located in Del Mar, San Diego County, California. Pages in category "Del Mar Racetrack" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.

  8. Pip Hare - Wikipedia

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    In May 2021 Pip Hare purchased the IMOCA 60 Banque Populaire 8 which had raced in the two previous editions of the Vendee Globe (2016/17 as Banque Populaire and 2020/21 as Bureau Vallée) and based in Poole to compete in the 2024–2025 Vendée Globe. In 2023 the Pip Hare Ocean Racing team underwent an extensive refit to adapt the boat to ...

  9. The Ocean Race - Wikipedia

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    Race participants in Baltimore Inner Harbor, 2006. The Ocean Race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, British brewing company Whitbread, [1] in 2001 it became the Volvo Ocean Race after Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took up the sponsorship, [1] and in 2019 it was ...