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According to the American Horse Racing Hall of Fame, his 89 wins set the all-time record. Commencing a winning sequence as a four-year-old on 21 August 1888, Kingston had 35 race starts until 30 May 1891 during which he was defeated only twice. [ 112 ]
Ajax: 18 consecutive race wins, before he was defeated at 1/40; Albatross: harness racer who won 59 of 71 races, and as a sire produced winners of over $130 million, including Niatross; Allez France: French Arc winner and first filly to win a million dollars; Alydar: finished second to Affirmed in all three 1978 Triple Crown races; successful sire
In 2023, the Japan Cup in association with Longines was named the World's Best Horse Race. Additionally, the IFHA releases the top 100 Group/Grade 1 races each year. [2] The Longines World's Best Jockey [3] is named each December. The top 100 Group 1 and Grade 1 races serve as the base of this annual competition to recognize top jockeys ...
Horse racing track record setters (216 P) J. Japan Cup winners (41 P) K. Kentucky Derby winners (150 P) ... Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winners (6 C, 79 P) Y.
Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time.
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year.
The controversial list, which named Man O'War number one and Secretariat number two, was expanded into a 1999 book which included complete biographies of the horses. [2] All the horses on the list had raced in the United States except Phar Lap, [3] and a few others such as Northern Dancer, Dahlia and Miesque began their careers in another country.
The Daily Racing Form, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, and the National Turf Writers Association all joined forces in 1971 to create the Eclipse Award. From 1953 through 1978 it was awarded to male or female horses although the only female champion was Dahlia in 1974. In 1979 an individual category was created for each of the sexes.