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The all-time record, recognized by Guinness World Records, is held by Chorisbar who won 197 times over the course of 324 career starts. [110] Condado , a chestnut horse who raced in Puerto Rico from 1936 to 1943, won a grand total of 152 times [ 111 ] Galgo Jr. earned 137 wins in 159 starts from 1930 to 1936. [ 29 ]
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 throughout the world. Frankie Dettori has won the award four times, as he was named the Longines World's Best Jockey in 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.
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.
Easy Goer: Hall of Fame champion who ran the fastest mile of all time on dirt by any three-year-old Thoroughbred in 1:32.2; ran the second fastest Belmont Stakes of all time behind Secretariat; had a great rivalry with Sunday Silence; Eclipse: celebrated 18th-century racehorse that won 18 races in 18 starts; influential sire
He moved to the lead at the halfway point and drew away down the stretch to win by three-and-three-quarter lengths and equal his own Canadian record of 1:46.4 for the second time in the season. [30] Darling announced on November 2 that Bulldog Hanover would race for the last time in the $345,000 TVG Open at The Meadowlands on November 26.
The final time of 2:13 equaled the track record for 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 miles (2.2 km). John Henry was a late entry into the Inaugural Breeders Cup in 1984 but a strained ligament in his left foreleg caused him to be withdrawn from the race and retired.
In 2010, Varenne was inducted into the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in New York, an honor typically restricted to American horses only. In May 2011, Kanal 75, the Swedish company that broadcasts harness racing on TV4 Sport in Sweden, asked 38 international media to name the best horse of all time. Varenne came out on top.