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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; Kincsem: Hungarian race mare and most successful racehorse ever, winning all 54 starts in five countries; Kindergarten: weighted more than Phar Lap in the Melbourne Cup
Pages in category "1960 in horse racing" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. 1960 Grand National; K.
The following year, he lost only one race on a muddy track and later recorded a 1:54.3 mile, the then-fastest time in harness racing history. Adios Butler was named " United States Harness Horse of the Year " in 1960 and 1961 by the U.S. Trotting Association and the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
The 1960 Grand National was the 114th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1960. The steeplechase was won by nine-year-old Merryman II, who, at odds of 13/2, became the first clear favourite to win for 33 years. His jockey, 22-year-old Gerry Scott, had been lucky to ...
With so few horses in the race, and Secretariat expected to win, no "show" bets were taken. Secretariat was sent off as a 1–10 favorite [74] before a crowd of 69,138, then the second largest attendance in Belmont history. [75] The race was televised by CBS and was watched by over 15 million households, an audience share of 52%. [76]
While waiting in the starting gate for his first race, he threw his jockey, broke down the gate, and ran alone around the track; he was eventually caught and went on to win the race. During his five years of competition until he retired from racing in 1960 he had 27 wins, earning more than $86,000 (equivalent to $935,000 in 2023).
Retired at the end of the 1959 racing season to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm, Round Table was the leading sire in North America in 1972. [7] He sired 83 stakes winners including He's A Smoothie , Baldric , Apalachee , Artaius , Cellini , Advocator, Flirting Around , King's Bishop , and Poker, [ 8 ] who was the damsire of two Hall of Fame ...