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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 ]
Flyingbolt: widely considered as the second best Steeplechaser of all-time; stablemate of Arkle; Timeform rated 210. 2 lb inferior to Arkle; Foolish Pleasure: Winner of the 1975 Kentucky Derby; Frankel: undefeated in 14 career starts; highest rated flat race horse in history: WTR 140; [2] Timeform 147, Racing Post 143
The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers. The ratings ...
The 1940s were a good time for horse racing, and a good time for the Triple Crown, with four horses taking home the title in an eight-year period. Whirlaway, owned by the famed Camulet Farm, won ...
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 age of the horse at the time it achieved its rating. The racing ages of all horses foaled in a particular part of the world increase simultaneously, regardless of the actual date of foaling. [4] Dates of age increase by location foaled: Northern Hemisphere 1 January South America 1 July Australia, New Zealand and South Africa 1 August
The win for the two horses was more than just a difference of .26 seconds ― it represented the incredible growth of the race's popularity as the purse jumped from $502,784 in 1971 to a then ...
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