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Great Racing Horses

November 30th 2009 20:14
Greatest Racing Horses of All Time!


Race horses can perform against the odds, achieve amazing feats and inspire a nation during dark times. These champion thoroughbreds not only enter racing halls of fame, but have statues built in their honour and films made about their lives. Here are four of the greatest racing horses who ever lived. Images and information sourced from Life.com. Read about more of the great champions here.





Phar Lap
Phar Lap
Foaled in New Zealand in 1926 and trained in raced in Australia, Phar Lap (pictured here in 1929 with Jim Pike up) was one of the greatest runners of all-time, dominating Australian racing for his entire career until a sudden illness killed him. Some evidence suggests he succumbed to arsenic poisoning (perhaps ordered by gangsters who bet against him before his final race), but no conclusive cause of death has ever been determined.


Secretariat
Secretariat Wins the Derby
Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat during the 99th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. on May 5, 1973. Secretariat went on to win the Preakness and, in one of the greatest athletic performances ever witnessed, won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, securing the Triple Crown. Secretariat has the greatest winning percentage of any horse, and his records in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes still stand today.



Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit After Winning the Santa Anita Handicap, 1940
Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many US citizens during the Great Depression.


Red Rum
Red Rum
The wonderful Irish runner Red Rum was foaled in 1965 and became one of the most popular horses in the storied history of British racing. He died in 1995 and was buried at the post at Aintree Racecourse (Merseyside, Liverpool). The epitaph on his marker reads: "Respect this place / this hallowed ground / a legend here / his rest has found / his feet would fly / our spirits soar / he earned our love for evermore."




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