Today in Horse Racing History
Sub-Topics: Equestrian - Horse Races - Horse Trainers - Jockeys - Racehorses
Events in Sport
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1668-03-25 - 1st horse race in America takes place
1776-09-24 - St Leger horse race run for 1st time
1780-06-02 - The Derby horse race is held for the first time.
1809-04-18 - 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
1815-07-15 - 1st flat horse race held on Nottingham Hill at Cheltenham, England (day and month TBC)
1831-12-10 - "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
1838-01-01 - 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
1866-09-25 - (Leonard W) Jerome Park opens in Bronx for horse racing
1894-03-13 - J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
1901-03-15 - Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
1932-01-14 - Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1942-07-18 - 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1950-04-26 - Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1951-02-03 - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951-07-14 - 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1960-06-15 - Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
1962-07-07 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
1973-06-09 - Secretariat becomes 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning horse racing's Belmont Stakes
1983-06-29 - Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
1984-11-10 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1985-11-02 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
1985-11-12 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1986-11-01 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita
1987-11-21 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1988-04-02 - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
1988-11-05 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs
1989-11-04 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
1990-02-03 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1990-10-27 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
1991-10-17 - Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
1991-11-02 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
1992-05-07 - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
1992-10-31 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park
1993-11-06 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont
1994-11-05 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
1995-10-28 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
1996-10-26 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine
1997-11-08 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
Birthdays in Sport
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1831-02-12 - John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
1874-03-17 - Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
1918-03-02 - Peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator
1940-03-26 - Braulio Baeza, jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer)
