Snow Knight (28 February 1971 – 15 September 1992) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won Britain’s most prestigious race in 1974, the Derby, then the following year earned an Eclipse Award as the American Champion Male Turf Horse.
Snow Knight | |
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Record | 22: 9-5-2 |
Earnings | US$532,427 (equivalent) |
Major wins |
What year did Camelot win the Derby?
2012
On his three-year-old debut in 2012, Camelot won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and followed up by winning the Derby at Epsom and the Irish Derby at the Curragh. His bid for the Triple Crown failed narrowly when he finished runner-up in the St Leger.
Who won the 1987 Derby?
Reference Point
The 1987 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 3 June 1987. It was the 208th running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Reference Point. The winner was ridden by Steve Cauthen and trained by Henry Cecil.
Who won the Derby 1982?
The 1982 Epsom Derby was the 203rd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 2 June 1982. The race was won by Robert Sangster’s Golden Fleece, at odds of 3/1 ridden by jockey Pat Eddery and trained at Ballydoyle by Vincent O’Brien.
Who won the Epsom Derby in 1922?
Captain Cuttle
Captain Cuttle was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He ran only six times in a career which was restricted by chronic injury problems. He was the outstanding British colt of his generation, winning The Derby and the St James’s Palace Stakes in 1922.
What horse ran the fastest Kentucky Derby ever?
1. Secretariat, 1973, Time: 1:59.40. Coming in with the fastest Kentucky Derby time ever, Secretariat went on to win in 1973 with a record-breaking time of 1:59.40. He is the only horse in the top ten Kentucky Derby fastest times to have won the Triple Crown.
Who won the Derby 5 times?
Records. With five Kentucky Derby wins apiece, jockeys Eddie Arcaro and Bill Hartack share the record for most Derbies won over the course of a career.
Who won the 1989 Derby?
Nashwan
The 1989 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 7 June 1989. It was the 210th running of the Derby, and it was won by the pre-race favourite Nashwan. The winner was ridden by Willie Carson and trained by Dick Hern.
Who won the Derby in 1988?
The 1988 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 1 June 1988. It was the 209th running of the Derby, and it was won by Kahyasi. The winner was ridden by Ray Cochrane and trained by Luca Cumani.
Who won the Derby in 1985?
– Spend a Buck, the 1985 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year, died at Brazil’s Haras Bage do Sul on Nov. 24 of anaphylactic shock after an allergic reaction to penicillin.
Who won the 1981 Derby?
Shergar
The 1981 Epsom Derby was the 202nd annual running of the Derby horse race. It took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 1981. The race was won by the Aga Khan’s Shergar, at odds of 10/11 ridden by the nineteen-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn and trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute.
Who beat Secretariat in 1973?
Sham
Sham beat Secretariat in the Wood Memorial, just weeks before the Kentucky Derby, so each of the horses’ connections was eager and anxious to face one another, again, on the first Saturday in May.
Who won the 1992 Derby?
Dr Devious
The 1992 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on Wednesday 3 June 1992. It was the 213th running of the Derby, and it was won by Dr Devious. The winner was ridden by John Reid and trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam.
Who won the Kentucky Derby in 1923?
Zev
The 1923 Kentucky Derby was the 49th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 19, 1923.
1923 Kentucky Derby.
Kentucky Derby | |
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Location | Churchill Downs |
Winning horse | Zev |
Jockey | Earl Sande |
Trainer | David J. Leary |
Who won the Derby in 1920?
Spion Kop
The 1920 Epsom Derby was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on 2 June 1920. It was the 141st running of the Derby and was won by Giles Loder’s Spion Kop.
Who won the 1921 Epsom Derby?
Humorist (horse)
Humorist (1918–1921) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a leading two-year-old in 1920 and finished third in the 1921 2000 Guineas before winning the Derby at Epsom.
Who is the greatest horse ever?
Secretariat (1973)
We all know the story about Secretariat; it’s even been made into a movie. Along with Man o’ War, he is considered to be the best horse of all time. Even ESPN counted Secretariat as on of the Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century during their countdown in 1999.
What is the fastest horse in history?
Winning Brew
This is a Guinness World Record was achieved by a horse called Winning Brew. She was trained by Francis Vitale in the United States. The race was recorded at the Penn National Race Course, Grantville, Pennsylvania, United States. Winning Brew covered the quarter-mile (402 metres) in 20.57 seconds.
How fast was Secretariat in mph?
Triple Crown winners
Secretariat holds the fastest finishing time at 2:24.00. In 1973, the Triple Crown-winning horse set a world record that still stands for a race on a mile-and-a-half dirt track. The horse reached a top speed of 49 mph.
Who has won the most Derby?
The current world record is 12,000-plus by Brazilian Jorge Ricardo. Piggott won 30 British Classics between 1954 (Never Say Die’s Derby) and 1992 (Rodrigo De Triano’s 2,000 Guineas).
Who won the Kentucky Derby the most?
Bay is the most common Derby winner, with 56 total wins.
The 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Mandaloun, was a bay horse from Kentucky. Among the most famous bay-colored horses in Derby history are Seabiscuit, Northern Dancer, and Cigar.