Racing History Highlights – August 7-20
…I Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap at Saratoga. The previous mark was $264,351,679 set by Chris McCarron. Aug. 11, 1972: In preparation for his stakes-racing debut, the Aug. 16 Sanford at…
…I Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap at Saratoga. The previous mark was $264,351,679 set by Chris McCarron. Aug. 11, 1972: In preparation for his stakes-racing debut, the Aug. 16 Sanford at…
…became the leading money-winning rider in history with $264,580,968 in purse earnings after guiding With Anticipation to victory in the Grade I Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap at Saratoga. The previous…
…Secretariat scored another victory, a nine-length win in the Arlington Invitational Stakes at Arlington Park, where he was sent off at the shortest odds in his career, 1-20. With no…
…Bagwell as our student coach, we rode hard all year, getting an invitation to the University of South Carolina NCAA Invitational Tournament where we were fifth overall, beating varsity teams…
…to hit that mark. June 30, 1973: Three weeks after he won the Triple Crown, Secretariat scored another victory, a nine-length win in the Arlington Invitational Stakes at Arlington Park,…
…$150,000 California Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park. Oct. 29, 1948: Calumet Farm’s three-year-old Citation entered the Pimlico Invitational Special Stakes unopposed and won in a walkover, earning $10,000 for…
…Farm’s three-year-old Citation entered the Pimlico Invitational Special Stakes unopposed and won in a walkover, earning $10,000 for galloping the 1 3-16 mile course in 1:59 4-5. Another great Calumet…
…Bob Cacchione – With the high school group, Interscholastic Invitational, that only started 3 years ago through Roxanne Rheinheimer in the Andrews School in Willoughby, Ohio, formatting high school competition…