HorseRacingRecords

They say that records are made to be broken. Say it to yourself, because you'll have to agree that the statement sure sounds pretty good, that it sounds true. However, it's not really that simple. The truth is that most records are made to be broken, but some are not. Some records stand the test of time, some records just aren't going to be touched. The great fun that comes with examining such the records of any sport, but especially the ones like thoroughbred horse racing with such rich and storied pasts that contain heroes, goats, and downright villains, is trying to determine what records are the ones that can be bested, and which are the records that will be indeed not be broken. Why is this kind of activity so appealing to fans of baseball, boxing, football, and thoroughbred racing? Well, for one thing it promotes social contact and connection with friends, and we humans are social bunch, I don't think anybody could argue with that. Another good reason is no doubt because by engaging in such discussion and argument (I mean, what sports fan hasn't at least once debated Ruth versus Aaron, Ali versus Marciano, Payton versus Brown, Secretariat versus Man o' War, Jordan versus Chamberlain, or Gretzky versus....well, okay, don't have anyone for him), we are enriching ourselves with the knowledge we need to become better and more knowledgeable about something we're interested in. At this site you can look around and fortify your knowledge about some of the greatest records the sport of thoroughbred racing has ever known. As far as the ones that will never be broken? I believe that you should start with two. For single race achievement, I think that Secretariat's 2:24 flat over 12 furlongs on dirt will never be broken. For a collective achievement, I think it's an absolute truth that no horse will ever win 5 consecutive Horse of the Year Awards like the great Kelso did between the years 1960 and 1964.

War Admiral - War Admiral (1934-1959), son of Man O’ War, was an American legend. Of 26 races, he won 21; he placed in the top three on every race but one. He earned over 0,000, a princely sum in the early twentieth century, and won the Triple Crown in 1937. He was a small horse, reaching only 15 ½ hands tall – smaller than the competition. He did, however, inherit his father’s talent. His jockey, Charles Kurtsinger, was War Admiral’s jockey until the horse’s retirement, and rode him to victory in the Triple Crown in 1937. His wins that year earned War Admiral the coveted Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. He continued racing, winning 8 major races in 1938. During the Pimlico Special, he raced against Sea Biscuit, losing by four lengths in a race that many consider the best race in thoroughbred racing history. After his retirement, War Admiral became a leading sire of outstanding race horses.

Classes of Thoroughbred Races - Maiden races are made up of horses who have never won a race. Allowance races have conditions – winner of only one race, for example, or winner of less than 00 in the last three races. The purse (the total of all prize money for that race) is usually higher for allowance races than for maiden races. Claiming races differ in that all horses in a claiming race may be “claimed”, or purchased, for a specific price. A horse racing in a ,000 claiming race may be bought for that sum. In some cases, an optional claiming race is held – a blend of allowance and claiming race. Stakes races have bigger purses, and they attract faster horses. Most of these races involve high-quality horses. Some of these stakes races include conditions which must be met before a horse can enter the race. The Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and more are examples of stakes/condition races