Throughout the long history of horse racing in the United States, California has produced an abundance of locally bred stars.
Tag: Legends
Dazzling Champion Safely Kept: Sprinting Past the Boys
Most of racing’s great battles of the sexes were contested at two-turn distances.
Dahlia: An International Turf Heroine
The year 1973 is best remembered for the Triple Crown heroics of Secretariat. Yet that same year also gave American racing fans their first glimpse of another great champion of that era.
Seabiscuit: A True Rags-to-Riches Story
Seabiscuit was the perfect horse for his time. He did not look the part of a great racehorse. He was relatively small and knobby-kneed with a laid-back demeanor that suggested he would much rather sleep than step into the starting gate. It appeared he could not run a lick when he dropped the first 17 starts of his career, leaving him as the butt of bad jokes in his own barn.
