Here you will find online histories, biographies, and tributes to famous race horses from around the world. If a horse you like isn't listed here and also doean't appear on any of the multi-horse sites listed below, that probably means nobody has done a website for him/her. Updated 10/16/2007.
North America
Multi-horse Sites - check these if your favorite isn't listed
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame - bios and photos of Canadian champions and hall of famers, many entries here are not on other sites. Has thoroughbreds, standardbreds, jockeys, drivers, and more.
The Horses of Calumet Farm - from the International Museum of the horse includes all their greats from 1932 to 1982 in alphabetical order from Alydar to Wistful
Alysheba dead - The 1987 Kentucky Derby winner and 1988 Horse of the Year had to be euthanized on March 27 due to injuries from a fall in his stall at the Kentucky Horse Park. Here is a look at his career and a few photos.
Assault
Assault -
the Texas bred Triple Crown winner with some very good photos from King Ranch
Assault - the 1946 Triple Crown winner with photos
Black Gold - from the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame. His grave in the infield at the Fair Grounds. Sadly, since Churchill Downs bought the Fair Grounds they have removed the Hall of Fame from online so this link to a web archive copy is all that remains now.
Cam Fella -
1982 and 1983 harness racing horse of the year and very influential sire of 12 $1 million winners who lives at the Kentucky Horse Park
Cigar
Cigar - his bio from the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park
Cigar -
history, photos, and merchandising of the famous racer
Cigar at Turfway Park - on March 25, 2000, Cigar was brought to Turfway Park and paraded for the fans on Spiral Stakes day. This was his first and only appearance at a track since his retirement.
Fourstardave - a fan favorite famous for winning at least one race at Saratoga for eight consecutive years. He passed away at age 17 in 2002 while at Belmont Park preparing to lead the post parade for New York Showcase Day.
Fourstardave - a nice bio with several photos from Thoroughbred Champions
Man O'War Merchandise - shirts, sweats, mousepad, and more with my painting of Man O'War or my photo of his statue.
Man O'War - a book by Page Cooper and Roger L. Treat. This is the best book about him with lots of photos and was written shortly after his death and recently re-released.
Mariah's Storm - the inspiration behind "Dreamer" - Here is some more info plus the true story of Mariah's Storm which provided the idea for the horse racing movie "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story"
Seabiscuit postcards - a selection of 6 different photos to send to online friends as postcards
Seabiscuit Clip Art - a selection of my original Seabiscuit clip art to use on your website or in your signature
Seabiscuit wallpaper - this one is 800x600 with his statue in the middle and 4 smaller old photos around it. Also available is the statue alone in 800x600 or 1024x768. These are large images and will be slow to download. Once you see them, you can right click on the image to set it as your wallpaper.
Seabiscuit Video - if you missed the PBS special, you can get it here on VHS for $14.23. Also available on DVD which is has lots of extras on it for $7.99. Review.
Seabiscuit Movie - official site for the Universal Pictures movie to be released in 2003. You can also purchase the official movie poster and several different photographs from the movie here
Seabiscuit and Red Pollard Reel Faces - compares the movie version of Seabiscuit and his connections lives and the true story that they were based on from Chasing the Frog. Rather interesting really.
Seabiscuit - deluxe collectors edition DVD for $23.99 with 2 discs and lots of extras. Also available in a regular DVD version for only $10.99 or on VHS.
Seabiscuit: The Saga of a Great Champion - the book by B.K. Beckwith. This is a reprint of the original 1940 book that was a major source for Laura Hillenbrand's book.
Letters to Seabiscuit - the book by Barbara Howard. An excellent collection of fan mail sent to Seabiscuit during his career. Read the book review.
Secretariat.com - Lots of official clothes, collectibles, bobbleheads, art, photos, and more. Also has lots of info about Secretariat including his lifetime past performances here.
Official Secretariat Beanie Baby - with the right markings and wearing his blinkers and 1A saddle cloth from the Kentucky Derby.
I Rode the Red Horse - a children's book by Barbara Libby about this Belmont win
Slew o'Gold
Slew o'Gold 1980-2007 - The winner of the 1983 and 1984 Jockey Club Gold Cups had to be euthanized due to old age on Sunday, October 14, 2007. More about him along with a couple of photos.
Slew o'Gold fan tribute - an excellent page with just about everything you could want to know about him, including his lifetime past performances with links to video of some of his races.
Your Host -
sire of the champion Kelso was known as "The Magnificent Cripple"
Other Countries
Famous Horses from the UK -
Steve Parrott's home page with a large number of very nice tribute pages to famous European (mostly UK) horses, both flat and jumps. Some of the more popular are listed below, but check the full list as he has a ton of them.
Champions - an excellent movie about them. Excellent but out of print, it comes up for sale regularly on eBay tape and DVD now.
Aldaniti - a book by Liz Tresilian. Out of print so you may have more luck finding it at abebooks.com
Barton Bank -
Tribute page for the popular British steeplechaser, now retired
Benny the Dip -
Tribute page to the winner of the 1997 Epson Derby
Best Mate
Best Mate - a tribute to the 3-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner wo died tragically in a racing accident in February 2005. His ashes are buried at the finish line at Cheltenham.
Bosra Sham -
Tribute page to the retired English filly
Desert Orchid - one of the UK's favorite race horses who was 26 years old in 2006. He won 34 races from 70 starts included four King George VI Chases, an Irish Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Lammtarra -
Tribute to the lightly raced but undefeated winner of the 1995 Epsom Derby and Arc de Triomphe
Nijinsky
Nijinsky II - from the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Nijinsky - the English Triple Crown winner and great sire
One Man Memorial - Tribute to the popular gray steeplechaser who was fatally injured in a race in April 1998
Phar Lap
Phar Lap -
tribute page from Flemington and the Victoria Racing Club. Includes his complete race record
Phar Lap in the Victoria Museum -
photos of him in life and as he is today, mounted in the museum. Interesting series of photos shows how he was stuffed after his untimely death.
Phar Lap - a book by Geoff Armstrong and Peter Thompson
Phar Lap - a movie on VHS tape which is out of print but there are always used copies available. There is also some DVDs that show up on eBay but I haven't seen them anywhere else.
Quixall Crossett - the champion loser of all time with over 100 starts without a win. He used to have his own website, but all that is left is this BBC article now.
Reams of Verse -
Tribute page to the winner of the 1997 Espom Oaks
Red Rum
Red Rum -
Three time winner of the Grand National and one of the most famous and beloved steeplechasers in England
Red Rum - Tribute to Red Rum from famousracehorses.co.uk
