Famous Racehorses

Biographies of some famous racehorses

Rachel Alexandra
Rachel Alexandra is quite simply the best female horse to come around in at least a decade, and perhaps the better than any male horse of the last few years. The exciting thing is that she is still only a 3-year-old and is still developing...

Count Fleet
Count Fleet was ranked by Bloodhorse magazine as the 5th greatest U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse of the 20th century. He was racing’s sixth Triple Crown winner...

Seattle Slew
Seattle Slew was foaled on February 15, 1974 at White Horse Acres Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by Bold Reasoning out of My Charmer. He was somewhat awkward as a yearling...

Spectacular Bid
His trainer Buddy Delp famously remarked that his charge was “the greatest horse ever to look through a bridle”. A bold claim, especially so because it was proclaimed so soon following the exploits of the legendary horses that had preceded him such as Secretariat, Forego, Seattle Slew...

More profiles on Famous Race horses including Phar Lap, Secretariat, Smarty Jones, Barbaro, Seabiscuit, Cigar, and more coming soon.