Horse Racing
The Utah Hispanic Horse Racing Group will be holding match races at the Salt Lake County Fair. The event will take place Saturday August 9th starting at 11:00 AM. A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.
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Famous Match Races:
Famous match races include the 1878 four mile long race in Louisville between the Eastern U.S. colt Ten Broeck and California filly Mollie McCarty that inspired the song Molly and Tenbrooks, the Canadian contest between Man o' War and Sir Barton in 1920, won by Man O'War; Seabiscuit's victory over War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special; the 1955 race between Nashua and Swaps.
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