Dr. Fager's Historic World Record Mile - 1968 (1:32 1/5)

The legendary Dr. Fager, carrying a sensational 134 lbs, absolutely ROMPS under a hand ride to the world record mile on dirt that still stands.

The great Phil Georgeff with the call.

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• Thoroughbred
• Horse
• Racing
• 1968
• Washington
• Park
• Handicap
• Dr.
• Fager
• Phil
• Georgeff
• Arlington
• John
• Nerud
• Kentucky
• Sherry
• Hedevar

[Baskerville22]

If that's typical of American race-calling, it's a wonder that there's anyone betting & listening...

[cf1970]

@Baskerville22 Maybe you've heard of the saying..."If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all." Well, try living that statement instead of being insulting.

You'll be a lot happier person in the end, of that I have no doubt.

[gotch09]

Can I ask what year this is? I just happened to stumble across this video.

[cf1970]

The year was 1968. I always include the race information in the "Tags" of the video information.

Take care.

[thecorvis]

@cf1970 what is the "tag". i dont see it either.

[cf1970]

@thecorvis Click the symbol with the double "V" beside the video description. It will reveal the complete summary, along with the "Category" and "Tags" at the bottom.

[711ATOM]

I've watched this film many times over the years but I just noticed that the 2:03-4 mark you can hear clearly hear someone in the background say "this is a racehorse." Indeed.

[dunsta69]

Dr Fager, Kelso, John Henry etc are underrated because they did not win any of the Triple Crown races. Not saying that is justification, it's just a fact. Those that win TC events are put on a pedestal, but horses that carry weight and run for numerous years - beating younger horses - don't receive the accolades they deserve. Running world records carrying top weight is as good as it gets.

[schardy80]

@eckythimble Marketing is important I agree with you. In Australia, Phar Lap is #1 in the minds of every non racing fan purely because he has the greatest story. He died young, ran during the depression etc. Not doubting his greatness at all, but he has been hyped unlike any other racehorse from this country. I feel Dr Fager has been forgotten to an extent. In my view I cannot split Fager and Secretariat.

[NotMilkable]

Hes got it won, and then he found more.

[andtheyreoff]

They’re all in, flag is up, and they’re off. Dr. Fager on the outside going to the lead, Hedevar is right there, so is Kentucky Sherry, Angelico, along the rail Racing Room. Now they move out of the mile chute, Kentucky Sherry along the rail Angelico, between horses Hedevar on the outside third, Racing Room fourth, Dr. Fager out in the middle of the track in fifth, R. Thomas now up along the rail fifth, Dr. Fager racing sixth, High Tribute in seventh, Info racing in eighth,

[MrMiginsal]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! A great, great horse, im my opinion the third greatest racehorse of all time behind Man o War and Secretariat, clos behind Citation

[eckythimble]

@schardy80 Dr Fager's owners should have done something more in the Marketing department. As he was neither giant sized nor grey coloured it's simply a little hard to pick him out from a distance. He needed a "mask of death" to impress his public and intimidate his rivals, like Secretariat's blue and white checkered one! I think he deserves higher than his #6 rating.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@LowerGwladys You should. I have seen both Dr Fager and Frankel running. Frankel has not had much competition, but is unbeaten. As far as the crowd is concerned, Frankel has nothing like that electric atmosphere surrounding Dr Fager. For me, Dr Fager is the best I have seen. Kingston Town was a good one also. As far as English horses aree concerned, my favorite was Troy. He had a turn of speed also.

[711ATOM]

@LowerGwladys All other factors being the same, grass is the faster surface. However, races in the UK are often run on courses where there small changes in elevation that can effect time; Frankel times are best assessed by comparing them to past course and race records.

[LowerGwladys]

I dont really watch american racing, but are times much quicker on dirt than grass?

In the UK now we have an inbeatable miler named Frankel and he only gets times of 1.37