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Daily Racing Form company history timeline

1896

Beginning with our Friday, March 27, 1896 Edition, Our archive now includes 118,000 pages and 492,000 articles.

1951

The end of the bookmaker in American horse racing, 1951

1971

When The Morning Telegraph ceased in 1971, the Eastern Edition of the Daily Racing Form became the premier daily representing the tracks on the east coast.

1973

Despite the loss in the Wood Memorial, Churchill Downs bettors made Secretariat the 3-2 favorite over Sham in the 1973 Kentucky Derby.

In what is considered to be the single greatest performance in racing history, Secretariat dominates the 1973 Belmont, completing a sweep of the Triple Crown while winning by a staggering 31 lengths or almost a sixteenth of a mile.

1978

After gamely holding off arch-rival Alydar by increasingly narrow margins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Affirmed saves his grittiest performance for the 1978 Belmont Stakes.

1988

1988 BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF

1989

In the second chapter of their timeless rivalry, Sunday Silence and Easy Goer trade punches throughout the stretch of the 1989 Preakness at Pimlico Race Course with Sunday Silence adding to his Kentucky Derby victory in a heart-stopping finish.

2000

The 3,000 volume archive of the Daily Racing Form – the largest known collection of the Form – was donated to the Keeneland Library in 2000.

2001

2001 BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC

2007

In 2007, the preservation and digitization of the collection began in partnership with the University of Kentucky.

2008

Legacy site developers in 2008 included Kathryn Lybarger, Michael Slone, and Eric Weig.

2009

October 26, 2009 at 3:49 pm Such a worthwhile project.

2012

I'll Have Another looks back at fans with Barn Foreman Benjamin Perez before the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore.

2016

Site designed and developed in 2016 by Eric Weig, Digital Library Architect at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.

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