Dayjur

[@21shergar]

I consider Dayjur to be the fastest horse ever to have raced. His blistering front-running performances are a real marker in racing history.

[@keithf_]

In 50 years of watching horse racing, this is the best sprinter I have seen ... by a country mile. Dayjur rated 141. WOW ! Great memories of an equine superstar. Thanks for posting.

[@katyevans5658]

This horse was the most elite ...fantastic..no one to beat him ..❤

[@abdullahaboobakker1758]

My favourite sprinting Legend lives on forever 💞👌

[@rosserman2501]

Remember seeing Dayjur at York... brilliant sprinter.

[@21shergar]

No sprinter has come close to Dayjur in my life time.

[@jnewco81]

My favourite horse, hands down. Imagine what he would do to the sprinters today!

[@mallafets]

No question, the best sprinter we have ever seen.

[@gezzaf6912]

amazing sprinter

[@Flightwithoutwings]

The ultimate sprinter an absolute machine and gorgeous too.

[@nightowl7459]

Definitely.

[@seanmclaughlin4395]

The best spriinter ever no doubt about it

[@postcardterry]

"The best I have ever seen, you have ever seen and anyone has ever seen". That was the great Willie Carson`s statement on Frankel in June 2012 but it could easily have applied to sprinting and Dayjur. His run in New York in 1990 from the right hand stall on a left handed track would have cooked almost any other sprinter. On that day, Dayjur and Safely Kept (the US Champion) cooked the whole field. It was amazing !

[@philipcarthy2977]

Love the video, just shows how good dayjur was,the press of course like to highlight the shadow he jumped in the breeders cup sprint. I remember most of his wins,he was very special.

[@johnobrien8398]

Best sprinter I ever seen

[@RandyWatson69]

Lol i must be addicted to this video i must have seen this 50 times now.And every time I watch this superstar he just seems to get faster. I just shudder to think what Dayjur would have done to the likes of Starspangledbanner,Mozart,Stravinsky,Lochsong etc

[@michaeljenkins8593]

dayjur and lochsong 2 best sprinters in my lifetime

[@keithf_]

Yes those two were special. The other very good sprinter I would put close to them would be Muhaarar

[@michaeljenkins8593]

@Keith F defo mate he was a class

[@jsilkcut]

Just watched Sole Power win this years Nunthorpe (Brilliant) but Dayjur was a monster...56.16sec. for his victory in 1990 and after 25 years of trying they cant even get close ... trust me boys ...he was the best .....!!

[@James-b7p2k]

jsilkcut yes but look at how sole power had to win his races come from the back he also needed a lot of luck for him to get the gaps...dajur did his own thing went from the front no obstacles in his way

[@harpalchauhan428]

Theres another champ his name is battaash he broke dayjur nunthorpe stakes track record this year.

[@SumoCumLoudly]

@@harpalchauhan428 Battaash isnt a champion, and the ground was the fastest ever seen at York, most of the races were about 2 seconds faster than the corresponding races the day Dayjur won

[@Robbaddoo]

That win in the Haydock Sprint Cup was just incredible, searing pace. Then to act on dirt as well. Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand even after all this time. Utter class.

[@mallafets]

Everytime i watch this it kills me that Dayjur jumps that shadow just as he was going half a length clear. What a machine he was.

[@grincher2006]

best sprinter Ive ever seen. carried all before him in 1990

[@Machina73]

The best sprinter of all time!

[@chnorwood3365]

My great-aunt Georgia Hofmann bred Dayjur. She was self-taught and spent hours studying bloodlines and genetics to get the top quality racehorses that she did. Dayjur is out of her champion sprinter, Gold Beauty, who is out of Stick to Beauty, my great-aunt's foundation broodmare who she bred to Mr. Prospector in the late 1970s to produce Gold Beauty. Triple Tiara and National Racing Hall of Famer, Sky Beauty, is out of the same line, with her second dam being Gold Beauty and her third dam Stick to Beauty. ESPN on Sky Beauty when she died in 2004: "Sky Beauty hailed from one of the richest female families of modern times. Her dam was the Grade 1 winner Maplejinsky, and her second and third dam were champion sprinter Gold Beauty (dam of Dayjur) and the great broodmare Stick to Beauty." She also bred Louis Quatorze who won the Preakness in 1996 against Derby winner Skip Away. I am extremely proud of my aunt and her horse breeding legacy that brought joy and excitement to thousands of racing fans everywhere!

[@nightowl7459]

So you should be proud, she bred a true champion in Dayjur.

[@mikedavies9953]

Dayjur was some sprinter i would have loved to have seen him take on Double Schwartz who was also a great speedster

[@themanftheworld8439]

Dayjur was simply the greatest sprinter ever seen.A horse racing legend to rank alongside the likes of Nijinskey,Mill Reef,etc.

[@keithf_]

@@stephensmall8601 Nah don't agree with that

[@katyevans5658]

​@@stephensmall8601lol

[@bonnerwf]

Dayjur's mother Gold Beauty was one of the fastest fillies of her time . She entered stakes sprints against the boys and some of them scratched out because they knew they couldn't beat her .

[@luapynneb3069]

1.5hp , Remember that jump in its last race, but what a sprinter, I always had a few quid on Dayjur every race, still don't know why I started betting on this horse from the off, i've never been a betting person just use to have a flutter with my grandad and this horse just caught my eye, luck I guess! and still the only horse I ever followed. Thx for the Video as it brings back some great memories.

[@JHiggs64]

For me he was the best sprinter from the UK I have seen. I remember backing him when he won the Temple Stakes - after that he was pretty much unbackable with really short odds every time he ran, so I just watched. I don't think there has been one like him since as the top sprinters tend to beat each other these days. The Nunthorpe win was something else too.

[@keithf_]

@Jules Higgs Moohaarar was a brilliant sprinter a few years ago. He was pretty unbeatable when he ran. But still no match for Dayjur.

[@Bob-jy4pq]

Best sprinter of all time. Nothing comes close😉

[@markunwin2109]

I cried when he was beaten in America...it wasn’t the money it was the fact he should of won...

[@markunwin2109]

I cried at that race in America...not that I lost money..but because he should of won and Willie was heart broken...then some yank said best horse in Europe but not the world...oh yes he was Yankee...

[@john131349]

after the l'abbay my old mate Dave Flynn said "i hope they put blinkers on him next time out" i wish they had because he deserved to win that breeders cup, only habibti would have came close to him as a sprinter, i still miss the old Hern/Carson combination they were a hell of a team

[@uhegbu]

Note that the Temple Stakes is now run at Haydock Park. Dayjur was unlucky there in the Breeders Cup Sprint there in the closing stages.

[@jabhookjabcross4231]

In all my years following racing I've never seen anything anywhere near as good as dayjur in the sprinting field. Head and shoulders above them all and I doubt he ever got the full credit he deserved. Shame he didn't win the breeders cup, anyone can see he was set to win it. Also, they should have let him race on as a four year old and then we could have seen him annihilate another generation of sprinters! A true great of which there are very very few indeed.

[@Nautilus1972]

Royal Academy won the breeder's/

[@angelomatta2791]

@@Nautilus1972 Royal academy wasn't a sprinter you casual

[@johnsonkevin1]

@@angelomatta2791 yes he was. He won the July Cup and ran 2nd to Dayjur in the Haydick sprint.

[@grincher2006]

the greatest sprinter Ive ever seen

[@themanftheworld8439]

Dayjur 1987-2013.

[@73KHS]

R.I.P. Dayjur 9-25-13

[@jsilkcut]

thanks for posting this..did not remember that he ran in the free (frank) cheers..fast fast horse.

[@jcanyiam8309]

HE WAS THE GREATEST SPRINTER EVER!!!

[@nightowl7459]

Definitely up there with the best of the best.

[@ASupremeOwl]

The best sprinter I've ever seen...

[@stof3345]

The best sprinter I have ever seen. So unlucky in the BC.

[@grincher2006]

I recall Dayjur was murdering group 1 winners regularly. Ron's Victory was rated 129 and Vincent O Brien's Royal Academy was very very useful

[@MEECHIO]

Totally agree Arazi124. The best sprinter I've seen, easily won the King's Stand, Nunthorpe, Haydock Sprint and Abbaye. I'm sure he would of won the July Cup had he not met with a setback. As for the Breeders Cup Sprint, everything was against him but he nearly did it-so unlucky!! One of the greats of the last 40 years in my opinion.

[@seanmclaughlin4395]

Just unfortunate Dayjur jumping his shadow. His shadow beat him nothing else did.

[@seanmclaughlin4395]

Dayjur would a won on any ground

[@vixitrixalina]

Would love to have seen him run today with Battaash

[@seeker5736]

vixitrixilina. Dayjur would have carried Baatash. Dayjur was the greatest sprinter ever, bar none. A three year old, running on dirt for the first time and suffered terrible luck in the BC sprint. Jumping those two shadows must have cost him 5 lengths. A true champion, we will not see his like again unfortunately.

[@earp61able]

What an amazing sprinter. Apart from Lochsong a rare British trained world beater over the last twenty odd years over the sprint distances. I bet Willie Carson never had a better buzz than when on this beast.

[@Nautilus1972]

Lochsong was an amazing mare on soft ground, as was Pipalong.

[@21shergar]

Agree with Arazi. No point comparing BC and Dayjur, but she does remind me of his speed.

[@jcanyiam8309]

THE GREATEST SPRINTER EVER!!! His Record STILL STOOD TODAY!

[@Arazi124]

Dayjur wasn't overrated in any way, he was exceptional and he had the best American sprinters beat at the Breeders Cup before the freak incident where he jumped the shadow on the track. I'm sure it's true that over the years Australia have bred more top class sprinters than we have in Europe but that doesn't mean that Dayjur wasn't outstanding. That's like me saying Kingston Town wasn't great because Europe breeds better middle distance horses.

[@nightowl7459]

He certainly wasn't overrated.

[@RandyWatson69]

I know abernant is rated higher by timeform.But lets be honest ,there has never been a sprinter in europe that has even come close to Dayjur ever!!.Quite simply the greatest of all time.

[@seanmclaughlin4395]

Dayjur. Super Horse

[@RandyWatson69]

I look at the euro sprinters of the last 10-15 years.And not one is within a 15lb of this fella.I cant even think of a horse ever since ive followed racing and thats 30 years that i could compare to this great horse.Thats how highly i rate him.

[@asquithsealy2216]

This horse was simply the best sprinter of all times bar none..black who? No a chance of beating dayjur...

[@LeeThompson-pu6xf]

I went to all 3 days of the Ebor festival for more than 20 years and I'd go as far as to say despite all the fantastic horses that I saw there, Dayjur was the best regardless of distance. I'd stopped going by the time Frankel ran there and it's funny to think that Dayjur got beat by a vastly inferior horse (Todd) at Haydock and the same thing very nearly happened to Frankel (with Zoffany) at Royal Ascot. Just goes to show that any horse, even the greatest are vulnerable on any given day. Great horse, great memories.

[@RandyWatson69]

Dayjur would have pulverised Lochsong,good horse that she was,Dayjur was an absolute machine.

[@kevinharrison5651]

john m .He was quite simply breathtaking. If it hadn't been for the shadows on the track, he would have won the breeders cup too.

[@Nautilus1972]

On soft ground, with a 5lb pull? Over 5F. We'll never know.

[@jeanlawley6483]

Pulverised ... NO it would have been a good race

[@somersetfan1]

Hear he's gone now, looked top class. How did he compare to Lochsong? The first high-profile sprinter I remember

[@michaeljenkins8593]

very closely matched hard to split

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap You're right... she's only won 1 G1 to date and has had some injury problems. But the trainer has come out and said that she has spelled a treat and looks amazing. Did you have a look at the Patinack Classic? Amongst the beaten brigade was a horse called Hay List, who was widely regarded as the best sprinter in Australia since Scillachi. And she hosed him by 10 lengths (albeit he wasn't at his best). If she stays sound ...

[@RandyWatson69]

@bgardiner2000 Thanks mate i will look out for her.But she will have to be an extra-ordinary talent to be mentioned alongside Dayjur....but then again she might turn out to be.

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap UR right. Though I believe my opinion will be established fact by the end of this year. The reason she was rated the top sprinter in the world last year without leaving "her own back-yard" is because Oz sprinters are the best in the world. I actually think the opposite of ur statement is true. Sprinters nowadays would need to win in Oz to be considered truly great. Hay List is as good as S Blast / SSB / T'over Target / Miss Andretti / Choisir. BC beat him by 5L on the bridle.

[@frankschlanker]

I dont think I've ever seen a sprinter just run away from his field like the way Dayjur. To think he wasn't full out in all his races.

[@21shergar]

Dayjur

[@IFIDIEYOUNG1992]

dayjur is my tb's sire :D

[@bgardiner2000]

@schardy80 Not to mention the fact that the run of Ortensia gives a direct line to Sacred Kingdom, racing in his own back-yard. He's been the world's sprinting yard-stick for the last 2-3 years, and Ortensia was beaten less than 3. I know it's a big call but I think she will be Abernant level (let alone Dayjur) if she stays sound and they manage her career effectively.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

If he didnt miss the break he would have still won despite jumping the shadows, the only reason it was even close is because he had to work so much from the slow start out wide while Safely Kept flew the gates on the inside and got an early advantage.

[@katyevans5658]

Best ever

[@Badger69-96]

So connections knew about Dayjurs' problems with shadows before the Breeders cup? I would have entered Dayjur in the champion hurdle 😂😂✌️💯

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap For the last decade the best sprinters have been coming from ANZ. In the video it says "it may be a long time until we see his kind again." I have a feeling that is going to be '11. There's an unbeaten filly from Aust called Black Caviar that is now rated the top-rated sprinter in the world. What's most impressive about this is that a. she's never left Aust & b. she's won only 1 G1. Such is the aura growing around her. Have a look at the 2010 Patinack Farm Classic.

[@Arazi124]

I saw Black Caviar's most recent victory and was really impressed. It's a shame that she won't be brought over for Royal Ascot because I can't think of a sprinter over here that could beat her. I have to say I really do hate statements like 'Dayjur wouldn't have seen which way she went'. Dayjur was dominant in his time, BC looks like she could be dominant now, comparing them is totally pointless. There's no way knowing who would have won because obviously they'll never race each other.

[@Nautilus1972]

Of courese there's a way fo knowing. BC has an inferior Timeform rating to Dayjur.

[@bgardiner2000]

@schardy80 And the thought of SYT. I get butterflies just thinking about it. It's going to be 1 of the biggest things for ANZ racing since Phar Lap won in Mexico. And it means we will have a new reference point for Timeform ratings. IMO Australian middle distance horses are greatly under-rated. E.g. Sunline only achieved a 129 rating as did Northerly. I think that these were massively under-valued. So at least we will have a better yard-stick. If he trains on that is. From reports, he has.

[@bgardiner2000]

@schardy80 I know what you mean. What will she do with any amount of pressure on a good track. Moody is nowhere near the bottom of her yet. Maybe it's unreachable. I've not seen her pressured in any of her races. Even in the Lightning she was only ridden out for 150m at best. What will she do with the screws on for the last 3F? After the track work she had in the L'ning I'm surprised a shot at the sprint triple crown wasn't talked about. Placid Ark & Scillachi. Pretty good company.

[@bgardiner2000]

How about now?

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Lochsong ?

[@andisadler2897]

BEST EVER. THE AMERICAN CHAMPION ONLY WON DAYJUR COZ OF AN ERROR DAYJUR MADE IN THE FINAL 20 MTRS.

[@bgardiner2000]

Why didn't they race him with a shadow roll?

[@RandyWatson69]

@bgardiner2000 So OZ have actually found a distance in Horse Racing that they are actually good at. Its because of the lack of interest in breeding sprinters that this has happened.Take Milers and Middle distance horses Why dont Australia have anything remotely close to the best.Its because the rest of the world DO want to breed horses for these distances.We have allowed OZ the the much needed chance to shine in the world of Thoroughbred racing.We can quite easily push you back into obscurity.

[@bgardiner2000]

@john131349 Probably would have needed a shadow roll and not blinkers to cure his ills.

[@jnewco81]

@jacaliucy Really? That's so cool!

[@jeffmint5472]

Like shit off a shovel.

[@bgardiner2000]

@schardy80 We live in hope I guess. Moody knows that if she goes OS, with the size of the team he has (he had 5 lined up in the Oakleigh!), someone else will have to prepare her. He couldn't risk p*ssing off 30+ owners to camapign her OS. If she stays sound this preparation I reckon there will be a lot of pressure to show her off... & offers from the likes of S'pore and HK race committees. She's a once in 2-3 generation horse. Be a shame not to share with the sprinting minnows in Europe ;))

[@Nautilus1972]

HAving seen Frankel win the guineas, it would have been no surprise if he would give Dayjur a run for his money over 6. He ran a 10.58 6th furlong, that would beat Dayjur.

[@joshuadoherty6704]

Tell him lad

[@jsilkcut]

1/10 for he Abbaye ? ... says it all really - fast fast horse

[@RandyWatson69]

Yes BC is terrific.But not quite Dayjur.Possibly might be in the future.But not yet. And i wouldnt always go by timeform ratings either.Harbinger won group 1 race,and was rated as an all-time great.

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap Otherwise he would have stayed home where the big money is. Ur richest race is worth 1.25m pounds. We have 6 races worth more than that. The Melb is worth more than 3.7m. If you had any decent prize-money it might be worth the effort. Sunline, Makybe Diva, Northerly, Lohnro, Saintly, Octagonal, Haradasun (won the '08 QA Stakes), would have all been among the top 2-3 flat racing horses in the UK. Agreed Euro stayers are superior, but at middle distances there is nothing in it.

[@RandyWatson69]

@bgardiner Claiming BC is the best ever is naive to say the least. Dont let your emotion for a horse cloud your judgement.Though she may be your favourite,that doesn't mean she is the best ever.BC needs to race outside of her own country,at the very least. And so Coolmore bought ONE sprinter to breed from means nothing whatsoever.There are some very easy sprint prizes to be picked up in Europe.The rest of the world just arent interested in sprinters.Thats FACT!

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap Black Caviar won her 9th straight race (first up) in the G1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) in Melbourne today, the 1st leg of the world sprint series. I was on the 2nd favourite Hay List, the = 2nd top rated sprinter in the world. I'll not make that mistake again. Sorry, even Dayjur would not have seen which way she went. If she stays sound she'll get a 140+ TF rating. Absolute freak of nature.

[@jabhookjabcross4231]

bgardiner2000 No way is that accurate regarding Dayjur. You had to see him to believe it. He should have raced on then the world would have got to see this outstanding speedster. Nothing could touch him then or now.

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Katy Katy Katy?? U made me laugh…. He had no luck in running…he would have gone very close

[@richardwalker1880]

I remember this race But Willie told the major not to go to the USA as Dajor did not feel right in his last race but Hamdan Al maktoom wasn't having any of it the race affects Willie to this day and the major s gone I'm glad Dick HEARN carnt see raceiing now

[@nightowl7459]

What's wrong with racing now?

[@RandyWatson69]

@bgardiner2000 Well we are all entitled to our own opinion aren't we? Needs to prove outside of her own backyard to be considered anything other than a very good horse.

[@tigerboy1966]

That's your challenge Black Caviar. Win at Royal Ascot, win the BC Sprint, and you will be a better horse than Dayjur.

[@JoseLuiz-lh1kw]

tigerboy1966 oe

[@stevenelief8700]

I thoroughly agree. I wonder-I'm 60-if we'll see anything like "Dayjur" again. Better than "Frankel" in that he showed other countries, and the USA what a speedball he was. I was at Belmont, and the groan of the crowd was not picked up by the track microphones, it was louder version of the "Royal Academy" win with Lester Piggott

[@Nautilus1972]

BC was rated a pound inferior by Timeform.

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap It may be optomistic at this point, but it's hardly naive. You sound like the average English cricket supporter did a few years ago when you were being thrashed day in day out. "Cricket? I'm not really interested." One of the most successful sires of stayers in the last 20 yrs (Danehill) was a sprinter. Sorry, but your argument fails to hold water. "The rest of the world just arent interested in sprinters" is a misguided comment. Aren't interested = No good at it.

[@Nautilus1972]

@1957rayray Frankel not being a sprinter of course .........

[@bgardiner2000]

@sonofscrewcap You really are completely clueless aren't you? There is more money to be made on our side of the pond. That's why you only see our sprinters thanks to the world sprint series. ANZ t'breds are as good as anywhere. Let me educate you a little... you're clearly in need. So You Think is going to make ur best middle distance horses look so average it will be a joke. The only reason you'll see him is because he's entire & Coolmore paid $30m for a 1/2 share. Cont'd...

[@RandyWatson69]

@bgardiner2000 No country other than OZ,and maybe The US actually cares about sprinters these days.Breeders other than than the ones in ANZ certainly dont want horses that have a sprinting pedigree anymore. So while BC maybe a good horse.What competition has she got other than in her own country?She at least needs to take on the best that the US has to offer(As Dayjur did).At least take her out of her own comfort zone.There is no point in her beating the same tired old nags week in week out.

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Royal academy may have beaten him

[@nightowl7459]

He may have? He didn't though so we will never know.

[@katyevans5658]

Rubbish

[@John-ke6mt]

Royal Academy would have beaten him at Haydock except for a shocking ride from the overrated John Reid

[@MEECHIO]

Agree that the ride from John Reid was poor but look at Carson on Dayjur he never picked up his stick - hands and heels. Willie is on record as saying that this performance was one of his easiest.

[@nightowl7459]

I reckon Royal Academy was a little flattered, six furlongs was stretching Dayjurs stamina.

[@MEECHIO]

Dayjur