HORSE RACING
How Oh Susanna made history and upstaged Usain Bolt
29 January 2018 - 05:30
Pretty hard to upstage a world star such as Usain Bolt, but the filly Oh Susanna had the photographers flocking to take pictures when she made racing history in Saturday’s R5m Sun Met at Kenilworth. Bolt, who arrived on the track by helicopter, was the sponsor’s special guest and the crowd were keen to get a glimpse of the great athlete. What might have crowned a perfect day for many would have been victory for dual "horse-of-the-year" Legal Eagle, in the big race, but Oh Susanna tore up that script by becoming the first three-year-old filly to win this race in a century.
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