Wildest Horse Race Finishes! | Top 8, Featuring Chautauqua, Mine That Bird, Pakistan Star & Zenyatta

All horse racing lovers gravitate towards a racehorse that can produce a scintillating burst of speed from last-to-first in a matter of seconds.

There's just something special about a horse who settles at the back of the field before charging home in the blink of an eye.

Horses like Chautauqua and Zenyatta made names for themselves by producing barnstorming finishes.

We've collected eight of the greatest fast-finishing horses over the journey:

Chautauqua x 2:
One of the most electrifying sprinters the world has seen, capable of pulling off the seemingly impossible on his day.

TJ Smith Stakes (2015, 2016, 2017)
Chairman's Sprint Prize (2016)
Lightning Stakes (2016)
Manikato Stakes (2015)
Hawkesbury Guineas (2014)
Bobbie Lewis Quality (2014)
Gilgai Stakes (2014, 2015)
Rubiton Stakes (2015)
McEwen Stakes (2015)

Zenyatta:
By Street Cry from Machiavellian, she won 19 races from 20 career starts and famously lost to Blame in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic, which would be her final race.

2010 Santa Margarita Handicap
2009 Breeders' Cup Classic
2008 Breeders' Cup Distaff
2010 2009 2008 Lady's Secret Stakes
2010 2009 2008 Clement Hirsch Handicap
2010 2009 2008 Vanity Handicap
2009 2008 Milady Handicap
2010 2008 Apple Blossom Handicap
2008 El Encino Stakes

Drosselmeyer:
Belmont Stakes (2010)
Breeders' Cup Classic (2011)

Winx:
W.S. Cox Plate (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Warwick/Winx Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018)
Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2017, 2018, 2019)
George Ryder Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Chipping Norton Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
George Main Stakes (2016, 2017, 2018)
Doncaster Handicap (2016)
Caulfield Stakes (2016)
Turnbull Stakes (2017, 2018)
Queensland Oaks (2015)
Epsom Handicap (2015)

Mine That Bird:
Under the guidance of jockey Calvin Borel, Mine That Bird caused one of the greatest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby by producing an incredible performance for the ages.

Kentucky Derby (2009)
Silver Deputy Stakes (2008)
Swynford Stakes (2008)
Grey Stakes (2008)
2nd 2009 Preakness Stakes
3rd 2009 Belmont Stakes

New York Central:
2020 Saudia Sprint

Pakistan Star:
2018 The Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup
2018 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup

What's your favourite freakish finish over the years?

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