Zambezi Sun in Paris, winning the Prix Juigne, an event for unraced three-year-old colts and geldings. In his next start on April 29, he won the Prix de Nanterre at the Longchamp course and then on June 3 at Chantilly Racecourse he ran fourth to winner Lawman in the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club. Back at Longchamp Racecourse, Zambezi Sun rebounded to win the prestigious G-1 Grand Prix de Paris. He did not race again until mid September when he ran third to Soldier of Fortune in the Prix Niel. In October he finished eighth in France's most prestigious race, the
Saratoga Race Course thoroughbred race card on the track previously used for harness racing (and now the location of the Oklahoma Training Track). The current course was opened across the street from the old standardbred track the following year. Among those instrumental to the creation of the Saratoga Race Course were John Hunter (later the first chairman of The Jockey Club), William R. Travers, John Morrissey, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Saratoga meet originally lasted only four days. The meet has been lengthened gradually since that time; for many decades, the meet lasted four weeks and began in late July or early August. The