Will Irish eyes be smiling after City Of Troy's Classic bid?
AMERICAN DREAM: City Of Troy and Rachel Richardson on the track for morning exercise ahead of the Breeders Cup this week. Pic: Healy Racing
Thirty years before Bing Crosby crooned “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” to an appreciative audience from winner’s circle at the Curragh, he sang a different tune to racegoers in Southern California.
The joyous Kildare celebrations kicked off after Meadow Court, in whom Crosby owned a share, won the 1965 Irish Derby. Three decades earlier Crosby was singing to the customers of the newly-opened Del Mar racetrack near San Diego.
