Frank Hayes, the Only Person to Win a Race While Dead
The tragic tale of an ambitious young man achieving his dream
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4 min readOct 4, 2021
On the 4th of June, 1923, a horse race took place at New York’s famous Belmont Park. It was a race that would make history for being the only time a dead person has won a race. This is the tragic tale of Frank Hayes.
