Thornton was able to ease the horse down in the final strides and crossed the line waving his whip to the crowd.

At the final stride, seeing them , stop, the officer resheathed his sword.

In the final stride, after racing a memorable mile and a half, Hansel led by the length of his head.

Humanity stands poised on the brink of the final great evolutionary stride.

With three final strides he bounded into the air and floated up under anti-grav.

His finish was complicated but not seriously threatened when Aptitude came charging through on the outside in the final strides.

But Richard R. found a little more in the final strides and outnodded his rival.

In the final strides, Real Quiet poked his nose in front.

Anderson described him as moving like a "tremendous machine" in his final strides during the 1973 Belmont.

The most exciting finish came in the men's 3,000 meters, where three runners ran side by side down the final strides.