Once again Eugene's courage earned him recognition from his superiors who granted him the honour of personally conveying the news of victory to the Emperor in Vienna.

The victory against the pagan Magyars earned Otto the reputation as the savior of Christendom.

The victory earned Claudius his surname of " Gothicus " ( conqueror of the Goths ), and that is how he is known to this day.

In the victory won by the Christians on the banks of the river Salado, near Tarifa, he earned his title of Afonso the Brave ( 1340 ).

As for Mahone, the victory, won largely due to his efforts in supporting Johnson's stunned men, earned him a lasting reputation as one of the best young generals of Lee's army in the war's last year.

In this victory, Charles earned the surname Martel (" the Hammer ").

" The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority ; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable Marinid invasion of Iberian Peninsula in 1340.

The " Fight of the Century " earned Johnson $ 65, 000 and silenced the critics, who had belittled Johnson's previous victory over Tommy Burns as " empty ," claiming that Burns was a false champion since Jeffries had retired undefeated.

Their first playoff win in NBA franchise history was earned in Game 3 of their first-round, best-of-five series against the Atlanta Hawks, but it was their only victory in that series, as the Hawks defeated them in four games.

He also earned the notice of Michael III by his abilities as a horse tamer and in winning a victory over a Bulgarian champion in a wrestling match ; he soon became the Byzantine Emperor's companion, confidant, and bodyguard ( parakoimomenos ).

In 1999, Garcés posted a 5 – 1 record with 33 strikeouts, a 1. 55 earned run average, and two saves, and earned one victory against the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series.

In this event, Escobar earned his first victory, defeating a pugilist identified as " Gombar " by knockout in the first round.

In 1976, Norman turned pro as a tournament player, and that year earned his first victory at the West Lakes Classic at The Grange in Adelaide, South Australia.

He then earned a gigantic TKO victory over Paul McCloskey on May 5, 2012.

Wolfe's part in the taking of Quebec in 1759 earned him posthumous fame and he became an icon of Britain's victory in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion.

He followed that up with a unanimous decision victory over future heavyweight champion Oliver McCall, and earned a shot at the undisputed heavyweight championship held by Mike Tyson, who became the universally recognized champion after knocking out Spinks in one round in 1988.

Although Santos earned their first victory against Corinthians, a 3 – 6 away win at the Parque Antárctica ( now known as the Estádio Palestra Itália ), the 5 – 1 and 6 – 1 thumpings that Santos suffered at the hands of SC Internacional and Americano, respectively, and the high cost of travel, forced the team to abandon the tournament and make much needed improvements.

The contest was for the International Boxing Federation's Inter-Continental bantamweight championship, in twelve rounds, Vázquez earned a points victory.

Fish survived the attack in 1940 but won his election with less than half the margin of victory he earned 2 years earlier.

This victory earned him a spot in The Observer newspaper's 100 Most Memorable Sporting Moments of the Twentieth Century.

Seattle earned its fifth consecutive home playoff victory with a 41 – 36 win over the New Orleans Saints.

Post-war, in 1923, another Italian gentleman earned hero status in a quite different way: Enzo Ferrari drove to victory on the Salvio circuit in Ravenna.

The next day, Oh pitched another complete game and earned the victory, and again his catcher kept the injury a secret, but the blisters worsened.

His role in the British victory at the Battle of Lake George in 1755 earned him a baronetcy ; his capture of Fort Niagara from the French in 1759 brought him additional renown.

* On June 5, 1993 Thoroughbred racing's all-time leading female jockey, Julie Krone, became the first woman to win a Triple Crown race when she rode to victory in the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair.

As an apprentice jockey he rode Windfields ' Northern Dancer to his first victory.

* Julie Krone, the all-time leading female jockey, became the first woman ever to win a Triple Crown race when she rode Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes.

* 11 June — Willie Simms becomes the only African-American jockey to win all three races of the United States Triple Crown Races when he rides Sly Fox to victory in the Preakness Stakes.

When Shoemaker earned his 6, 033rd victory in September 1970, he broke jockey Johnny Longden's record.

* 19 April – Willie Watkinson, the Grand National-winning jockey, dies three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland

Although still lightly regarded in a year with many quality three-year-olds competing, in 1998 he was ridden to victory by jockey Kent Desormeaux in the Kentucky Derby.

According to his own calculations Murphy won 628 of his 1, 412 starts — a 44 % victory rate which has never been equaled, and a record about which Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro said: " There is no chance that his record of winning will ever be surpassed.

Ghostzapper's victory gave trainer Robert J. Frankel his second Breeders ' Cup victory in 62 starts and jockey Javier Castellano his first Breeders ' Cup win.

The result of that race is immortalized in bronze at the top of the paddock at Arlington, where a statue of jockey Bill Shoemaker riding John Henry to a thrilling come-from-behind victory over 40-1 long shot The Bart celebrates Thoroughbred racing's inaugural million dollar race.

With jockey Warren Mehrtens aboard, he raced past rivals to take the first race of the Triple Crown by eight lengths, the largest margin of victory to date.

In his Preakness victory, Scrappy T, who was in the lead, swung out at the top of the stretch as a result of an aggressive smack of his jockey Ramon Dominguez's whip.

She returned to lead the 2003 Del Mar jockeys in purse earnings, then went on to become the first woman jockey to win a Breeders ' Cup race when she rode Halfbridled to victory in the 2003 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita.

Arwon was initially trained by John Morrissey in Canberra before being sent to Victorian trainer George Hanlon who prepared him for his Melbourne Cup victory, where he was ridden by jockey Harry White.

* Withers Stakes-with regular jockey Walter Miller increasingly having difficulty making weight, a new jockey and another eventual Hall of Famer, Joe Notter, rode him to victory.

Some people would say later that careful study of the video replays gave rise to accusations that Bailey and another jockey had colluded to deny Smarty Jones the victory — that is, they rode not to win, but to defeat someone else.

He is almost certainly the only jockey in the 20th century to have ridden a horse that he bred, Minster Son, to victory in one of the Classic races, the St. Leger Stakes 1988.