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A D Hollindale Stakes

D. Hollindale Stakes is a Gold Coast Turf Club Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and upwards, under Weight for Age conditions, over a distance of 1,800 metres.

Adrian Knox

The Adrian Knox Stakes is an AJC Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred quality handicap horse race named in honour of Knox which is held annually at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in September

Albertas Run

In the 2006/7 National Hunt season Albertas Run competed as a Novice Hurdler, winning on his debut over obstacles at Uttoxeter Racecourse in October.

Auraria Stakes

The Schweppervescence Stakes, registered as the Auraria Stakes is a SAJC Group 3 thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 1800 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide.

Baumber

In the 19th century the parish had repute for its racing stables, at which the 1875 Derby winner Galopin was bred.

Bay Meadows Derby

The Bay Meadows Derby was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses of either gender on the Longden Turf Course at Bay Meadows Racetrack.

Funny Cide Stakes

The Funny Cide Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and up bred in New York, approved by the New York State-Bred Registry, and run at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Great Eastern Steeplechase

The Great Eastern Steeplechase is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase horse race held annually at Oakbank, South Australia on Easter Saturday and Monday at the Oakbank Racecourse as part of the Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival.

Horn, Hamburg

The Deutsches Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race at Hamburg-Horn Racecourse, and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

Kalloni

The livestock breeding in Agra, the wine festival in Anemotia as well as the panigyri of Saint Trinity on 7 July in Kalloni, which includes three days feast and horse races.

Leasowe

Leasowe Castle was built by Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby - a patron of Shakespeare - in 1593, possibly (though this is disputed) as an observation platform for the Wallasey races which took place on the sands in the 16th and 17th centuries, and which are regarded as a forerunner of the Derby races.

New Zealand Oaks

The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres (1½ miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand.

Ralph Burton

He was twice married: in 1750 to Elizabeth St Leger (died 1753), sister of Anthony St Leger after whom the famous horse race is named, then around 1763 to Marguerite Lydius; he had a son and a daughter by this second marriage.

Tropical Park Oaks

The Tropical Park Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida usually on New Year’s Day.

Tropical Turf Handicap

The Tropical Turf Handicap is an American Grade IIIT Thoroughbred horse race run on the turf course at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida each year.


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131st New York State Legislature

Among the measures advocated by the governor were an anti-horse-race-track-gambling bill (enacted as the Hart–Agnew Law), a plan to extend the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission to the telephone and telegraph companies, and a ballot reform.

2010 Grand National

It was also the first horse race in the UK to be broadcast in high definition on the BBC HD channel.

Bedford Park, Bronx

Jerome Park Racecourse became the first home of the famous Belmont Stakes horse race, until 1890.

Breeders' Cup Classic

The Classic is considered by many to be the premier thoroughbred horse race of the year in the U.S., and for 2008 only the Dubai World Cup, Japan Cup, Melbourne Cup and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe surpassed its $5 million purse.

Busher

Busher Stakes, an American Thoroughbred stakes horse race at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York

California oaks

California Oaks — an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in February at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California.

Chalanbeel Horse Race

People of Chalan Beel organize the traditional horse race competitions every year at Notabaria village of Chatmohar Upazila.

Crab cake

Maryland Crab Cakes are the national food of The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a horse race that is run on the third Saturday of May each year.

Deccan Derby

Deccan Derby is an Indian Thoroughbred horse race held every year at the Hyderabad Race Club, Hyderabad, India.

Evening attire

Evening Attire Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York

Fighting Fifth

Fighting Fifth Hurdle, a hurdling horse race in the United Kingdom named for the regiment.

Grade 1

A Grade 1 horse race, the top level of race in worldwide horseracing

Great Northern St. Leger

The Great Northern St. Leger was a horse race for three year old racehorses held over 2700 metres in Auckland, New Zealand.

James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid

In 1968, D'Avigdor-Goldsmid joined the Jockey Club and acted as Steward at several horse race meetings.

JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial

Prestbury Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse each November

Finesse Juvenile Novices' Hurdle, a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse each January

Long Island Rail Road

On the day of the Belmont Stakes horse race, extra trains to accommodate the large amount of spectators attending the event.

Nonette

The Prix de la Nonette, a horse race held in Deauville, France each August

Norfolk Stakes

Norfolk Stakes (United States), a horse race held at Santa Anita Park and now known as the FrontRunner Stakes.

Norman Robinson

Norman Robinson Stakes, an Australian thoroughbred horse race since 1978

Our Miss Gibbs

Inside the bag is the Ascot Gold Cup (the trophy for Britain’s most prestigious long-distance horse race).

Preakness

Preakness Stakes, an American flat thoroughbred horse race held in Baltimore, Maryland, named for the above horse

Queen of the Turf

The Queen of the Turf Stakes, a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three years old and upwards

Race caller

The best-known horse-race callers since the dawn of the television age have been Chic Anderson, Dave Johnson, Trevor Denman and Tom Durkin.

Roma Cup

The Roma Cup is a Perth Racing Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under Weight for Age conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 1200 metres at Belmont Park Racecourse, Perth in May.

San Juan Capistrano Handicap

Since 2007, the winner of the San Juan Capistrano has received ballot free entry into Australia's greatest horse race and the staying championship of the world, the Melbourne Cup.

Stieff Silver

From the purchase of The Schofield Company, One of the company's best-known creations became the Woodlawn Vase, a trophy given to winners of the Preakness Stakes horse race.

Strub

Strub Stakes, an American horse race in Arcadia, California, named after him

Tempted

Tempted Stakes, annual horse race at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York

The 1821 Derby at Epsom

The 1821 Derby at Epsom, or Horse race ("Course de chevaux, dit traditionnellement Le derby de 1821 à Epsom per the Louvre"), is an 1821 painting by Théodore Géricault in the Louvre Museum, showing the Epsom Derby of that year.

The Love Specialist


The romance reaches its climax at the traditional Palio horse race where, after Diana breaks up with the prince upon hearing that he bribed the jockey of the rival contrada into throwing the race so that his horse could win, she fast-talks the rival horse's owner into letting her ride.

The Plains, Virginia

The Plains is home to Great Meadow, a large open-air and open-field facility that hosts several large events throughout the year, including the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase horse race, which attracts over 50,000 guests on the first Saturday of each May.

Thorndon Mile

The Thorndon Mile is a Group One (G1) Thoroughbred horse race contested over 1,600 metres (one mile) and is held at Trentham Racecourse, Wellington, New Zealand.

Three Strangers

Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold onto it until the race is run.

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on television

From 2002 to 2004, the Belmont had the highest ratings of any horse race on television.

Weak ordering

In horse racing, the use of photo finishes has eliminated some, but not all, ties or (as they are called in this context) dead heats, so the outcome of a horse race may be modeled by a weak ordering.