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The distance between horses at a given point in the race, usually measured in lengths (see above). For the leader, it is the distance ahead of the second place horse. For other horses, it is the distance by which they trailed the leader. Shown in past performance charts as the small number after the horse's position at a given call. [26] Minus pool
The 2020 Preakness Stakes was the 145th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles (1.9 km). The race is one leg of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1938 the conditions of the event were changed to a handicap for horses three-years-old and older and the distance set at 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles. [3] In 1940 the distance was extended to 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles for two runnings in which Joe DeSoto's Steel Heels won both events including setting a new track record in 1941. [ 4 ]
The Risen Star Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt run annually in February, usually during the President's Day weekend at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event currently offers a purse of $500,000.
The Jeff Ruby Steaks (a homophone of the word Stakes, for commercial reasons) [1] is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at a distance of a one and one-eighth miles on the synthetic track in late March at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky.
In 1986 the distance for the event was increased to 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs which is the current distance. [3] In 1988 the event was classified as a Grade III race. [4] In 1997 the John W. Sadler trained Track Gal won the event for the third time straight. [5] Between 1990 and 1995 the race had Breeders' Cup incentives which reflected in the name ...
It is run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on dirt. The Wood Memorial has been run as a Grade II event since 2017. [1] It was a Grade I race from 1974 (when grading was first introduced) to 1994 and again from 2002 to 2016. [2] The Wood Memorial is one of the major prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The Regret Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the Turf scheduled annually in mid-June near the end of the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event offers a purse of $275,000.