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The Derby is held annually on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 11⁄4 miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2019 was increased from US$ 2 million to ...
Weight. 123 lbs (55.8 kg) Purse. $750,000. The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. 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]
The 2020 Preakness Stakes was the 145th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 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. The Preakness is regularly scheduled to be held on the third Saturday in May ...
The top horses included Epicenter (Louisiana Derby, Risen Star), Zandon (Blue Grass Stakes), and Taiba (Santa Anita Derby). [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Rich Strike was overlooked at odds of 80:1. He broke well from the outside post position and settled into the back of the pack where he was in eighteenth place after the first half-mile, 17 lengths ...
The 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 39th edition of the premier event of the North American Thoroughbred horse racing year. The 14 races, all of which were Grade I, took place on November 4 and 5 at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. In the United States, the races were telecast on Friday and early Saturday by USA ...
The 2020 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 2020 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve) [1] was the 146th Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is one of the three legs of the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The Kentucky Derby was originally scheduled ...
Stronghold is a bay colt who was bred in Kentucky by Eric and Sharon Waller. They also own the horse. The Waller family have been involved with lineage from the fourth dam One Stop. The third dam, Swiss Diva, died while giving birth to the second dam, Diva's Tribute. Also Stronghold's dam, Spectator, died in 2021 while giving birth to him.
2019 Lexington Stakes, Ohio Derby, Oklahoma Derby. third in Preakness Stakes 2017 Gamine: f 2020 Champion female sprinter. Acorn Stakes, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. 2021 Derby City Distaff, Ballerina Stakes: 2017 Atone c 2023 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational: 2017 Authentic: c 2020 Horse of the Year.