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$1,000,000 (2024) The Metropolitan Handicap , frequently called the "Met Mile", is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York . Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs ).
The Cape Metropolitan Stakes, currently named the Sun Met (and previously known as the J&B Met), is a Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race run on the turf at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa. [1] It is run over 2000m. It was first run in 1883 as the Metropolitan Mile. [2]
The Great Metropolitan Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2,420 metres) at Epsom in April during the Epsom Spring meeting.
Tickets for the return of IndyCar to the Milwaukee Mile for a 2024 Labor Day weekend doubleheader will go on sale Monday for $45-100 per race.
[19] [20] [21] On May 31, 1965, 73,375 spectators were on hand at Aqueduct and watched Gun Bow win the Metropolitan Mile. At the time, it was the largest crowd to ever attend a thoroughbred horse racing event in New York. [22] Champion racehorse Secretariat was retired at Aqueduct before the public on November 6, 1973.
Last updated on December 31, 2024 White Abarrio (born 18 March 2019) is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2022 he won the Florida Derby and competed against the best three-year-olds in the US.
The race weekend has been held since 2004, except for a brief hiatus in 2016, when the race returned back in the schedule in 2024. The first race (officially the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 – Race 1) was held on August 31, 2024, with the second (officially the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 – Race 2) held on September 1, 2024. Each race was 250 laps.
The Metropolitan is an Australian Turf Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and older, over a distance of 2,400 metres at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia in early October. [1] The total prize money for this race is A$750,000.