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2. Horse racing in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   The Racing Post was founded in 1986 to fill the gap and challenge the Sporting Life monopoly that resulted and these two were rivals throughout the 80s and 90s. Ultimately, only the Post survived as the owners of the Sporting Life, Trinity Mirror, closed the Life and took over the Racing Post trademark.

3. British Classic Races - Wikipedia

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   The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation.

4. English Triple Crown race winners - Wikipedia

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   The English Triple Crown Winners is a three-race competition for Thoroughbred racehorses.. The English Triple Crown consists of the 2000 Guineas Stakes (at 1 mile), The Derby (at 1½ miles), and the St Leger Stakes (at 1 mile 6 furlongs and 127 yds) although the distances have varied throughout the years.

5. Derby (horse race) - Wikipedia

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   A derby (UK: / ˈ d ɑːr b i / DAR-bee, US: / ˈ d ɜːr b i / DUR-bee) is a type of horse race named after the Derby Stakes run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England. [1] That was in turn named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby , who inaugurated the race in 1780. [ 2 ]

6. Thoroughbred Racing on NBC - Wikipedia

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   In 1981, NBC's SportsWorld broadcast the Arlington Million, [7] the first thoroughbred race to feature a million-dollar prize payout. Dick Enberg hosted the broadcast alongside analyst Michael O'Hehir. In 2017, NBC began to carry coverage of Royal Ascot, the most significant meet in British thoroughbred racing. NBCSN carries coverage of the ...

7. Thoroughbred racing - Wikipedia

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   The start of the 2014 Preakness Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race. Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing in

8. Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia

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   Highflyer, who was champion sire 13 times. The title of champion, or leading, sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland is awarded to the stallion whose offspring have won the most prize money in Britain and Ireland during the flat racing season.

9. List of British National Hunt races - Wikipedia

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   A National Hunt (NH) Pattern of important races was first recognized in 1964 when the Horserace Betting Levy Board made a grant of £64,000 to fund a "prestige race allocation" split between the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National.