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Jumpers tend to be older than their flat racing counterparts [6] and can have much longer careers, making it possible to earn a large number of wins. For example, champion hurdler Hurricane Fly won a then-record 22 Grade One races over his ten-year career. [7] Most race horses and race winners are male horses (either intact males or geldings).
After a break of two months, she won the Debutante Stakes, which was moved from Churchill Downs to Ellis Park Race Course. Facing three other fillies, Brightwork led all the way, defeating 1/3 favorite V V's Dream. [5] Brightwork faced graded company for the first time on August 6, 2023, in the Grade III Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning four major Thoroughbred horse races in one season in the United States. The term has been applied to two configurations of races, both of which include the races of the Triple Crown —the Kentucky Derby , Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes —and either the Travers Stakes ...
Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst.He became a professional jockey in 1979 and rode his first of three Kentucky Derby winners in 1988.
Up to the Mark began his racing career as a three-year-old in a Maiden Special Weight at Saratoga on July 21, 2022, winning the six-furlong event on the dirt. However, after five more unsuccessful tries on the dirt Up to the Mark was sent to Florida and his connections decided to try him on the turf track.
The Lexington Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in April during at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during their spring meeting. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000.
Olympiad (foaled February 5, 2018) is an American multiple graded stakes winning Thoroughbred racehorse.His graded stakes wins include the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course, the Grade II New Orleans Classic Stakes at the Fair Grounds and the Grade II Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The Lázaro Barrera Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old horses. It is run over a distance of 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on a dirt track and is held annually in June at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.