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Distance 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,000 m) 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles (9.5 furlongs; 1,900 m) 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (12 furlongs; 2,400 m) Background Inaugurated in 1875, the race was originally 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2,400 m) until 1897 when it was shortened to its current distance. It is the only one of the three races to have run continuously from ...
The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds the track record (which is also a world record on dirt) of 2:24. The race covers one full lap of Belmont Park, known as "The Championship Track" because nearly every major American champion in racing history has competed on the racetrack.
The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I race run over a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles (9.5 furlongs; 1.9 kilometres) on dirt.
The Kentucky Derby (/ ˈ d ɜːr b i /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres).
Horse racing was established there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and Thoroughbreds were imported in increasing numbers. [71] The first Thoroughbred stallions arrived in Argentina in 1853, but the first mares did not arrive until 1865.
The Whitney Stakes (run as the Whitney Handicap through 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses four years of age and older run at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles. The current purse is $1,000,000.
The length is commonly used in Thoroughbred horse racing, where it describes the distance between horses in a race.Horses may be described as winning by several lengths, as in the notable example of Secretariat, who won the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths.
Other tracks offer Quarter Horse racing and Standardbred horse racing, or combinations of these three types of racing surfaces. Racing with other breeds, such as Arabian horse racing, is found on a limited basis. American Thoroughbred races are run at a wide variety of distances, most commonly from 5 to 12 furlongs (0.63 to 1.50 mi; 1.0 to 2.4 km).
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