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    The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run...
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    The Kentucky Derby (/ˈdɜːrbi/) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds...
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    equivalent of the Derby Stakes, and it is usually held four weeks after the English race. The earliest version of the Irish Derby was an event called...
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  • non-restricted stakes races acted as a tie breaker. For 2024, there are several changes in the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby, there...
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    held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland...
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    in June, five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes. The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat holds...
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    Justify (horse) (category Preakness Stakes winners)
    February 18, 2018. He went on to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes to become the 13th Triple Crown winner. He was retired...
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    A derby (UK: /ˈdɑːrbi/ DAR-bee, US: /ˈdɜːrbi/ DUR-bee) is a type of horse race named after the Derby Stakes run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in England....
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  • Look up Derby or derby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England. Derby or The Derby may also refer to: Derby, Tasmania...
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    by earning points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) and has been...
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  • 148th running of the Kentucky Derby, a 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The Derby is held annually at Churchill...
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  • of King Edward VII in 1926. The King Edward VII Stakes is currently held about two weeks after The Derby, and it usually features horses which were entered...
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    is best known for hosting the Derby Stakes, which has come to be widely referred to as The Derby or as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, the United...
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    Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is traditionally held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. The 2023 edition was scheduled...
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    followed by the Derby and the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three has been rarely attempted in recent decades. The 2000 Guineas Stakes was first...
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  • could sweep its three-year-old graded stakes, the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby, and then take the Kentucky Derby. Smarty Jones's collected the bonus...
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  • him following a third-place finish at the Wood Memorial Stakes two weeks prior to the Derby. In the wake of Secretariat's loss, Angle Light and, in particular...
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  • the 2,000 Guineas and finished a close third in the Derby Stakes before winning the Champion Stakes. As a breeding stallion he stood in England, Ireland...
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    Australia Derby Stakes then from 1873 through 1993 it was called the AJC Derby. Although the race officially became the AJC Australian Derby in 1994, it...
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    Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875....
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    Leger Stakes, founded in 1776, The Oaks, founded in 1779, and The Derby in 1780. Later, the 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the 1,000 Guineas Stakes were founded...
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    Smarty Jones (category Preakness Stakes winners)
    Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and came second in the Belmont Stakes. Born at Fairthorne Farm in Chester County...
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  • the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013. This point system replaced the previous graded stakes race earnings...
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  • Mile Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on dirt over a distance of one mile scheduled on Kentucky Derby Day...
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    Grade I stakes race with a purse of $1.5 million. Entering the race, it was known that there would be no Triple Crown winner, as the Kentucky Derby and Preakness...
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  • Newmarket Handicap Stradbroke Handicap VRC Derby VRC Oaks Austrian Derby Austrian St.Leger Trial Stakes Barbados Derby Barbados Gold Cup Midsummer Creole Classic...
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    Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, eight Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes, and three Kentucky Oaks. He has been the subject...
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  • the 1973 Kentucky Derby. On February 17, Sham earned his fourth consecutive win and first stakes win in the Santa Catalina Stakes at 11⁄16 miles. On...
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  • Fierceness (category American Grade 1 Stakes winners)
    "Profile of Fierceness". Equibase. Retrieved May 4, 2024. "2024 Florida Derby Stakes Grade 1 (race 14)". Equibase. March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024...
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  • top-flight flat racing horse. This colt won the Irish Derby Stakes and England's St. Leger Stakes in 1957 and France's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1958...
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