"those races were subsequently run for three-year-olds and were won by Zie World (1988) and Sir Pinder (1992). The race has served as a springboard for Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled as well as such graded-stakes winners as Suave Prospect, Alydeed, Primal, Creme Fraiche, Certain and Morning Bob. The race was run in two divisions in 1986. What a Pleasure Stakes The What a Pleasure Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds held annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is currently an ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on dirt."
"a long history of horse-racing, and James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, who gained the Lordship of Mann in 1627, instituted horse-racing on the Langness Peninsula on the Isle of Man, donating a cup for what became known as the ""Manx Derby"". The Derby originated at a celebration following the first running of the Oaks Stakes in 1779. A new race was planned, and it was decided that it should be named after either the host of the party, the 12th Earl of Derby, or one of his guests, Sir Charles Bunbury (the Bunbury Cup run at Newmarket would later"
"Bunbury Cup The Bunbury Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The event is named in honour of Sir Charles Bunbury (1740–1821), who served as the Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. He introduced both of the Classics held at Newmarket, the 1,000 Guineas and the 2,000 Guineas. The Bunbury Cup is contested on the final day of Newmarket's three-day July"
"Festival meeting. Most successful horse since 1962 (3 wins): Leading jockey since 1962 (7 wins): Leading trainer since 1962 (3 wins): Capricho dead-heated for first place in 2002, but he was disqualified for carrying an incorrect weight. Bunbury Cup The Bunbury Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The event is named in honour of Sir Charles Bunbury (1740–1821), who served"
"Canonbury Stakes The Canonbury Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two year old colts and geldings, held with set weights with penalties conditions, over a distance of 1100 metres at Rosehill Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in February. Total prize money for the race is A$150,000. The race is named after the name of the house Canonbury, which was built in 1911 by Harry Rickards near Darling Point in Sydney. After his death the house was sold to the Australian Jockey Club in 1919 and was used as a convalescent hospital for returned servicemen from"
"Bunbury deferred to Derby, who was his host at the time). The race was over 1 mile (although in 1784 that would be increased to 1 mile 4 furlongs, the distance it has been ever since). The 1780 race had been won by Bunbury's horse Diomed, which was the favourite, beating Boudrow, owned by Dennis O'Kelly. In this second running of the race, it was O'Kelly who had the winner, Young Eclipse, another colt by the pre-eminent sire of the day, Eclipse. He beat Sir John Lade's Crop who was much the more fancied of the runners, going off 5/4"
"the Abingdon Stakes. The 2018 race was run as the Johnnie Lewis Memorial Stakes to commemorate Major Johnnie Lewis, a bloodstock agent who died in 2017. Abingdon Stakes The Abingdon Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies aged three years. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. Prior to 2018 its registered title was the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes and from 2003 to 2017 it was run as the Lord Weinstock Memorial Stakes in memory"
"has been named after the estate since. At a celebration after Bridget's win, a similar race for colts was proposed and Derby tossed a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury for the honour of naming the race. Derby won, and the race became known as the Derby Stakes. Bunbury won the initial race in 1780 with his horse, Diomed; Derby himself won it in 1787 with Sir Peter Teazle. His racing colours were black with a white cap. His influence on racing has been described as ""crucial"". Lord Derby married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, on"
"Abingdon Stakes The Abingdon Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies aged three years. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlongs (2,012 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. Prior to 2018 its registered title was the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes and from 2003 to 2017 it was run as the Lord Weinstock Memorial Stakes in memory of Arnold Weinstock (1924—2002), a British businessman who owned the Ballymacoll Stud. The stud closed in 2017 and the race's registered title was subsequently changed to"
"Hungerford Stakes The Hungerford Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. The event is named after Hungerford, a town located several miles to the west of Newbury. It was established in 1949, and the inaugural running was contested over 1½ miles. The first winner was Star King (later renamed Star Kingdom). The Hungerford Stakes was formerly held on Newbury's left-handed course, with a distance"
"World War I. The race was originally held earlier in the racing season as an open two-year-old event but was moved for the 2007–2008 season to February as a colts and geldings event. Since 2008, the two-year-old fillies event, the Widden Stakes is held on the same racecard. Three colts have captured the Canonbury Stakes – Golden Slipper Stakes double: Fine and Dandy (1958), Sebring (2007) and Vancouver (2015) † Run in divisions Canonbury Stakes The Canonbury Stakes is an Australian Turf Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race, for two year old colts and geldings, held with set weights with"
"Bourbon Stakes The Bourbon Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first part of October at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Contested on turf at a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs), it is open to two-year-old horses. Elevated to Grade III status for 2008, the race currently offers a current purse of $250,000. The race is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner of the Bourbon Stakes receives a ""Win and You're In"" berth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Inaugurated in 1991 as the Hopemont Stakes, the name was changed in"
"race be held in the fall of 1870 and be open to three-year-old colts and fillies at a distance of two miles (3 km). Maryland governor Oden Bowie was in attendance and he promised that if the race would be run in Maryland, he would see to it that a new racetrack would be built to host it. As a result, Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore was built and on October 25, 1870 a horse named Preakness owned by Milton Sanford won the inaugural Dinner Party Stakes. The Preakness Stakes, established at Pimlico Race Course in 1873, was named in"
"the time for fillies, including the Ladies Handicap, the Alabama, the Test, the Coaching Club American Oaks, and the Gazelle[1]. One of Vagrancy's most famous race was probably the Beldame Stakes (because of a rare grade 1 outcome), in which she led for most of the race but was caught at the wire by Barrancosa; following a review of the photo, the race was declared a dead heat. From The Times: “William Woodward, of Belair Stud was chairman of the Jockey Club and breeder and owner of Vagrancy, flipped a coin in the unsaddling enclosure after the finish and thereby"
"Sanford Stakes The Sanford Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of July at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. A six furlong sprint race, the Grade III event is open to two-year-old horses. Inaugurated in 1913 as the Sanford Memorial Stakes, it was modified to its present name in 1927. The race is named for Stephen Sanford and his son John, Amsterdam, New York businessmen from one of Saratoga's original horse racing families. Their horses first appeared in the Saratoga races in 1880. Stephen Sanford named all his best horses"
"Begonia Belle Stakes The Begonia Belle Stakes, raced as Furphy Sprint (2018) is a registered Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race for mares aged four years old and upwards, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1100 metres, held annually at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in November during the VRC Spring Carnival on Victoria Derby Day. Total prize money for the race is A$200,000 and $1,500 trophy. The registered race is named after Begonia Belle, winner of the 1969 Newmarket Handicap. The race was originally raced on the third day of the VRC Spring Carnival,"
"four other horses, beating the colts Pyramus and Punic. Smolensko retired from racing in 1814 and became a breeding stallion for Charles Bunbury the following year. Smolensko was retired to stud in 1815 and stood at Great Barton until 1 March when he was relocated to the Oatlands stud in Surrey where he commanded a 20-guinea stud fee and a 1-guinea groom fee. Charles Bunbury died on 31 March 1821, and upon his death, the landlord (Nathaniel Garland) of one of Bunbury's leased estates claimed 14 horses from Bunbury's stable as a heriot. Smolensko had recently been sent to a"
"hunting lodge that he owned on Epsom Downs. His filly Bridget had won the race, and it had been a great success. Accordingly, a post-race celebration was held by Lord Derby, at which it was decided to hold another new race for both colts and fillies the following year. The matter of naming the race was discussed, with the options being naming it after Derby himself or naming it after Sir Charles Bunbury, a member of the Jockey Club, who was Derby's guest at the Oaks. According to legend, the matter was settled in Derby's favour on the toss of"
"Bunbury died in March 1821, aged 80, and was succeeded by his nephew, Henry. Margaret, Lady Bunbury, died in February 1822. Bunbury was an important figure in the field of horse-racing. His influence has been described as ""crucial"". He was a steward of the Jockey Club and his horses included The Derby winners Diomed, Eleanor and Smolensko. His racing silks were pink and white stripes. Sir Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet (May 1740 – 31 March 1821) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1812. He was the"
"Denford Stakes The Denford Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. The event was originally named after Washington Singer (1866–1934), a prominent racehorse owner and philanthropist. It has been won by several subsequent Classic winners, including Rodrigo de Triano, Lammtarra and Haafhd. The race is currently restricted to horses which have not won at Group level, and whose sires achieved victory at distances in excess of 1 mile and"
"race itself ""fairly caught hold on the public imagination."" It became the premier British classic and many of the world's top championship races were named after it. Further details of the winner, Diomed: 1780 Epsom Derby The 1780 Epsom Derby was the inaugural running of The Derby – the horse race which would become the ""greatest turf event in the world"" and after which more than 140 other horse races, including the famous Kentucky Derby, are named. It took place on 4 May 1780 on Epsom Downs in Surrey, England, and was won by Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury"
"race was awarded to the third-placed horse. <br> <br> <br> Richmond Stakes The Richmond Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August. The event is named after the Duke of Richmond, one of the dukedoms held by the owner of Goodwood Racecourse. It was established in 1877, and it was originally open to horses of either gender. Six of the first eight winners"
"Stables at the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue in Preakness, New Jersey as well as the Preakness Stud Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. In the summer of 1868, following a day of racing at Saratoga Race Course, Milton Sanford hosted a now famous dinner party for horsemen and other distinguished guests at the Union Hall Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York. During the evening, John W. Hunter suggested that the occasion be marked with the creation of a Stakes race to be called the Dinner Party Stakes with a very substantial purse of $15,000. It was agreed that the"
"2010 to 2014. It was revived in 2015, but it has since been discontinued. Bryan Station Stakes The Bryan Station Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during October at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Inaugurated in 2002, it was formerly known as the Storm Cat Stakes. It was renamed in 2005. Contested on turf over a distance of 1 mile, then a mile and 1/8th, the race was open to three-year-old horses. The last known purse this event offered was $100,000(2015). This race held a grade III status in 2008 and 2009, but lost this"
"Bryan Station Stakes The Bryan Station Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during October at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Inaugurated in 2002, it was formerly known as the Storm Cat Stakes. It was renamed in 2005. Contested on turf over a distance of 1 mile, then a mile and 1/8th, the race was open to three-year-old horses. The last known purse this event offered was $100,000(2015). This race held a grade III status in 2008 and 2009, but lost this rating when it took a hiatus. The Bryan Station Stakes was not run between"
"John Porter Stakes The John Porter Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs at Newbury in April. The event is named after John Porter (1838–1922), a successful horse trainer who co-founded Newbury Racecourse. The race was established in 1928, and it was originally held in late September. It was initially restricted to three-year-olds and run over 1 mile and 5 furlongs. It was opened to four-year-olds in 1929, and cut to 1¼ miles in 1936. The present"
"Beaugay Stakes The Beaugay Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island, New York. The Grade III turf event is for fillies and mares three-years-old and older, and is set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth of a mile. The race is named in honor of Elizabeth Arden's Beaugay, the American Champion Two-Year-old of 1945, regardless of gender. Due to bad weather in 1998 that severely affected the turf course, the race was run on the dirt track at a distance of one mile. Prior to 1983 the race took place"
"1780 Epsom Derby The 1780 Epsom Derby was the inaugural running of The Derby – the horse race which would become the ""greatest turf event in the world"" and after which more than 140 other horse races, including the famous Kentucky Derby, are named. It took place on 4 May 1780 on Epsom Downs in Surrey, England, and was won by Diomed, owned by Sir Charles Bunbury and ridden by Sam Arnull. At the previous year's Epsom May race meeting, Lord Derby had instigated a 1 1/2 mile race for three-year-old fillies, which he had named the Oaks after the"
"Greenham Stakes The Greenham Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain] open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs at Newbury in April. The event is named after Greenham, the civil parish where Newbury Racecourse is located. It was established in 1906, and was initially contested over a mile. The race continued with its original length until the start of World War II. It was not staged from 1941 to 1948, and resumed with a distance of 7 furlongs and 60 yards in 1949. It was shortened to 7"
"Turnbull Stakes The Turnbull Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race, for horses four years old and older, run under set weights with penalties conditions over a distance of 2,000 metres. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia in early October. Total prize money is A$500,000. It is one of the important races of the Spring Racing Carnival and is considered a major preparatory race for the Caulfield Cup, W S Cox Plate and for the Melbourne Cup. In 1948 the race was renamed after the Victoria Racing Club Chairman at the time Richard"
"Fred Darling Stakes The Fred Darling Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs at Newbury in April. The event was established in 1949, and it was initially called the Lambourn Stakes. It was named after Lambourn, a nearby village associated with racehorse training. For a period the race was contested over 7 furlongs and 60 yards. It continued with its original name until 1954, and was given its present title in 1955. It was renamed in memory of Fred Darling, a successful local"
"runnings had a variety of names until the race was given its present name and awarded Listed status in 2002. Carnarvon Stakes The Carnarvon Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years only. It is run at Newbury over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May. The race was run as the Hue-Williams Stakes in the eighties and early nineties and was contested by good horses such as Dayjur (beaten a head by Tod in 1990), Dancing Dissident (winner of the"
"Messenger Stakes The Messenger Stakes is an American harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing horses. It was organized in 1956 at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York (on suburban Long Island) to join with the Cane Pace and the Little Brown Jug to create the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers. The race is named in honor of Messenger (1780–1808), a horse foaled in England and later brought to the United States. As a sire, virtually all harness horses in the U.S. can be traced back to Messenger. One of the preeminent events for harness racing horses in North"