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Kentucky Oaks
Kentucky Oaks (Longines Kentucky Oaks), Grade I 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs, first run May 19, 1875, day before the Derby; $1.5 million purse, Road to the Oaks points system, lilies garland, pink Oaks Day, primetime NBC since 2026.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 horse race run over a mile and four furlongs at Ascot in July, first run in 1951.
King's Plate
King's Plate, formerly Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race and North America's oldest continuously run race, first run June 27, 1860 at Toronto with Queen Victoria's 50-guinea prize; 1 1/4 miles for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds at Woodbine, first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
List of winners of Japanese Thoroughbred Triple Crown races
Japanese Thoroughbred Triple Crown races: Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), Kikuka Sho, plus the fillies' Triple Tiara (Oka Sho, Yushun Himba, Shuka Sho). Winners include Deep Impact, Orfevre, Contrail, and seven Tiara winners led by Mejiro Ramonu.
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup, 'the race that stops a nation', Australian Group 1 3200m Thoroughbred handicap at Flemington, first Tuesday of November, first run 1861, $10 million, won 2025 by Half Yours.
New Zealand Derby
New Zealand Derby, also the Great Northern Derby and Trackside NZ Derby: Group 1 thoroughbred race for three-year-olds over 2400 m at Ellerslie, Auckland. First run 1875; moved from Riccarton in 1973; 2026 winner Road To Paris.
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes, also called the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans, is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, first run in 1873.
Prince of Wales Stakes
The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred race for three-year-olds foaled in Canada, run on dirt at Fort Erie Race Track in Ontario.
Prix de Diane
Prix de Diane (Prix de Diane Longines), French Group 1 flat race for 3-year-old fillies over 2,100 m at Chantilly, created 1843 as the French Oaks; €1,000,000 purse, record 2'03"77 (Trêve, 2013), 2026 winner Diamond Necklace.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Group 1 flat horse race over 2,400 m at ParisLongchamp, first run 1920, first Sunday of October, €5m purse, Europe's championship race.
St Leger Stakes
St Leger Stakes, Britain's oldest Classic horse race, first run 24 September 1776 at Doncaster; Group 1 over 1m6f115y for three-year-old colts and fillies, final leg of the British Triple Crown, last won by Nijinsky in 1970.
Tennō Shō (Autumn)
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (天皇賞（秋）, Akiten), JRA G1 horse race over 2,000 m turf at Tokyo Racecourse for 3yo+; descended from the 1905 Emperor's Cup; first leg of the Autumn Triple Crown; 2025 winner Masquerade Ball.
Tennō Shō (Spring)
Tenno Sho (Spring) (天皇賞（春）), Japan's longest JRA flat G1, 3,200m turf at Kyoto for 4yo&up each May; 2026 winner Croix du Nord in 3:13.7, 2025 winner Redentor.
Tenno Sho (天皇賞)
Tenno Sho (天皇賞, Emperor's Prize): two Japanese Grade 1 races run by the JRA, a 3,200m spring stayer's race at Kyoto and a 2,000m autumn middle-distance race at Tokyo, descended from the 1905 Emperor's Cup.
Travers Stakes
Travers Stakes: Grade 1 "Midsummer Derby" for three-year-olds, 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga Race Course; first run 1864, oldest US stakes for 3-year-olds; 2026 winner Leading Change.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes for three-year-olds in five weeks; 13 winners from Sir Barton (1919) to Justify (2018).
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Japan)
Japanese Classic Triple Crown (JRA Classic Sampo): sweep of the Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), and Kikuka Sho. Eight winners, 1941-2020, from Saint Lite to the unbeaten Contrail.
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
The American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, also called the Triple Crown, is the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes sweep for 3-year-olds; 13 colts from Sir Barton (1919) to Justify (2018) have won it.
Woodbine Mile
Woodbine Mile: Grade 1 one-mile turf stakes at Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, first run 1988 as the Molson Export Challenge; Breeders' Cup Mile Win and You're In race with a $1,000,000 purse.
Yushun Himba (優駿牝馬)
Yushun Himba (優駿牝馬), the Japanese Oaks, is a JRA Grade 1 turf race for three-year-old fillies over 2,400 m at Tokyo Racecourse, second leg of the fillies' Triple Tiara, founded 1938, record 2:22.8 by Loves Only You (2019).