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Steeplechase (horse racing)
Steeplechase, also called jump or National Hunt racing, is Thoroughbred horse racing over fences, ditches, and water jumps. It began with Ireland's 1752 Buttevant-Doneraile race and includes the Grand National.
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 Hurdling
Triple Crown of Hurdling: unofficial British National Hunt series of the Fighting Fifth, Christmas, and Champion Hurdles; won by Kribensis, Buveur d'Air, and Constitution Hill.
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.
Virginia Gold Cup
The Virginia Gold Cup is an annual American steeplechase horse race, a four-mile timber race run each spring at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, first held in 1922.
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).