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Derby Italiano
The Derby Italiano is Italy's premier flat horse race, run over 2,200 meters on turf. Historically held at Capannelle in Rome, it is known as the Blue Riband.
Derby Owners Club (ダービーオーナーズクラブ)
Derby Owners Club (ダービーオーナーズクラブ) is a 1999 Sega NAOMI arcade horse breeding and racing simulation by Hitmaker, using magnetic horse cards, with versions including 2000 and World Edition.
Deutsches Derby
The Deutsches Derby, first run in 1869 as the Norddeutsches Derby, is a Group 1 German flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbreds over 2,400 meters at Hamburg-Horn in July.
Dick Francis
Dick Francis (1920-2010), British steeplechase jockey and crime novelist; rode for the Queen Mother, Devon Loch's 1956 Grand National collapse, then wrote Dead Cert and 40-plus racing thrillers, three Edgars, CBE.
Dream Alliance
Dream Alliance (foaled March 2001, died 2023 aged 22) was a Welsh-bred racehorse who won the 2009 Welsh Grand National at 20-1 for a £10-a-week village syndicate from Cefn Fforest, inspiring Dark Horse and Dream Horse.
Dreamer (2005 film)
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story is a 2005 American sports drama, John Gatins' directorial debut, starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning as a father and daughter rehabilitating the injured racehorse Sonador, inspired by Mariah's Storm.
Dubai World Cup (كأس دبي العالمي)
Dubai World Cup (كأس دبي العالمي): Group 1 dirt race over 2,000 m at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, run since 1996 (first at Nad Al Sheba, won by Cigar); $12 million purse within a $30.5 million nine-race card; 2026 winner Magnitude.
Durban July Handicap
Durban July Handicap, the July: South Africa's premier Grade 1 handicap, 2200 m at Greyville, Durban, first Saturday of July; first run 1897, R10 million purse from 2026, Hollywoodbets title sponsor.
Each-way
Each-way (E/W) betting: a wager of two equal stakes on one selection, one to win and one to place, with the place part paid at a fraction (usually 1/4 or 1/5) of the win odds over a set number of places; standard UK terms vary by field size and race type.
Eishin Flash (エイシンフラッシュ)
Eishin Flash (エイシンフラッシュ), Japanese Thoroughbred (2007, by King's Best), winner of the 2010 Japanese Derby and 2012 Tenno Sho Autumn; later sire of 2022 Japan Cup winner Vela Azul, retired to Versailles Resort Farm in 2025.
Elitloppet
Elitloppet, the Elite Race, is Sweden's premier Group 1 harness race for trotters, run over 1,609 m at Solvalla, Stockholm, on the last Sunday in May since 1952; 16 invited horses, two heats plus final, first prize five million kronor, Allegiant's world record 1.07.1 in 2026.
Epsom Derby
The Epsom Derby (Derby Stakes), a British Group 1 Classic for three-year-old colts and fillies run at Epsom Downs since 1780 over 1m4f10y; named by coin toss, £2 million prize from 2026.
Epsom Oaks
Epsom Oaks (the Oaks Stakes): British Group 1 Classic for three-year-old fillies over 1m4f at Epsom Downs, first run 14 May 1779, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby and named after his house The Oaks; run the Friday before the Derby.
Equine drug testing
Equine drug testing analyzes blood, urine, and other samples from racehorses to detect prohibited substances under IFHA harmonised rules and, since May 2023, the uniform HISA/HIWU program in the United States.
Ferdinand (horse)
Ferdinand (1983-2002), American Thoroughbred, 1986 Kentucky Derby and 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic winner, 1987 Horse of the Year; slaughtered in Japan in 2002, spurring racehorse retirement and anti-slaughter efforts.
Fine Motion
Fine Motion (ファインモーション), Irish-bred mare foaled 1999 by Danehill out of Cocotte, raced in Japan; won 2002 Shuka Sho and Queen Elizabeth II Cup, six straight wins to start, 8 of 15 starts; infertile, pensioned at Fushikida Farm.
Flemington Racecourse
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne's premier horse racing venue and home of the Melbourne Cup since 1861, racing continuously since 3 March 1840, National Heritage listed 2006, VRC-trusteed.
Forever Young (horse)
Forever Young (フォーエバーヤング) is a Thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 2021. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, it specialized in dirt racing, winning the Saudi Cup twice.
Frankel (horse)
Frankel (2008–), Juddmonte's Galileo colt trained by Henry Cecil, won all 14 races including ten Group 1s; Timeform 147, official 140, now a triple champion sire at Banstead Manor.
Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori (Lanfranco Dettori), Italian flat racing jockey born 1970 in Milan, record six Arc wins, 282 Group 1 wins, Godolphin stable jockey, and the 1996 Ascot 'Magnificent Seven' seven-timer.
Franny Norton
Franny Norton, full name Francis Charles Norton, is a retired British jockey born in Liverpool in 1970 who rode more winners at Chester than any other modern-day jockey.
Gallop Racer
Gallop Racer (ギャロップレーサー) is Tecmo's horse-racing simulation series, beginning with a 1996 arcade game, debuting in the US in 1999 on PlayStation, and continuing through Gallop Racer 2006 and the Champion Jockey crossover.
George Woolf
George Monroe Woolf (1910-1946), "The Iceman," Canadian-born American Hall of Fame jockey; rode Seabiscuit past War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special, won the 1936 Preakness, and died in a 1946 Santa Anita fall.
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951-2016), British landowner and Territorial Army major-general; inherited the dukedom in 1979, held Mayfair and Belgravia estates worth about £9.3bn, died aged 64 at Abbeystead.
Godolphin Arabian
Godolphin Arabian (Godolphin Barb), foaled c. 1724, died 1753: one of the three foundation sires of the Thoroughbred, sire of Lath, Cade, Regulus, and Matchem's line; origin contested between Yemen and Barbary.
Gold City (ゴールドシチー) (horse)
Gold City (ゴールドシチー), Japanese chestnut colt foaled 16 April 1984 by Vice Regal out of Italian City; won the 1986 Hanshin 3-year-old Stakes (G1), second in the 1987 Satsuki Sho and Kikuka Sho behind Sakura Star O; 20 starts, 3 wins, died 2 May 1990.
Golden Tempo
Golden Tempo (foaled Feb 7, 2023) is an American Thoroughbred colt by Curlin out of Carrumba. Trained by Cherie DeVaux and ridden by Jose Ortiz, he won the 2026 Kentucky Derby at 23-1 and the 158th Belmont Stakes, skipping the Preakness.
Goshen (village), New York
Goshen is a village and the county seat of Orange County, New York, incorporated in 1809 and known as the Cradle of the Trotter for its harness racing heritage.
Graded stakes race
Graded stakes race: top-tier US Thoroughbred races assigned Grade 1, 2, or 3 by TOBA's American Graded Stakes Committee since 1973; 410 graded races in 2026, earning black type in sales catalogs.
Grand National
Grand National, also Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, is a handicap steeplechase run since 1839 at Aintree, Liverpool, over 4m2½f and 30 fences; won 2024 and 2026 by I Am Maximus.