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Mejiro Dober (メジロドーベル)
Mejiro Dober (メジロドーベル), Japanese racehorse mare foaled 1994 by Mejiro Ryan; won five G1s including the Japanese Oaks, Shuka Sho, and two Queen Elizabeth II Cups, 10 of 21 starts, ¥733,422,000.
Mejiro Palmer (メジロパーマー)
Mejiro Palmer (メジロパーマー), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse (1987–2012) bred by Mejiro Farm; won the 1992 Takarazuka Kinen and Arima Kinen G1s, JRA Best Older Horse 1992, 9 wins from 38 starts.
Mejiro Ramonu (メジロラモーヌ)
Mejiro Ramonu (メジロラモーヌ), 1983–2005, Japanese Thoroughbred mare by Mogami out of Mejiro Hiryu; first filly to win Japan's Fillies' Triple Crown (Triple Tiara) in 1986, 9 wins from 12 starts, trained by Shinji Okuhira.
Mejiro Ryan
Mejiro Ryan (メジロライアン, foaled 1987) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1991 Takarazuka Kinen and later sired the G1 winners Mejiro Dober and Mejiro Bright.
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.
Meydan Racecourse
Meydan Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, opened in 2010 as the new home of the Dubai World Cup, replacing the older Nad Al Sheba course.
Michelle Payne
Michelle Payne (born 1985, Ballarat) is an Australian jockey and trainer, first woman to win the Melbourne Cup, on 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance, 3 November 2015; 700+ wins, OAM 2021, later a trainer.
Mihono Bourbon
Mihono Bourbon (ミホノブルボン), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse foaled 1989, the "Cyborg"; won 7 of 8 starts including the 1992 Satsuki Sho and Japanese Derby, beaten only by Rice Shower in the Kikuka Sho.
Mike E. Smith
Mike E. Smith (Michael Earl Smith, born 1965, Roswell, New Mexico) is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred jockey active since 1982, holder of a record 27 Breeders' Cup wins, seven Triple Crown race wins, and the 2018 Triple Crown aboard Justify.
Mr Brightside (horse)
Mr Brightside (NZ), foaled 2017, is an Australian Group 1-winning miler by Bullbars trained by the Hayes brothers at Lindsay Park; ten Group 1 wins including three straight Makybe Diva Stakes and two Doncaster Miles, over A$19 million earned.
Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector (1970-1999), American Thoroughbred by Raise a Native out of Gold Digger; record-setting sprinter who became a leading sire at Claiborne Farm and founder of a dominant modern sire line.
Museum Mile (ミュージアムマイル) (horse)
Museum Mile (ミュージアムマイル), Japanese racehorse foaled 2022 by Leontes, won the 2025 Satsuki Sho in record 1:57.0 and the 2025 Arima Kinen; 11 starts, 5 wins, Sunday Racing, trainer Takayanagi.
Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランジャンプ)
Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ), a J-G1 steeplechase each April at Nakayama Racecourse over 4,260 m turf; founded 1999 from the 1934 Nakayama Daishogai; Oju Chosan won six times, Ecoro Duel the 2025-2026 champion.
Narita Taishin (ナリタタイシン)
Narita Taishin (ナリタタイシン), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse (1990-2020), 1993 Satsuki Sho winner from the BNW classic generation with Biwa Hayahide and Winning Ticket; 15 starts, 4 wins, later unsuccessful stallion, died aged nearly 30.
Narita Top Road (ナリタトップロード)
Narita Top Road (ナリタトップロード), Japanese racehorse foaled 1996 by Soccer Boy out of Floral Magic; won the 1999 Kikuka Sho (G1), 8 wins from 30 starts, rival of T.M. Opera O, later a stallion.
National honours for services to horse racing
National honors for services to horse racing are state awards, including knighthoods and OBEs, conferred on jockeys, trainers, owner-breeders, and administrators in the UK and New Zealand.
National Hunt flat race
National Hunt flat race (bumper): a British/Irish Jump-rules race with no obstacles for unraced, late-maturing jump-bred horses aged seven or younger; limited to three runs, a bridge to hurdling or chasing.
National Hunt racing
National Hunt racing, or jumps racing, is British and Irish Thoroughbred racing over hurdles and steeplechase fences, plus flat bumpers; originated in Ireland (1752 Buttevant-Doneraile), culminating in the Cheltenham Festival and Grand National.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, NY museum founded 1950 honoring thoroughbred racing; its Official Hall of Fame held 505 members (233 horses, 112 jockeys, 105 trainers, 55 Pillars of the Turf) as of summer 2026.
National Velvet (film)
National Velvet (1944) is an MGM Technicolor family drama directed by Clarence Brown, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney, adapted from Enid Bagnold's novel; Velvet Brown rides The Pie in the Grand National and is disqualified after winning.
Native Dancer
Native Dancer (1950-1967), the "Gray Ghost," was an American Thoroughbred who won 21 of 22 starts, lost only the 1953 Kentucky Derby, won the Preakness and Belmont, and founded a dominant sire line through Raise a Native and Mr. Prospector.
New York Racing Association
New York Racing Association (NYRA), founded 1955, nonprofit franchisee running thoroughbred racing at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga through 2033; oversaw $455 million Belmont rebuild and Aqueduct's 2026 closure.
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.
New Zealand Free For All
New Zealand Free For All: Group One harness pacing race at Addington Raceway, Christchurch, run Cup week since 1914, level mark, mobile start, 1980m, $200,000; separate Trotting FFA since 1946.
New Zealand Trotting Cup
The New Zealand Trotting Cup is a Group 1 harness race for pacers over 3200 m at Addington Raceway, Christchurch, run since 1904 on the second Tuesday of November during Cup Week, with a $1,000,000 stake in 2025.
Newmarket Racecourse
Newmarket Racecourse, in Newmarket, Suffolk, is the headquarters of British Flat racing, with two courses, the Rowley Mile and the July Course, home of the 2000 and 1000 Guineas, nine Group 1 races, and the Charles II-era Town Plate.
Nishino Flower (ニシノフラワー)
Nishino Flower (ニシノフラワー), Japanese Thoroughbred racemare foaled 1989 by Majestic Light; won 1991 Hanshin Sansai Himba S, 1992 Oka Sho and Sprinters Stakes; JRA Best Sprinter 1992.
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer (1961–1990), Canadian-bred Thoroughbred by Nearctic out of Natalma; first Canadian-bred Kentucky Derby winner (1964, two-minute flat), also won Preakness and Queen's Plate; dominant sire of Nijinsky II, Sadler's Wells, and Danehill's line.
Nyquist (horse)
Nyquist (foaled 2013) is an American Thoroughbred by Uncle Mo who won the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the 2016 Kentucky Derby undefeated, was Eclipse champion 2-year-old male, and is a leading Darley stallion.
Palio di Siena
Palio di Siena (Il Palio), bareback horse race run twice yearly, 2 July and 16 August, in Siena's Piazza del Campo by 10 of 17 contrade over three laps; 2026 winners Aquila and Nicchio, both ridden by Tittia.