English Classics, in horse racing, five of the oldest and most important English horse races. They are the Derby, the Oaks, the
The five Classics form the bedrock of the British Flat racing season and are the benchmark on which careers and legends are based. The Derby (pictured), the Oaks, the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger identify the best thoroughbred three-year-old colts and fillies of their generation.
The Classics are the crown jewels of British Flat racing; five races that are considered the ultimate test of a generation of horses. They are restricted to three year old colts and fillies and run over 3 different distances.
the Indianapolis 500 (first held in 1911) the 24 Hours of Le Mans (first held in 1923) the Monaco Grand Prix (first held in 1929)
There are three main types of racing in Australia: Thoroughbred Racing, Harness Racing and Greyhound Racing.
Negroid (Black) race. Australoid (Australian Aborigine and Papuan) race. Capoid (Bushmen/Hottentots) race. Mongoloid (Oriental/Amerindian) race.
What is the Triple Crown? The Kentucky Derby (first run in 1875), the Preakness Stakes (1873) and the Belmont Stakes (1867) make up the Triple Crown series for 3-year-old thoroughbreds.
Leger Stakes remains the world's oldest classic horse race, and features in the horse racing calendar as the fifth and final Classic of the British Flat racing season. It is run every September.
Most Classic wins
Piggott won 30 British Classics between 1954 (Never Say Die's Derby) and 1992 (Rodrigo De Triano's 2,000 Guineas).
The five races are: The 2,000 Guineas (colts and fillies), The 1,000 Guineas (fillies) – both run at Newmarket in May; The Oaks (fillies), The Derby (colts and fillies) – both run at Epsom Downs in June; and The St Leger (colts and fillies) run at Doncaster in September. WHY ARE THE CLASSICS SO FAMOUS?
Kiplingcotes Derby (also spelt Kipling Cotes), run at Kiplingcotes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, is widely accepted to be the oldest annual horse race in the English sporting calendar. It reputedly began in 1519 and takes place on the third Thursday in March, often in exceptionally adverse weather conditions.
Melbourne Cup, annual horse race, first held in 1861, that is the most important Australian Thoroughbred race of the year and one of the most prestigious races in the world. The Melbourne Cup takes place at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on the first Tuesday of November, which is a public holiday in the city.
The biggest Group 1 races in Australia are the Melbourne Cup, WS Cox Plate, Victoria Derby, Crown Oaks and the Australian Cup. Majority of the major races in Australia are held at either Randwick Racecourse in Sydney or Flemington in Melbourne.
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On average, a person living in the U.S. can expect to live to 76.1 years. Asian people have the longest average life expectancy (83.5 years) and American Indian/Alaska Natives the shortest (65.2 years).
Liberia is the most racially diverse country with a racial diversity of 88.9%, followed by Uganda with 88.3%, and Togo with 88%. The remaining most diverse countries in the top ten are Nepal, South Africa, Chad, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and Guinea-Bissau. These countries are predominantly located in Africa.
The Melbourne Cup is one of the biggest horse races in the world. Every November, horse racing fans gather at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne to witness "the race that stops a nation". The race is a 3200-metre handicap and it draws some of the most talented horses, jockeys and trainers from around the world.
120,000 Racegoers. A total of 120,000 racegoers squeeze into Flemington Racecourse on Melbourne Cup Day. It isn't the biggest crowd - the Kentucky Derby tops it by some way, as do other races in Japan and Hong Kong - but the attendance dwarves most race days.
The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race of June 1895 has sometimes been described as the "first motor race", despite the 1894 event being decided by speed and finishing order of the eligible racers. The first to arrive was Émile Levassor in his Panhard-Levassor 1205cc model.
Australoid race was a word for the aboriginal people of Australia, Melanesia, and parts of Southeast Asia. In former times, many people divided human beings into four races. These races were called Australoid, Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid.
(A) The old concept of the “five races:” African, Asian, European, Native American, and Oceanian. According to this view, variation between the races is large, and thus, the each race is a separate category. Additionally, individual races are thought to have a relatively uniform genetic identity.
The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black, and Australoid.