Races

The Breeders' Cup Classic is the most prestigious Grade 1 race on the American Thoroughbred calendar, run each autumn over 1¼ miles (2,000 m) on dirt. It closes the Breeders' Cup World Championships and, alongside the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, forms the Grand Slam of North American racing. Inaugurated in 1984, it carries a purse of seven million US dollars.

The Dubai Turf is the Group 1 mile turf race of Dubai World Cup Night, run every March at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai over 1,800 metres. Inaugurated in 1996 as the Dubai Duty Free, it is one of the richest turf races in the world, with a purse of six million US dollars.

The Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini is the most important Group 1 race on the Argentine racing calendar and the longest-running classic of South American turf. First run in 1887 and held since 1980 every December at Hipódromo de San Isidro over 2,400 metres on turf, it gathers the best three-year-olds and older horses from across South America and is sometimes called the "South American Arc de Triomphe".

Second leg of the Argentine Quadruple Crown, run each October at Hipódromo de San Isidro on turf. One of the most prestigious international races on the South American calendar.

Classic closer of the three-year-old season at Palermo. Run each November on dirt over a long classic distance. Third leg of the Argentine Quadruple Crown.

The opening race of the three-year-old season in Argentine racing. Run each September at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo on dirt over 1,600 metres. First of the four Group 1s that make up the Quadruple Crown.