2011 in Sports - Horse Racing

Horse Racing

Steeplechases
  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Long Run
  • Grand National – Ballabriggs
  • Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris – Mid Dancer
  • Nakayama Grand Jump – Meiner Neos
Flat races
  • Australia:
    • Cox Plate – Pinker Pinker
    • Melbourne Cup – Dunaden
  • Canadian Triple Crown:
    1. Queen's Plate – Inglorious
    2. Prince of Wales Stakes – Pender Harbour
    3. Breeders' Stakes –Pender Harbour
  • Luis Contreras becomes the first jockey to win the Canadian Triple Crown aboard two different horses in the same year.
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai World Cup – Victoire Pisa
  • France: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Danedream
  • Hong Kong: Hong Kong International Races
    • Hong Kong Vase – Dunaden
    • Hong Kong Sprint – Lucky Nine
    • Hong Kong Mile – Able One
    • Hong Kong Cup – California Memory
  • Ireland: Irish Derby – Treasure Beach
  • Japan: Japan Cup – Buena Vista
  • English Triple Crown:
    1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Frankel
    2. Epsom Derby – Pour Moi
    3. St. Leger Stakes – Masked Marvel
  • United States Triple Crown:
    1. Kentucky Derby – Animal Kingdom
    2. Preakness Stakes – Shackleford
    3. Belmont Stakes – Ruler on Ice
  • Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky (both days arranged in race card order):
    • Day 1:
      1. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint – Secret Circle
      2. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – Stephanie's Kitten
      3. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint – Musical Romance
      4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – My Miss Aurelia
      5. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Perfect Shirl
      6. Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic – Royal Delta
    • Day 2:
      1. Breeders' Cup Marathon – Afleet Again
      2. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf – Wrote
      3. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Amazombie
      4. Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint – Regally Ready
      5. Breeders' Cup Turf – St Nicholas Abbey
      6. Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile – Caleb's Posse
      7. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Hansen
      8. Breeders' Cup Mile – Court Vision
      9. Breeders' Cup Classic – Drosselmeyer

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