Major Horse Races
Find a list of prominent horse races across the globe below. Click on each race name to learn more.
Stay up to date on when the biggest horse races of the season are coming up. Click on the links for any of the major races below to get in-depth details about the history of various races, the winningest trainers and thoroughbreds for individual events, and much, much more!
| Race Name | Month | Track | Purse |
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January | $3,000,000 | ||
January | $1,000,000 | ||
Las Virgenes | February | $200,000 | |
Frank E. Kilroe Mile | March | $400,000 | |
March | $600,000 | ||
Beholder Mile Stakes | March | $400,000 | |
March | Meydan (Dubai) | $12,000,000 | |
March | $750,000 | ||
April | $750,000 | ||
Central Bank Ashland | April | $500,000 | |
Maker's 46 Mile | April | $400,000 | |
Jenny Wiley | April | $350,000 | |
Apple Blossom Handicap | April | $600,000 | |
April | $1,000,000 | ||
Santa Margarita Stakes | April | $200,000 | |
May | $1,000,000 | ||
May | $1,250,000 | ||
Humana Distaff Stakes | May | $500,000 | |
Turf Classic Stakes | May | $500,000 | |
Man o' War Stakes | May | $700,000 | |
Gamely Stakes | May | $300,000 | |
Shoemaker Mile | May | $300,000 | |
June | $400,000 | ||
Santa Anita Oaks | June | $200,000 | |
June | $300,000 | ||
Carter Handicap | June | $250,000 | |
Triple Bend | June | $200,000 | |
June | $300,000 | ||
June | $300,000 | ||
June | $1,000,000 | ||
June | $300,000 | ||
Stephen Foster Handicap | June | $500,000 | |
Mother Goose | June | $250,000 | |
July | $400,000 | ||
July | $500,000 | ||
July | $600,000 | ||
July | $1,000,000 | ||
July | $750,000 | ||
Madison | July | $250,000 | |
July | $300,000 | ||
Delaware Handicap | July | $400,000 | |
Eddie Read Stakes | July | $200,000 | |
Coaching Club American Oaks | July | $350,000 | |
July | $1,000,000 | ||
July | $300,000 | ||
Alfred G. Vanderbilt | July | $250,000 | |
August | $250,000 | ||
Diana Stakes | August | $500,000 | |
Test Stakes | August | $300,000 | |
August | $750,000 | ||
Secretariat | August | $500,000 | |
August | $600,000 | ||
August | $1,000,000 | ||
Del Mar Oaks | August | $250,000 | |
Alabama Stakes | August | $500,000 | |
August | $500,000 | ||
August | $500,000 | ||
Allen Jerkens | August | $300,000 | |
August | $300,000 | ||
August | $1,000,000 | ||
August | $1,000,000 | ||
August | $300,000 | ||
Woodward | September | $500,000 | |
September | $3,000,000 | ||
September | $350,000 | ||
Del Mar Debutante | September | $250,000 | |
Hopeful | September | $250,000 | |
Del Mar Futurity | September | $250,000 | |
September | $1,000,000 | ||
Cotillion | September | $1,000,000 | |
September | $300,000 | ||
September | $750,000 | ||
September | $300,000 | ||
September | $300,000 | ||
September | $300,000 | ||
September | $300,000 | ||
September | $300,000 | ||
October | $1,500,000 | ||
Beldame | October | $400,000 | |
October | $500,000 | ||
October | $500,000 | ||
Northern Dancer Turf | October | $300,000 | |
October | $400,000 | ||
October | $400,000 | ||
October | $500,000 | ||
October | $400,000 | ||
October | $500,000 | ||
October | $1,000,000 | ||
October | $300,000 | ||
October | $500,000 | ||
Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup | October | $500,000 | |
Pattison Canadian International Stakes | October | $1,000,000 | |
E. P. Taylor | October | $600,000 | |
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | 1,000,000 | ||
November | $1,000,000 | ||
November | $1,000,000 | ||
November | $7,000,000 | ||
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | $6,000,000 | ||
November | $1,000,000 | ||
November | $1,000,000 | ||
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | $2,000,000 | ||
November | $1,000,000 | ||
November | $500,000 | ||
November | $750,000 | ||
November | $300,000 | ||
November | $300,000 | ||
December | $350,000 | ||
December | $200,000 | ||
December | $300,000 | ||
December | $300,000 | ||
December | $300,000 |