The Most Popular Horse Racing Tracks

If you are admirer of horse racing you can get some information about the most popular race tracks in the world. For some reasons you have not tasted the most of them, so try to read why they are so well-known.

1).The Kentucky Derby is USA event with a long history. First time it comes out in 1831 in Churchill Downs. Maybe is small place, but Downs is in the hearts of many people across the world. The Kentucky Derby is king of all the races.

2).The Royal Ascot is special happening in the British public schedule. Queen Anne is the person that is responsible for its opening. It was back in 1711.Since then this happening is planned each year together with different members of the British Royal Family. Through the four days of this happening all the viewers have to wear suitable clothes (there is a code dress for this race).

3).The Preakness. This event is organized each year in Maryland, USA. It’s the following event after Kentucky Derby. Usually he works like a magnet for the winners of Kentucky Derby. It’s because the Preakness is a longer path compared to Kentucky.

4).The Grand National. An event that is well-known across the world. It takes part in England. This event attracts people who don’t usually chase the horseracing in different times and places of the year. With thirty barriers to skip over before finishing the race of 2-mile course, the viewers are mesmerized of the athleticism of the remarkable horses. They jump and move so easily just like they move in the horse games.

5).The Belmont Stakes is horse contest held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. This contest is the last of the Triple Crown series. For over 140 years the square is chock-full of people who wish to look on this contest. The cost for access on this contest is much lower then in the other contests; making the Derby a place where anyone can take part.

6). The Breeders’ Cup is two days happening, who changes the locality each year in the northeaster in the United States. This happening consist 14 races which makes attractive for “taking a part” of horses from the entire world, especially Europe.

7). The Prix de I’ Arc de Triomphe is a horse competition in France and the most remarkable race in Europe. Winner of the race will take $10.500.000, which list this event in one of the richest. The best slogan that describes this race is “Not so much a race as a monument”. It’s named after a famed monument in Paris which was a picture of a victory parade.

8).The Dubai World Cup enters on this list like a newer occasion. This occasion for the first time is organized in 1996 like an event that include more trend than horseracing. The race takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

9).The Melbourne Cup is the central horse race in Australia. Since 1861, everybody identifies this event as” The race that stops a nation”. This event is known as the richest and the most impressive 2-mile handicap in the world.

10).The Cheltenham Festival is the most famous event in the United Kingdom. On that event the best British and Irish trained horses are competing.

Each track is based on a particular beauty. Some on a historical value and the other it’s based on a natural wealth.

By: Marina Janakievska

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