Breeders' Cup Classic
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The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the Un
The first turn in the 2007 Classic
The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning four major Thoroughbred horse races in one season in the United States. The term has been applied to two configurations of races,
American Pharoah has been the only winner of a Breeder's Cup Classic Grand Slam
Whirlaway won the Travers Stakes Grand Slam in 1941, and is the only horse to accomplish the feat.
Man O'War won the Preakness, Belmont, and Travers but did not race in the 1920 Kentucky Derby.
American Pharoah won the Breeders' Cup Classic Grand Slam in 2015 and was the first and currently only horse to accomplish the feat.