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:
- Queen's Plate – Inglorious
- Prince of Wales Stakes – Pender Harbour
- Breeders' Stakes –Pender Harbour
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- Luis Contreras becomes the first jockey to win the Canadian Triple Crown aboard two different horses in the same year.
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- 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:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Frankel
- Epsom Derby – Pour Moi
- St. Leger Stakes – Masked Marvel
- United States Triple Crown:
- Kentucky Derby – Animal Kingdom
- Preakness Stakes – Shackleford
- Belmont Stakes – Ruler on Ice
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky (both days arranged in race card order):
- Day 1:
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint – Secret Circle
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – Stephanie's Kitten
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint – Musical Romance
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – My Miss Aurelia
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Perfect Shirl
- Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic – Royal Delta
- Day 2:
- Breeders' Cup Marathon – Afleet Again
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf – Wrote
- Breeders' Cup Sprint – Amazombie
- Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint – Regally Ready
- Breeders' Cup Turf – St Nicholas Abbey
- Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile – Caleb's Posse
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Hansen
- Breeders' Cup Mile – Court Vision
- Breeders' Cup Classic – Drosselmeyer
- Day 1:
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