Horse Racing
Steeplechases
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – The Fellow
- Grand National – Miinnehoma
Flat races
- Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Jeune
- Canada – Queen's Plate won by Basqueian
- France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Carnegie
- Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Balanchine
- Japan
- Narita Brian won the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2,000 Guineas), Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby), and Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) to become the first horse since 1984 to win the Japanese Triple Crown.
- Japan Cup won by Marvelous Crown
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mister Baileys
- Epsom Derby – Erhaab
- St. Leger Stakes – Moonax
- United States Triple Crown Races:
- Kentucky Derby – Go for Gin
- Preakness Stakes – Tabasco Cat
- Belmont Stakes – Tabasco Cat
- Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
- Breeders' Cup Classic – Concern
- Breeders' Cup Distaff – One Dreamer
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Timber Country
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Flanders
- Breeders' Cup Mile – Barathea
- Breeders' Cup Sprint – Cherokee Run
- Breeders' Cup Turf – Tikkanen
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