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31-561: The inaugural running of the event was the Churchill Downs Handicap took place on the closing day of the Churchill Downs Spring meeting, June 6, 1911, as a three-year-old and over race over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles with five starters and was won by Carlton G. in track record time of 1:51 4 ⁄ 5 under jockey George Taplin for owner and trainer Lon Johnson. The following year longshot Any Port equalled

62-460: A dead heat victory with Kings Blue in 1939. In 1947 the event was held on opening day of the spring meeting at a shortened distance of seven furlongs. In 1949 the event only attracted four starters of which two were a Calumet Farm entry of Free America and the 1947 American Horse of the Year Armed thus enabling Churchill Downs to hold the event as a non betting Exhibition Race. The 1951 before

93-435: A relay race members of a team take turns in racing parts of a circuit or performing a certain racing form. Orienteering races add an additional task of using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain. A race can also involve any other type of goal like eating . A common speed eating challenge is a hot dog eating race, where contestants try to eat more hot dogs than

124-444: A trainer : Most wins by an owner: Notes: § Ran as an entry ƒ Filly or Mare † In the 2002 running of the event Snow Ridge was first past the post but was disqualified due the rider Mike E. Smith accidentally striking D'wildcat's face with his whip as the runners approached the finishing post. D'wildcat was declared the winner. Dead heat A dead heat is a rare situation in various racing sports in which

155-464: A crowd of 18,000 on opening day of the spring meeting the winner of the event was the Detroit based sprinter Johns Joy who broke the seven furlongs time record in 1:22 4 ⁄ 5 which was held by Distinction and stood since 1921. The distance of the event was decreased to six furlongs for four running held from 1952 to 1955. Soon after return to the now distance of seven furlongs, in 1958 Shac Pan set

186-424: A major part of points classifications in road events, where cycling sprinters specialise in reaching an intermediate point first, thus gaining extra points and resulting prizes. Sprint finish tactics are also used in speedskating , cross-country skiing , long-distance swimming , horse racing and other animal racing sports. The finishes of races which are outright sprinting events in themselves, such as

217-463: A new track record of 1:22 flat winning by a head over Ezgo. The event was held in split divisions twice - 1982 and 1985. In 1983, the conditions of the event were modified from handicap to stakes allowance for four-year-olds and older which reflect in the name of the event. Since 1986, the event has been scheduled on the same day as the Kentucky Derby . In 1988, the event reverted to a handicap and

248-484: Is that the length of lanes can vary by up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in), with lower-precision timing compensating for the possible differences between the distances competitors have travelled. Occasionally racers will try to deliberately engineer a dead heat. During the mid-1940s, twin distance runners H. Ross Hume and Robert H. Hume became known as the "dead heat twins" for their practice of finishing their races hand-in-hand in intentional efforts to share victory. At

279-524: Is usually run over the same course at different times. A stage is a shorter section of a much longer course or a time trial . Early records of races are evident on pottery from ancient Greece , which depicted running men vying for first place. A chariot race is described in Homer 's Iliad . The word race comes from a Norse word. This Norse word arrived in France during the invading of Normandy and gave

310-574: The 2002 United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Ferrari teammates Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher attempted to tie for first place, however Barrichello was adjudicated to have won by 0.011 seconds. In Formula One qualifying, dead heats have occurred only twice since times were recorded to the thousands of a seconds. At the 1997 European Grand Prix in Jerez, when Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve , and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all posted

341-650: The Dakar Rally or the Athens Marathon . Running a distance is the most basic form of racing, but races may also be done by climbing , swimming , walking , or other types of human locomotion . Races may be conducted with animals such as camels , dogs , horses , pigeons , pigs , snails , or turtles . They also may be done in vehicles such as aircraft , bicycles , boats , cars , or motorcycles ; or with another means of transport such as skates , skateboards , skis , sleds , snowboards , or wheelchair . In

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372-530: The 20th century, notably decreased the number of dead heats. Both of the two recorded quadruple dead heats in horse racing occurred in England in the 1850s. Swimming has a relatively high number of dead heats because, under FINA rules (which includes Olympic events ), positions are based on race timings which are limited in precision to hundredths of a second; this is despite the availability of technology that could provide further precision. The reason for this

403-401: The end of a race is also known as their finishing kick . Multisport races , such as the triathlon , often have running as the final section and sprint finish tactics are applied as they are in running-only events. In cycling, sprint finishes are an integral part of the sport and are used in both track cycling and road cycling . Cycling sprints are often highly tactical, particularly on

434-408: The final stages of a race. This tactic is mostly associated with long-distance forms of running and cycling , which often feature large groups of competitors racing at a slower pace for much of the race – this slower aerobic racing allows for the subsequent anaerobic activity required for sprinting. The tactic relies upon keeping greater energy reserves than your opponent until the last part of

465-413: The naked eye. Improvements in technology, including digital super-slow motion replay and pressure-sensitive digital timers, have increased precision in resolving dead heats. Consequently, dead heats are declared less often than they once were. The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the term to horse racing . Meets formerly had the same horses run several "heats" in a day, with victors being decided by

496-536: The name of the event was modified to the Churchill Downs Stakes . The American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the race to its current Grade I status in 2019. Mitole , the 2019 winner would also win the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap , Forego Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint and was crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter . Speed record: Margins: Most wins: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by

527-432: The number of tied competitors. Racing In sports , racing is a competition of speed , in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time . Typically this involves traversing some distance , but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goal. A race may be run continuously to finish or may be made up of several segments called heats, stages or legs. A heat

558-534: The other racers. Racing board games and racing video games are also competitions of speed. Racing can also be done in more humoristic and entertaining ways such as the Sausage Race , the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix and wok racing . Racing can be entertained from around the world. A sprint finish is a racing tactic used in many forms of racing where a competitor accelerates towards top speed in

589-432: The performances of competitors are judged to be so close that no difference between them can be resolved. The result is declared a tie and the competitors are awarded a joint ranking. Dead heats can occur in both head-to-head races and competitions where competitors race sequentially and are ranked by finishing time. Photo finishes have been a long-standing method of resolving outcomes too ambiguous to be distinguished by

620-479: The place). In Grand Prix motorcycle racing , joint rankings are resolved by using fastest lap times as a tiebreaker. This rule resulted in Héctor Faubel winning the 125cc classification of the 2011 German motorcycle Grand Prix after a photo finish could not separate him and Johann Zarco . Special provision is made for dead heats in the rules of sports betting : punters' stakes are divided proportionally by

651-430: The race in order to be able to reach the finish point first. It is the opposing tactic to keeping a steady optimal pace throughout a race to maximise your energy efficiency (see running economy ). In track and field , distances from 1500 metres upwards often feature sprint finishes. They can also be found in cross country and road running events, even up to the marathon distance. A runner's ability to sprint at

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682-414: The record 1:51 3 ⁄ 5 winning by 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths. The event was held once more at the 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles distance in 1913 before the track would have the race mothballed until 1938. In 1938, the event was reinstated at a distance of seven furlongs but was extended to one mile for the 1940 running. Louise Hickman's Arab's Arrow would win the event three years straight including

713-481: The same qualifying time. The positions were then determined based on who posted the time first, which resulted in Villeneuve acquiring pole position. 27 years later, the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix saw George Russell and Max Verstappen both posting the same time, but Russell, having set the time first, received the pole position. If a dead heat is declared, all tied competitors are considered to have jointly achieved

744-542: The sprint race, scoring 0.5 points each. Complications can occur if the reward cannot be divided or duplicated: at the Women's 100 meters at the 2012 United States Olympic Track Trials , Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix finished in a dead heat for the third and final place in the US Olympic team , with there being no provision in the rules to resolve the situation (a head-to-head run-off was proposed, but Tarmoh eventually conceded

775-484: The superior position (unless a tie-breaking method is used to separate them). This does not affect awards for subsequent finishers. For example, in the final of the Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics , Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel finished in a dead heat for first place. Both were awarded gold medals, no silver medal was awarded, and the next finisher, Sarah Sjöström , received bronze. Prizes for

806-468: The tied competitors may be divided. The rules of FIA -organised championships, for example, specify that a dead heat in a championship would result in all the World Championship points for the tied positions being added together and divided equally between the tied competitors. For example, at the 2024 Monza Formula 2 round where Dennis Hauger and Gabriel Bortoleto both finished in 8th place in

837-472: The total number of wins. A heat which had no clear single winner was discounted from these tallies and was therefore "dead". Dead heats are very rare, and situations with three (or more) competitors in a dead heat are exceptionally so. The frequency of dead heats varies between sports, depending on the typical variance in performances and the precision of the technology available. The use of the photo finish , first introduced in horse racing in second quarter of

868-415: The track, with cyclists occasionally coming to a near halt at points before reaching a high speed finish. The longer track races such as scratch races often feature sprint finishes, as maintaining a steady pace within the peloton allows opponents to conserve energy through drafting . Road races are similar in this respect, in both short criterium races and long-distance races. Sprint tactics also form

899-525: The word raz which means "swift water" in Brittany , as in a mill race ; it can be found in " Pointe du Raz " (the most western point of France, in Brittany), and " raz-de-marée " ( tsunami ). The word race to mean a "contest of speed" was first recorded in the 1510s. A race and its name are often associated with the place of origin, the means of transport and the distance of the race. As a couple of examples, see

930-536: Was held with such conditions until 2006. In 1992, the event was classified as Grade III . The winner that year, 4/5 odds-on Pleasant Tap would also win the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Suburban Handicap and was awarded the U.S. Champion Older Male Horse . The event was upgraded to Grade II in 1998. That year the winner 7/5 favorite Distorted Humor set a new track of 1:21.18 winning by 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 lengths over Gold Land. The track record

961-449: Was once again broken in this event in 2001 when Alannan won in a time of 1:20.50. That day on Kentucky Derby Day, three track records were broken. The 2004 winner six-year-old Speightstown continued his brilliant year capturing the Breeders' Cup Sprint and being crowned the U.S. Champion Sprinter . In 2007, the conditions of the event were changed from handicap to stakes allowance and

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