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Conditions Races




  • Pattern Races

  • ---Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance)

  • ---Group 2 - (less important international races)

  • ---Group 3 - (primarily domestic races)

  • and

  • Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are still more important than handicaps.


In North America , the best horses race in graded Stakes Race s instead of conditions races. The division is similar to that for pattern races in the rest of the world:
  • Grade I

  • Grade II

  • Grade III

  • Unlike in some other countries, handicap races can be included in the North American grading system; several North American handicaps are Grade I, with more handicaps in the lower grades.


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