In the case of stakes races, the answer is New York. The Travers Stakes, held every year in Saratoga Springs, NY, is the oldest stakes race in the country. It has been run annually since 1864. What amazes me most about this fact is that the Civil War was still raging when those horses were being trained and the race was being planned.
The oldest horse in the world that is on record is 51 years old.
The Doncaster Cup held at Doncaster Racecourse in the United Kingdom.
The Kentucky Derby is America's longest continuously running sporting event, held every year since 1875.
Michigan claims that title with it first fair being held in 1849.The oldest state fair belongs to New York, which held the very first fair in Syracuse in 1841. It is known as the Great New York State Fair and regularly has attendance of over 1 million visitors.
The state of Kentucky, where the Kentucky Derby is held
The oldest state fair belongs to New York, which held the very first fair in Syracuse in 1841. It is known as the Great New York State Fair and regularly has attendance of over 1 million visitors.
The Chester Racecourse is one of the oldest homes to horse racing, being founded all the way back to dates in the earliest years of the sixteenth century.
Some events are steeplechases, automobile races and band concerts. The State Fair was held on the grounds, featuring two locomotives. Horse racing aswell.
The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.It is held each year on the first Saturday in May. Along with the later Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, it is part of thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown.
It is held in Tokyo, Japan.
Chariot and horse racing were held in the Hippodrome.
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