I forgot there were two lists in this topic - of shorter and longer famous races on dirt.
But the third leg of American Triple Crown is coming this Saturday, both in real life and in Final Furlong.
In the game, we had fields of 10 horses both in Kentucky Derby and in Preakness Stakes; and there was just one filly in each of them. In the Kentucky Derby, it was Rose of Obsidian (Black Storm West) who finished 3rd, and in the Preakness Stakes it was GCh. Ancient Ghost (Pruchna) - she won, remaining unbeaten this year. She is now entered in Belmont Stakes, and she’s not going to be the only filly this time; Rose of Obsidian is there too, as well as my filly GCh. Wiry Feeling whom I entered on a whim, just now.
Lord Percy (Gant’s Farm), the Kentucky Derby winner, finished 8th in the Preakness and he is entered in Belmont Stakes.
In real life, the Kentucky Derby winner was Country House , after Maximum Security got disqualified. The Preakness Stakes winner was War of Will , who finished 7th in the Kentucky Derby. War of Will is now favourite for the Belmont Stakes. The second favourite is Tacitus:
Tacitus is a son of Tapit, who has sired three Belmont Stakes winners (Tapwrit, Creator, Tonalist) and he is 3x4 inbred to Unbridled, sire to another Belmont Stakes winner (Empire Maker). Unbridled won the 1990 Kentucky Derby, finished 2nd in Preakness Stakes, and 4th in Belmont Stakes.
Unbridled was also the grandsire of the filly Eight Belles, who finished 2nd in the Kentucky Derby but was euthanized on the track, after she broke both front pasterns.