Perhaps, the greatest racehorse of them all, Frankel, did most of his racing over a mile. He retired to stud having won all of his 14 races including two victories on QIPCO British Champions Day.
The top milers are the equivalent of the likes of Bahamian stars Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller‐Uibo, as well as UK record holder Iwan Thomas.
1 mile 4 furlongs | 1500m
These are the middle distance races. Some of horse racing’s most famous races are run over this distance, including the Derby. Shergar, Galileo, Sea The Stars and Golden Horn are some of the great winners of the Derby, run at Epsom on the first Saturday in June.
This season Adayar joined the roll of honour before following up in another of the summer’s top mile‐and‐a‐half races, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
Enable won the Oaks, the equivalent of the Derby for fillies and run a day earlier, before dominating the middle‐distance races. She won a record three King Georges, as well as France’s top prize, the Arc de Triomphe, before retiring at the end of last season.