2006-12-12 06:34:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
It would have to be the St Ledger, the horse race for 3 year old colts and fillies and run at Doncaster every September. The race was first run in 1776.
It is not the oldest horse race though, that is the Newmarket Town Plate, the first race in the world to be ruin under written rules. It is run every October in Newmarket (though was run in August in 2006) and was first run in about 1665.
2006-12-14 22:56:11 · answer #1 · answered by PNewmarket 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stanley Cup, notably the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, was donated in 1892 by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley
2006-12-12 06:38:30 · answer #2 · answered by sunnybums 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
america's cup is the oldest international sporting event and was first sailed in 1851
2006-12-12 06:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by Very Dangerous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ashes, which is a small urn containing the ashes of the bails used in the cricket match in 1878 when Austrailia first beat England.
Not just the oldest but the most enthralling and politically volatile competition on earth.
2006-12-12 06:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by John H 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would have to say The FA cup. played by real footballers or soccer as it is known on the wrong side of the Atlantic
2006-12-12 06:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The St Leger?
2006-12-12 07:19:04 · answer #6 · answered by David R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the america's cup. first won in 1851 and competed for ever since
2006-12-12 06:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hospital cup.
2006-12-12 06:44:24 · answer #8 · answered by T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scottish cup 1873 ??
2006-12-12 06:54:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the gay cup, started in 1837
2006-12-12 06:47:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋