The Dante Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three years old horses run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 88 yards (2,092 m) at York Racecourse during May. (worth £145,000 in 2004). The Race is named after the 1945 Derby winner, and has become the premier Derby trial, with winners often becoming Ante-Post favourite for the derby, and some going on to win the race including the 2005 winner, Motivator. Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: 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... Flat racing is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom to denote a form of horse-racing which is run over a predetermined distance and in which the horses are not required to jump over obstacles such as hurdles or fences as in National Hunt racing. ... Horse racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... The 5 furlong (1006 m) post on Epsom Downs A furlong is a measure of distance within Imperial units and U.S. customary units. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... A view of the Ebor stand at York Racecourse York Racecourse is one of the premier horse racing tracks in Europe having won the Racecourse of the Year title in 2003 and come out on top in The Times newspaper survey of all Britain’s racecourses. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...