2005 in sports

See also: 2004 in sports, 2005 in baseball, other events of 2005, 2006 in sports, list of 'years in sports'.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Flat races

• May 1 - Virginia Waters wins the One Thousand Guineas Stakes.
• May 6 - Summerly wins the Kentucky Oaks.
• June 3 - Eswarah wins the Epsom Oaks.
• June 26
• Hurricane Run wins the Irish Derby.
• Wild Desert wins the Queen's Plate.
• August 27 - Flower Alley wins the Travers Stakes.
• October 2 - Hurricane Run wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Triple Crown Races

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• United Kingdom
• Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (April 30) - Footstepsinthesand.
• Epsom Derby (June 4) - Motivator.
• St. Leger Stakes (September 10) - Scorpion.
• United States
• Kentucky Derby (May 7) - Giacomo, a 50-to-1 longshot wins with MIke Smith in the irons.
• Preakness Stakes (May 21) - Afleet Alex, who almost lost his rider, Jeremy Rose at the top of the stretch, wins.
• Belmont Stakes (June 11) - Afleet Alex.

Steeplechases

• March 19 - Kicking King wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
• April 9 - The Grand National is won by the pre-race favourite Hedgehunter, ridden by Ruby Walsh.