The Iroquois Steeplechase is an American Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 NSA

National Steeplechase Association

The National Steeplechase Association is the official sanctioning body of American steeplechase horse racing.The National Steeplechase Association was founded on February 15, 1895 by August Belmont, Jr., the first president of The Jockey Club and chairman of the New York State Racing Commission,...

 sanctioned steeplechase

Steeplechase

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 race run each spring at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

The race dates back to 1941, and has been held annually, except in 1945, due to World War II. Named for Iroquois

Iroquois (horse)

Iroquois , was the first American-bred Thoroughbred race horse to win the prestigious Epsom Derby at Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom, Surrey, England. He then went on to win the St...

, the first American-bred Thoroughbred to win the prestigious British Epsom Derby

Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...

. The race is three miles long, over national fences, for four-year-olds and over.