The Prophet ﷺ used to hold a race between horses and kept the one in the fifth year at a long distance. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2577)

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَّقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَفَضَّلَ الْقُرَّحَ فِي الْغَايَةِ