The Quarter Horse is an American breed that excels at quick turns and stops and at sprinting short distances. Its name came from its ability to outdistance other horse breeds in short races of a quarter mile or less. Thoroughbred racing has the Kentucky Derby. Quarter Horse racing has the All American Futurity, the richest…
Unlike Keeneland’s September sale which offers only yearlings, Keeneland’s January sale is an all ages sale. This year’s catalog included six hundred seventy-seven broodmares and broodmare prospects, six hundred twenty-eight short yearlings, two hundred sixty-four horses of racing age, and thirteen stallions. Horse Talk – short yearling: a yearling horse that has just turned a year…
Thoroughbred racing is popular in many different countries in the world and each nation has their own Triple Crown series. England has the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes. Australia has the Randwick Guineas, The Rosehill Guineas and the AJC Australian Derby. Canada has a Triple Crown series, as does…
The Grand National, the most valuable jump race in Europe, will be run this coming weekend in Liverpool, England. The race was first run in 1839 and is 4 miles 3½ furlongs in distance. Except for the period from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War, the race has taken place every year. Horse Talk –…
Each year, one of the most exciting times in North American thoroughbred racing is during the running of the Triple Crown races. Only three-year-old horses are eligible to run in these races, but other than age, how is it decided which horses get to run in the first race, the Kentucky Derby? 1. In what…
The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Poll is taken each year to select the top pacers and trotters of the year in the United States. Horse Talk – pacers and trotters: Pacers move both legs on the same side forward in unison. Trotters move right front and left rear legs forward almost simultaneously, then follow suit with left…
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major thoroughbred horse race. It is a race for three-year-olds and over and is the richest “two-mile” handicap in the world. Horse Talk – handicap: A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, assigned to them by the handicapper or racing secretary. A…
Did you know that people race Arabian horses just like they do Thoroughbreds? The world’s richest and most important race for purebred Arabians takes place in France, The Qatar Arabian World Cup. The very first Qatar Arabian World Cup race took place 6 years ago, and the race has been run every October since then. 1.…
Orb won the 2013 Kentucky Derby finishing the race with a time of 2:02.89—two-and-a-half lengths ahead of Golden Soul and Revolutionary, which finished in second and third place, respectively. 1. One length = 8 feet or 2.4 metres. How far ahead of the second place finisher was Orb when he crossed the finish line? Give…
“Other jockeys might underestimate my ability to be aggressive in a race,” says Napravnik, a 25-year-old who leads all jockeys in wins this year. “Until they ride with me. Then they’re like, ‘Ohhhh, OK.'” A reporter asked, ‘How does it feel to be young and rich?'” Rosie recalls. “I had to correct him and tell…