Jockey Julie Krone was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2013. With 3,704 career wins, Krone is the leading female Thoroughbred horse racing jockey of all time. 1. Krone had 21,412 starts in her career. What percentage of those starts were wins? Of her total starts, 3,261 were seconds and 2,913 were…
Ranch sorting is taking a chore common to cattle ranching and putting it into a competitive setting. Basically, you’re moving cattle from one pen to another, but with rules. Ranch sorting is a timed event that consists of one, two or three riders on a team and eleven head of cattle that are numbered from…
Three hundred and sixty-nine horses were confirmed for the 2013 Triple Crown series prior to the Jan. 26 deadline for early nominations. Each horse cost $600 to nominate. 1. How much money was paid altogether by the owners of these early nominees? This year’s total of early nominees is down from the 398 horses made…
Have you ever had a chance to quietly watch a herd of horses for a long time? What do you see and notice about how they get along? As scientists discover more about the way a horse’s social life affects their behaviour and possibly training, researchers find themselves in need of a reliable, efficient way…
Shetland ponies Fivla and Vitamin model handmade wool sweaters knitted by local Shetlander Doreen Brown at the Thorndale Shetland Driving Centre in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The white pony Fivla, is a calm, loving 17-year-old who is very good friends with 18-year-old Vitamin, the black pony. Fivla, looking warm and cuddly in her very…
Is music played in your barn? Ever wonder if the horses like it? A study by researchers at Hartpury College in England found horses liked classical and country sounds more than they did rock and jazz. To test the effects of different kinds of music on stabled horses, Clare Carter, a Bachelor of Science student,…
A horseless horse show is an event that allows children and adults to gallop over a course of miniature jumps, imitating the 1,000-pound animals and top riders they idolize. The participants pay an entry fee and the money goes to the organizer, Just World International, a great cause helping children in impoverished communities around the…
Jockey Rosie Napravnik closed out a career-best season in 2012, securing the highest spot ever for a female jockey on the North American leader board. Finishing the year with $12,451,713 in purse earnings and 193 wins with 191 seconds and 167 thirds from 1,200 starts, Napravnik finished eighth among the top jockeys in the nation…