Linda Toscano became the first female trainer to win the sport’s most coveted prize when Market Share captured the $1.5 million, 87th edition of the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands on a Saturday afternoon in August. The race is trotted over a distance of one mile. In this year’s race the horses trotted the opening half…
How much a jockey earns depends on the purse for a race and on their order of finish. The ‘purse’ in horse racing is the cash prize won by the owner. At the Hastings Park racetrack in Vancouver, British Columbia a jockey placing first will earn 10% of the purse for that race. 1. If…
Rachel Alexandra was the 2009 Horse of the Year, the first female to receive this honour since Azeri in 2002 and just the seventh to capture that title since 1936, when official voting for Horse of the Year was established. Her racing record made history. She became the first filly to win the Preakness since…
When Black Caviar raced in Melbourne, Australia in the 2012 Australia Stakes her win made it 17 wins out of 17 starts. ‘It’s a wonderful privilege to be on top of Black Caviar. I thank God every day,’ said jockey Luke Nolen. Nolen admitted he restrained the 6-year-old mare at the start, letting the others…
The 2012 Kentucky Derby had a surprise winner in I’ll Have Another. He produced a strong finish to catch the front-running Bodemeister in the closing stages of the race and win by one and a half lengths. The distance horses run in the Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles. A furlong is 1/8th of a…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a jockey? The video below will show you what a typical day in the life of a jockey looks like and you’ll learn some math along the way. You will find out the average weight and height of a jockey, that they travel at…