Some horses tend to be 'spooky' or they shy from certain things in the environment. The way a horse's eye works, it has a very large field of peripherial vision, simply put, the horse can see almost to his own tail. Winkers or blinders as they are sometimes called, keep the horse looking forward and focused on what is in front of him. He is not able to spook at things to both sides when wearing blinders.
The collective nouns for racehorses are:a stable of racehorsesa string of racehorsesa field of racehorses
Horses are usually made of steel. The shoes that racehorses wear are most commonly aluminum (which is lighter).
Kentucky in USA has many racehorses.
most thoroughbreds are ex-racehorses, racehorses and all are hily stung
A group of racehorses running in a race? that is called a "field" As in The field for this upcoming race is unpredictable
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betting on racehorses.
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Studbook.
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On average, around 500 racehorses die each year in the US due to racing-related injuries. This number includes both thoroughbred and standardbred racehorses. Efforts are being made within the industry to improve safety measures and reduce these fatalities.
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