Animal Racing

It depends on what you mean by place. Win-place-show, is 1st-2nd-3rd in a horse race. If you mean places in the starting gate there will be 12, one for each horse entered.

Odds tell you what your profit will be should you win the bet. A horse that is 6 to 5 (shown on the tote board as 6/5) will pay 6 dollars for every 5 dollars you bet. A horse that is 6 to 1 (shown on the tote board as 6) will pay 6 dollars for every 1 dollar you bet. Several factors go into determining the odds for a particular horse. First of all is the total amount of money bet for the specific pool (win, place, show, etc.). From that total several deductions are made: state/local taxes, track expenses/profit, purse money for the horsemen. These deductions, commonly called the 'take', are usually 15-20 percent of the total money wagered. And finally, the amount of money bet on the horse. So to use a win pool as an example, let's say that $20,000 is bet on all horses, 17.5 percent is the take, and horse #3 has had $4,100 bet on it. To determine the odds to win on the #3 horse, first subtract the take from the total amount of the pool, then divide the amount bet on the horse to win into the difference of the total amount bet minus the take. Pool - $20,000 Take - 17.5%, 17.5% of $20,000 is $3,500, $20,000 - $3,500 is $16,500 Odds - $16,500 / $4,100 = $4.024 The odds of the #3 horse to win are 4 to 1. You will win 4 dollars for every 1 dollar you bet. You'll also get your original bet amount returned in the case of a win, place, or show bet, i.e., you'll get the 4 dollars you win plus your original dollar for a total of 5 dollars. The actual amount paid for a win bet at 4 to 1 will be anywhere between $5 and $5.45 because the tote board won't reflect every single possible increment in the betting. The next bet level after 4-1 is 9-2, at which point the bet would pay from $5.50 to $5.95. Then comes 5-1, which pays from $6 to $6.95. After 9-2, the tote board stops reflecting half numbers, so then the odds will be 5-1, 6-1, 7-1, and so on.

1. A horse can reach speeds of 47 mph while a bear can only reach 25 mph. Overall the horse can run longer distances, especially over a bear. So the horse would probably win.

There are many potential answers to that, and opinions would differ. The biggest jump race is probably the Aintree Grand National, held on the first Saturday of April near Liverpool in England. The Epsom Derby, also in England, could be argued to be the biggest flat race, though there are other contenders.

this race is about 10 hours... or tthats whhat a website said to me :) i had to do this for homework too!

Generally: Take the total amount wagered in the trifecta pool and multiply it by the takeout rate (a.k.a. commission rate). Subtract this amount from the total amount wagered in the pool. From the amount remaining (the Net pool), subtract the amount of money that was placed on the winning Trifecta combination, leaving you with the Profit pool. Divide the Profit pool by the amount that was bet on the winning combination. Add 1 to the division's resulting amount. Drop the pennies so you're left with the dollars and dimes. This is the payout (price) amount on the winning combination per $1 of winning money.

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36 and change is a time for 3/8's of a mile generally a horse goes 3/8's of a mile in anywhere from :34 to :40 seconds the "change" means fifths of seconds So 36 and change means :36 1/5 - :36 4/5

The length is about 440 yards. Different race lengths can be established by locating the starting box at various points on the track. At Derby Lane the 5/16th (1,650 feet) and the 3/8th (1,980 feet) distances are run. Other distances offered around the country are 1/4 mile and 7/16th mile distances.

Except from http://www.derbylane.com/history_faq.asp

I don't think there are any real successful betting system out there, but there is an interesting site called horseracegame.com that actually allows you to simulate upcoming major races

I play at that site. I don't really know if it's good for handicapping races or betting systems, though they do provide upcoming major stake races, but it really is a cool 3D action game.

Horses are raced both clockwise and counterclockwise in Australia.

The decision to run horses counterclockwise in the US dates to the American Revolution era. In 1780, the first circular US race track was established by William Whitley near his home in Lincoln County, Kentucky. A staunch supporter of the Revolution, Whitley insisted that horses race counterclockwise, as opposed to clockwise as was the custom at the time in England. Some but not all American tracks followed the change immediately. Belmont was run clockwise from its opening until 1921. Today about 30% to 40% of English horse racing is now counterclockwise like all horse racing in the US.

A elegant riding outfit and braid ur horses hair put really pretty makeup on and have fun.

The exact date to this answer is: March 3, 1997 This is why the race starts on this day.

The Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs race, consists of horse race that ends at 8,000 running miles. The miles are calculated as the horses run, and are added together until the total is reached. At that point, the horse that has run the most distance is declared the winner, and awarded the blanket of roses, and a gold horseshoe.

During the early years of the Iditarod Race, the mushers only traveled the northern trail. After several years, the Iditarod Board of Directors realized that the smaller villages were being heavily impacted by the race coming through their village year after year. It was decided to use both sections of the trail.

This decision had a three fold effect. The northern villages of Ruby, Galena and Nulato only had to deal with the large group of mushers, press and volunteers every other year. The second effect was that the race was able to pass through the actual ghost town of Iditarod. Lastly, the villages of Shageluk, Anvik and Grayling were able to participate in the race.

iditarod.com/learn/iditarodtrail.html

Horses wear blinkers

To block part of the vision so as to enable them to concentrate, run properly (peripheral vision is necessary), and to correct their attitude to veer to the outside and running to close to the inner rail. Some of them are aggressive and nervous and got distracted by the noise of the crowd.

As the heart is on the left side, for humans and animals, running anticlockwise makes the centrifugal force in the body to act from left to right. Whereas it is from right to left for clockwise running.

Superior venecava takes blood to the heart aided by heart suction. This vein carries blood from left to right. Centrifugal force due to anticlockwise running helps this suction.

If we run clockwise, the centrifugal force impedes suction. That is why, in olden days, health officers ensured that all carnival merri-go-rounds were run only in the anti-clockwise direction.

Racing tracks, animal shows in circuses, bullock-drawn pelt on wheels, all mostly have only left turns. Stairways in temple towers have only left turns for going up.
Clockwise running tires people, especially children, easily.

As we know that if we breathe from left nose hole, cool air will go inside and if we breathe from right nose hole, warm air will go inside. When we run on a circular track anticlockwise, we will breathe from right nose hole .Which will warm up our body and we can run more fast as when we start race, we first warm up our body and then start running.

This is considered a race for 3-year-olds, but their actual age can be 2 if they turn 3 later in the year.

Race horses are given the birth date of January 1st for age calculation, no matter when they fold. That is why it is so very important to have your horse fold in the early Spring.

It is when a race horse wins all three big races of the year. The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. It is all within 5 weeks and must be won back to back. These 3 races are the biggest stakes in the world. It is for 3 year old race horses.

Its actually 1,112 miles long on even years. I have a take-home test and I recently learned this from the Iditarod website. So I am definetly correct!

It's the Kentucky Derby. The race course is in Louisville, Kentucky

Most likely Black Caviar she is a true legend she has one all of her 13 start never out of the winners circle

also Phar Lap he was a true legend and with makybe diva and So You Think they are the fastest racehorses to ever race on the planet

The best mobile handicapping app is iHandicapRaces from Infinite Monkey, LLC. It consistently has the winner in the top 3 picks making Pick 3's and Pick 4's profitable. And very often it will have a box 5 or box 4 super. There's downloadable data for 99 cents and the app is only $10.00. You have to see it to believe it!

Almost certainly as old as the domesticated history of the horse - believed to be about 6000 years.