Horse Racing

depends on the size of the ring but an average time is 15.859 sec.

In 1665, the first racetrack was constructed on Long Island.

The course was named Newmarket -- on the Salisbury Plains section of what is now known as the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York.

The Grand National Steeplechase is a New Zealand horse race.

Brown was the coat colour of this amazing champion, but red was his racing colour.

to run the 200 you come out of the blocks in a drive phase which mean that you are pushing out of the blocks at about 85 perccent and you are pushing off the track. after about 20 to 30 meters you bring youre body up and begin to run with knee lift. it may seem like youre running slow but when you start passing people youll know youre not because you are now sprinting full speed and everyone else is beginning to slow down

Another way you could run is fire out of the block 95% until your lane straightens out then get into your stride and hold it until the finish

Racing horses are often referred to as Gee-Gee's because of Henry Gee. He was the founder of the Chester Race track and is said to have reformed the sport of horse racing.

They use carnations in colors of red and white, the Saratoga Race Track's colors. Carnations are chosen because they last long and hold up well and carnations are used on the Belmont blanket. The blanket is made the day before the race, coordinated by one person, florist, Susan Laing, who is assisted by dozens of volunteers. She started the floral blanket in 1993 because she felt that the oldest stakes race in North America deserved a floral blanket to adorn the winner.

Horses are often put down when their leg is broken for several reasons:

1. It is very expensive to fix a horse's broken leg

2. The process of fixing a broken leg is very stressful for a horse

3. The chances of it fully healing are slim.

4. A horses legs are so important to them; if one cannot be used, it will affect the entire body, often causing even more problems, like what happened to Barbaro when they tried to fix his leg.

It is simply less stressful and less painful for the horse to put him down, and cheaper for the owner.

Thoroughbred horses which originated in England are primarily bred for racing and are larger, heavier, taller and slimmer then a regular horse. They have a long and pointed head and face more health challenges then other horses.

Yes, many. But the two best were the filly Lady's Secret, that won horse of the year, voted best female twice, won the Distaff award. Also, the colt Risen Star won the Preakness and Belmont, the latter by 17 lengths.

The fastest thoroughbreds average nearly 40mph! And an average thoroughbred runs about 36 mph.

The world record for a Thoroughbred racehorse's average speed over a mile is 43 miles per hour...but their spurts of speed can be slightly faster. Converted to kilometers per hour that equals 69.2km/h.

In the '73 Belmont, it was estimated that Secretariat hit 55 mph down the stretch.

The term "Distance Racehorse" refers to a racehorse which has been specifically bred for the purpose of racing long distances. These horses possess plenty of stamina.

If you mean Vorvados, 1977 grey gelding by The Go-Between ex. Keravnos, probably not, as he'd be 32 and that's extremely old for a racehorse.

Vorvados was bred by my father and I inherited him when the horse was a 3 yr old.

He was never gelded , on retirement at 7 - after winning many sprints in a thrilling last second burst of speed [ Lester Piggott commented that when he pushed the button he has an amazing turn of foot, the best he'd experienced which is quite something to hear from that most taciturn jockey]- he was sold to stand at stud, in Norfolk I think but very sadly he only covered a few mare as he was kicked by one and suffered a ruptured spleen so was PTS. I believe that he had 3 offspring.

There are lots of race horses the most famous perhaps; Sea biscuit a small throughbreed who won loads of flat races. Red Rum a world famous race horse who was a bay gelding. Hidalgo a small American mustang who won over 60 long distance races during his life time, after that he was let free to run wild buy his half American half red Indian owner Frank Hopkins.

Good question! In certain races (usually called Handicap) a horse's previous wins are taken into consideration. A horse that has many wins will carry extra weight in special pockets on the saddle. This is to even the odds a little when running against greener horses or horses that don't have as many wins. If you have ever seen the movie Seabiscuit you will see on some of his races he carries little square weights in the saddle. It seems unfair but I guess it's not, just a way to level out the playing field a little.

Scamper or Hot Shot. Hot Shot is a beautiful Bucksking gelding who is extrmley fast. Scamper has one a lot of barrel racing awards and competeiongs. So has Hot Shot, but that was in the junior division

Russell Avery Baze is a retired horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame.

There was no winner that year.Citation won it in 1948,and there was not another winner til Secretariat in 1973.The 70's saw three winners,Secretariat,73,Seattle Slew,77,and Affirmed,78.

Not only is the Arabian horse beautiful but it is one of the oldest domestic breed, used by virtually all other breeds to improve their bloodlines and conformation.

Since all dogs are favuored by someone and there are 8 dogs per race, then the percentage of favourites that win races is 12.5%.

Only distantly. Her great, great grandsire was Princequillo, who was Secretariat's grandsire.

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In ancient times, Greeks created tracks for horse racing called Hippodromes. Romans designed tracks based off of the Hippodrome called a Circus, which was slightly narrower and accommodated 4 horses instead of 10. Our modern horse race tracks are usually designed after the Greek Hippodromes so modern tracks may be considered a Hippodrome.

The best breed of steeplechase horse would be between a Quarter Horse and a Thoroughbred. A Quarter Horse is so named because it can outrun any other horse in a quarter mile race... even a Thoroughbred. However, a Thoroughbred is more like a train, while not super fast as first, its speed will build and build until he leaves all others behind. The call on which breed to buy is yours to make. As far as the best harness horse, that depends. All draft horses do well with harnesses. Some examples are Clydesdales (the "Budweiser" horses, as they're sometimes called) Friesians, and Percherons. These horses can also be ridden under saddle. If you're wanting to pull a smaller carriage, Walking horses and Quarter horses would be the best choice.