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The Henneke horse body condition scoring system is a numerical scale used to evaluate the amount of fat on a horse's body. It was developed in the early 1980s by Don Henneke at Texas A&M University with the goal of creating a universal scale to assess horses' bodyweight, [ 1 ] and was first published in 1983. [ 2 ]
Funny Cide (April 20, 2000 – July 16, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred champion racehorse who won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.He was the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
Entries were taken on September 1. The post position draw was held that day at 11:00 a.m. EST. [16] On September 3, connections withdrew King Guillermo due to a fever; [19] on September 4, Finnick the Fierce was scratched with a foot problem. [20] On the day of the race, Thousand Words was scratched after rearing in the paddock and falling on ...
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Conditions races are horse races in which the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving weight from older runners to allow for relative maturity, referred to as weight for age; and the ...
The Golden Gate Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles with handicap conditions on the Tapeta, a synthetic racing surface held annually in November at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, California.
Scoring system used for championship rounds with two races or with races in length between 200 and 300 km. Standard scoring system since 2017. Point values are three times the base system. Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of ...
Inaugurated in 1981, it has been run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles for most of its existence. It was run at 1 mile in 2004 and from 2006 to 2009. In 2008, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II, with its purse increased from $100,000 to $150,000. I