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The Jockey Club is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada. It is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing and fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by supporting numerous industry initiatives.
It originates from warmblood horses bred principally for military use in the nineteenth century. [2] It was officially recognised as a breed in 2005, and a stud-book was started in that year [4]: 154 [3]: 148 [2] or in 2006. [5]: 9 Only horses with at least 87.5%, but less than 100%, Thoroughbred blood are eligible for registration. [2]
Keeneland is the world's largest Thoroughbred auction house, conducting three sales annually: The September Yearling Sale, November Breeding Stock Sale, and January Horses of All Ages Sale. [25] Horses sold at Keeneland sales include 82 horses that won 88 Breeders' Cup World Championship races; 19 Kentucky Derby winners; 21 Preakness winners ...
Although the Thoroughbred is primarily bred for racing, the breed is also used for show jumping and combined training because of its athleticism, and many retired and retrained race horses become fine family riding horses, dressage horses, and youth show horses.
For Europe, the July 2007 Tattersall's Sale sold 593 horses at auction, with a total for the sale of 10,951,300 guineas, [4] for an average of 18,468 guineas. [5] Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, another British sales firm, in 2007 sold 2,248 horses for a total value of 43,033,881 guineas, making an average of 15,110 guineas per horse.
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada. A specific grade level (I, II, III or listed) is then ...
Cody's Wish: 2022 and 2023 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner, 2023 American Horse of the Year named after the late Cody Dorman who was born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, he lived a long life until he died from the same disease on November 6th 2023 after he suffered a medical event. Contrail: 2020 Japanese Triple Crown winner
Each year the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association releases a list of stakes for thoroughbred horses. The Committee grades stakes and handicaps into three grades: Grade I, Grade II and Grade III. The largest races are Grade I. The committee uses as criteria for the grading: