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In one state, North Dakota, the state horse is officially designated the "honorary state equine". [2] Two additional states have not designated a specific state horse, but have designed a horse or horse breed as its official state animals: the horse in New Jersey and the Morgan horse breed in Vermont.
Thoroughbreds born in the Northern Hemisphere are officially considered a year older on the first of January each year; [7] those born in the Southern Hemisphere officially are one year older on the first of August. [8] These artificial dates have been set to enable the standardization of races and other competitions for horses in certain age ...
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.
American betting on horse racing is sanctioned and regulated by the state the racetrack is located in. [21] [22] Simulcast betting almost always exists across state lines with no oversight except for the companies involved through legalized parimutuel gambling. As of February 2024, pari-mutuel betting on horse races is legal in around 32 states.
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Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races.
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year.