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The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007 , it expanded to two days.
Colonial Spanish horse is a term for a group of horse breed and feral populations descended from the original Iberian horse stock brought from Spain to the Americas. [1] The ancestral type from which these horses descend was a product of the horse populations that blended between the Iberian horse and the North African Barb. [2]
Her victory resulted in a winning $2 bet paying $113.80, the second-highest in Breeders' Cup history. For jockey Victor Espinoza, it marked his first Breeders' Cup win. Spain returned to racing at ages four and five. In 2001, she won the La Cañada Stakes and ran second to Unbridled Elaine in the 2001 Breeders' Cup
The foundation stallion of the Morgan breed is held by some to have been sired by a Thoroughbred. [55] Between World War I and World War II, the U.S. Army used Thoroughbred stallions as part of their Remount Service, which was designed to improve the stock of cavalry mounts. [56] [57]
The start of the 2014 Preakness Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race. Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing ...
This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".
Keeneland originated as a nonprofit racing–auction entity on 147 acres (0.59 km 2) of farmland west of Lexington, which had been owned by Jack Keene, a driving force behind the building of the facility. [6] It has used proceeds from races and its auctions to further the thoroughbred industry as well as to contribute to the surrounding community.
One of Bolero's best-known female descendants was the Hanoverian mare Brentina (1991 – 2021), [72] the first American horse to take the FEI World Cup Final in 2003; made the shortlist for the 2004 Summer Olympics; and was named to the 2006 World Equestrian Games team, earning a bronze medal for the United States. [73]