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  2. Washington Jockey Club - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Jockey Club was an American association in Washington, D.C. devoted to horse racing, founded in 1797.The club established its first racecourse four blocks from the Executive Mansion where it extended from 17th and 20th Streets and extending across Pennsylvania Avenue into Lafayette Park, [1] what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place, crossing ...

  3. United States Army Remount Service - Wikipedia

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    According to the article, the primary breeding horse was the Thoroughbred (17,983 mares and 688 stallions), followed by Arabians (375 mares and 16 stallions), followed by Morgans, Saddlebreds, Anglo-Arabians, and the Cleveland Bay (trailing with eight mares and one stallion). Of the foals born in 1941, 11,028 of the 11,409 reported were ...

  4. Live foal guarantee - Wikipedia

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    Live foal guarantee is a common provision in horse breeding contracts. It is a form of a warranty offered to the mare owner by the stallion owner. Basically, it says that if the mare fails to produce a live foal from the breeding, the stallion owner will breed the same mare again without charging another stud fee. Therefore, the stud fee is ...

  5. Traffic reporting - Wikipedia

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    Traffic cam. Traffic reporting is the near real-time distribution of information about road conditions such as traffic congestion, detours, and traffic collisions. The reports help drivers anticipate and avoid traffic problems. Traffic reports, especially in cities, may also report on major delays to mass transit that does not necessarily ...

  6. Horse breeding - Wikipedia

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    The initial shipment, in 1665, consisted of two stallions and twenty mares from the Royal Stables in Normandy and Brittany, the centre of French horse breeding.[7] Only 12 of the 20 mares survived the trip. Two more shipments followed, one in 1667 of 14 horses (mostly mares, but with at least one stallion), and one in 1670 of 11 mares and a ...

  7. Jockey Club (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Jockey Club is an American organization that oversees the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada. It is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, and it fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by supporting numerous industry initiatives.

  8. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    The process of breeding horses through natural biological means without use of artificial insemination or other assisted reproductive technology. [8]: 332 The only method of breeding allowed for the Thoroughbred horse breed. near side The left side of a horse. The traditional side on which all activities around a horse are done or start to be done.

  9. Thoroughbred - Wikipedia

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    Poor breeding may be encouraged by the fact that many horses are sent to the breeding shed following an injury. If the injury is linked to a conformational fault, the fault is likely to be passed to the next generation. Additionally, some breeders will have a veterinarian perform straightening procedures on a horse with crooked legs.