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Sports Bar. Home Functions. Live Entertainment. What an incredible experience. Then Wayne O breaks his maiden, unfortunately I was unable to make it but my father and sister were at Keeneland.

I watched with friends in Virginia, they were talking about getting horses the rest of the night. I have gotten shares in the two new yearlings and cant wait to see whats next.

When I got into racing about 13 years ago, the first day at the track I remember thinking "I want to own one of these". I think MRH is exactly what many people are looking for and has an incredible amount of potential for bettering the horse racing industry as a whole.

But, on occasion, I will find a horse that fits multiple profiles pace and pedigree. In this situation, I may make a more sizable wager on a horse that should benefit from the pace, and who also has superior breeding for today's distance and surface.

This combination isn't found often, but I consider it a 'green light' to make a bigger wager than usual. I think you should keep your unit bet a consistent amount, except in these 'green light' situations.

Pace profiles defined on my Sample Selections page are: lone speed, speed-class, and lone-closer. Although many other factors are to be considered in handicapping a race, and are used in my system, pace handicapping is the basis for this sheet.

The sheets are in PDF format. You must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view or print. This site also tracks some of the recent winners on the sheet.

I discuss this website, the sheet, the sport of racing, and other topics on my Lagniappe page. As a footnote, this approach is not for the handicapping purist, the player who buys his racing form a day in advance, and reads it in his sleep.

It was not until that the Arabian was introduced into the United States. Until the formation of the Arabian Horse Registry of America in , Arabians were recorded with the Jockey Club in a separate subsection from Thoroughbreds.

Arabians must be able to withstand traveling long distances at a moderate pace. They have an abundance of type I muscle fibers , enabling their muscles to work for extended periods of time.

Also, the muscles of the Arabian are not nearly as massive as those of the Quarter Horse, which allow it to travel longer distances at quicker speeds.

The Arabian is primarily used today in endurance racing but is also raced over traditional race tracks in many countries.

The ancestors of the Quarter Horse were prevalent in America in the early 17th century. These horses were a blend of Colonial Spanish horses crossed with English horses that were brought over in the s.

The native horse and the English horse were bred together, resulting in a compact, muscular horse. At this time, they were mainly used for chores such as plowing and cattle work.

The American Quarter Horse was not recognized as an official breed until the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association in In order to be successful in racing, Quarter Horses need to be able to propel themselves forward at extremely fast sprinter speed.

The Quarter Horse has much larger hind limb muscles than the Arabian, which make it less suitable for endurance racing.

When Quarter Horse racing began, it was very expensive to lay a full mile of track so it was agreed that a straight track of four hundred meters, or one-quarter of a mile, would be laid instead.

There is less jockeying for position, as turns are rare, and many races end with several contestants grouped together at the wire.

The track surface is similar to that of Thoroughbred racing and usually consists of dirt. Muscles are bundles of contractile fibers that are attached to bones by tendons.

These bundles have different types of fibers within them, and horses have adapted over the years to produce different amounts of these fibers.

Type I muscle fibers are adapted for aerobic exercise and rely on the presence of oxygen. They are slow-twitch fibers.

They allow muscles to work for longer periods of time resulting in greater endurance. Type II muscles are adapted for anaerobic exercise because they can function in the absence of oxygen.

Type II-a fibers are intermediate, representing a balance between the fast-twitch fibers and the slow-twitch fibers. They allow the muscles to generate both speed and endurance.

This type of fiber allows them to propel themselves forward at great speeds and maintain it for an extended distance.

Type II-b fibers are fast-twitch fibers. These fibers allow muscles to contract quickly, resulting in a great deal of power and speed. The conditioning program for the horses varies depending on the race length.

Genetics, training, age, and skeletal soundness are all factors that contribute to a horse's performance. A horse's fitness plan must be coordinated properly in order to prevent injury or lameness.

If these are to occur, they may negatively affect a horse's willingness to learn. Because the skeletal system does not reach full maturity until the horse is at least four years of age, young racehorses often suffer injuries.

In the United States, Thoroughbred flat races are run on surfaces of either dirt, synthetic or turf. Other tracks offer Quarter Horse racing and Standardbred racing, on combinations of these three types of racing surfaces.

Racing of other breeds, such as Arabian horse racing, is found on a limited basis. American Thoroughbred races are run at a wide variety of distances, most commonly from 5 to 12 furlongs 0.

The South Westbury section is still known as Salisbury. The first record of quarter-mile length races dated back to in Henrico County , Virginia.

Each race consisted of only two horses, and they raced down the village streets and lanes. The Quarter Horse received its name from the length of the race.

The American Stud Book was started in , prompting the beginning of organized horse racing in the United States. There were tracks operating in the United States by ; and in , the American Jockey Club was formed.

Belmont Park is located at the western edge of the Hempstead Plains. Its mile-and-a-half main track is the largest dirt Thoroughbred racecourse in the world, and it has the sport's largest grandstand.

One of the latest major horse track opened in the United States was the Meadowlands Racetrack , opened in for Thoroughbred racing. It is the home of the Meadowlands Cup.

Other more recently opened tracks include Remington Park , Oklahoma City , opened in , and Lone Star Park in the Dallas—Fort Worth Metroplex , opened in ; the latter track hosted the prestigious Breeders' Cup series of races in The Hall of Fame honors remarkable horses, jockeys , owners, and trainers.

They are all held early in the year, throughout May and the beginning of June. In recent years the Breeders' Cup races, run at the end of the year, have challenged the Triple Crown events as determiners of the three-year-old champion.

The Breeders' Cup is normally held at a different track every year; however, the and editions were both held at Churchill Downs, and , and races were held at Santa Anita Park.

Keeneland , in Lexington, Kentucky, hosted the Breeders' Cup. The corresponding Standardbred event is the Breeders Crown. American betting on horse racing is sanctioned and regulated by the state where the race is located.

A takeout, or "take", is removed from each betting pool and distributed according to state law, among the state, race track and horsemen.

A variety of factors affect takeout, namely location and the type of wager that is placed. Advanced Deposit Wagering is a form of gambling on the outcome of horse races in which the bettor must fund his or her account before being allowed to place bets.

ADW is often conducted online or by phone. In contrast to ADW, credit shops allow wagers without advance funding; accounts are settled at month-end.

Racetrack owners, horse trainers and state governments sometimes receive a cut of ADW revenues. The most famous horse from Canada is generally considered to be Northern Dancer , who after winning the Kentucky Derby , Preakness and Queen's Plate in went on to become the most successful Thoroughbred sire of the twentieth century; his two-minute-flat Derby was the fastest on record until Secretariat in The only challenger to his title of greatest Canadian horse would be his son Nijinsky II , who is the last horse to win the English Triple Crown.

It is the only race track in North America which stages Thoroughbred and Standardbred harness meetings on the same day. There are 15 racecourses in the Czech Republic, most notably Pardubice Racecourse, where the country's most famous race, the Velka Pardubicka steeplechase , has been run since The Czech horse racing season usually starts at the beginning of April and ends sometime in November.

Racing takes place mostly at weekends and there is usually one meeting on a Saturday and one on Sunday. France has a major horse racing industry.

Besides Longchamp, France's other premier flat racecourses include Chantilly and Deauville. There is also a smaller but nevertheless important jumps racing sector, with Auteil Racecourse being the best known.

The sport's governing body is France Galop. Horse racing in Great Britain is predominantly thoroughbred flat and jumps racing. It was in Great Britain in the 17th to 19th centuries that many of the sport's rules and regulations were established.

The name " Derby " has since become synonymous with great races all over the world, and as such has been borrowed many times in races abroad.

The Grand National is the most prominent race in British culture , watched by many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.

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