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  2. American Warmblood - Wikipedia

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    Horses of nearly all bloodlines are eligible for registration as American Warmbloods, as long as they are of a sport horse or warmblood type, and are able to meet the appropriate studbook selection or performance criteria. The emphasis is on the quality of each individual horse, for both registration and breeding approval. While the ideal horse ...

  3. Claiming race - Wikipedia

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    In Thoroughbred racing, a claiming race is a type of horse race in which the horses are all for sale at a specified claiming price until shortly before the race. In the hierarchy of horse races, based on the quality of the horses that compete, claiming races are at the bottom, below maiden races (races for horses that have never won a race).

  4. World's Best Racehorse Rankings - Wikipedia

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    The ratings for the horses also help establish two other awards: the aforementioned Longines World's Best Horse Race and the Longines World's Best Jockey. The Longines World's Best Horse Race award recognizes the best-rated race of the highest-rated Group 1 international races as established by a panel of international handicappers.

  5. American Quarter Horse - Wikipedia

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    The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of 1 ⁄ 4 mi (0.40 km) or less; some have been clocked at speeds up to 44 mph (71 km/h). The development of the Quarter Horse traces to the 1600s.

  6. Thoroughbred racing - Wikipedia

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    A horse who does not fit the conditions can still "run for the tag", i.e. be run conditional on also being offered for sale. A Sweepstakes is an old-fashioned term (now usually abbreviated to "Stakes") for a race in which the winning owner wins, or "sweeps" the entry fees paid by the owners of all the other horses entered.

  7. Belle Reve Farm - Wikipedia

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    Belle Reve Farm is a horse farm located in Versailles, Kentucky that was owned by actor William Shatner, a breeder of American Saddlebred show horses. His stallion Sultan's Great Day was a two-time world's champion performer, and the farm's premier breeding stallion until his death in 2004.

  8. List of equestrian sports - Wikipedia

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    Flat racing – Equestrian sport; Harness racing – A form of horse racing that uses a two-wheeled cart; Point-to-point – Form of horse racing; Steeplechase – Horse race form originally from Ireland, featuring jumps over fence and ditch obstacles

  9. Irish Draught - Wikipedia

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    The Irish Draught horse is a foundation breed that, when crossed with other breeds, will produce all types of leisure and performance horses." [ 23 ] [ 22 ] : 5–6 The breed should ideally be between 158 centimetres (15.2 hands ; 62 in) and 170 centimetres (16.3 hands ; 67 in), with leg bone strong, clean and flat, measuring about 23 ...