BF. Stands for the beaten favourite and indicates a horse was favourite for a race but did not win. CD. Indicates a horse has won over course and distance. Form is arranged chronologically from left (oldest) to right (newest). What does D mean in horse racing? disqualifiedA series of numbers Read more…
1D = “Fastest time of all clean runs” and all runs within 1 second of the fastest time. 2D = “Fastest time plus 1 second” and all runs up to the next division. 3D = “Fastest time plus 2 seconds” and all runs slower than this time. 2022 Results – Read more…
Secretariat (1973) Along with Man o’ War, he is considered to be the best horse of all time. Even ESPN counted Secretariat as on of the Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century during their countdown in 1999. As a two-year-old, he won six of eight starts, with one being Read more…
Quarter Horses. Quarter Horses are easily the top choice for barrel racing. The fastest horses of all, Quarter Horses, can run up to 55 miles per hour. On the other hand, an average horse speed is found to be only 27 miles per hour. So, to say Quarter Horses dominate Read more…
Quarter cracks are a common type of hoof capsule defect. Quarter cracks often cause foot lameness and/or decreased athletic performance in race and sport horses. Can a quarter crack heal? No one has found a way to make hooves grow faster, and it often takes twelve months to grow out Read more…
Head shaking is a common, normal reaction a horse has when he is being annoyed or bitten by insects. Persistent, uncontrolled, violent, vertical head shaking, with the absence of biting insects, is considered abnormal behavior. Protect yourself and your pet. Compare top pet insurance plans. Why does my horse shake Read more…
The vast majority of races are sex divided, composed either entirely of fillies and mares, or male horses. There have been exceptions to this rule, of course. Are male horses used for racing? Racehorses can be either male or female. Mares (female horses) compete against their male counterparts and often Read more…
…male horse is called a stallion, the female a mare. A stallion used for breeding is known as a stud. A castrated stallion is commonly called a gelding. Formerly, stallions were employed as riding horses, while mares were kept for breeding purposes only. What do you call a female stallion? Read more…
Nine-year-olds. MOST COMMON WINNING AGE Nine-year-olds have won 45 of the 169 runnings of the Grand National where the winner’s age was recorded. The best recent record is by 11-year-olds, accounting for three of the last five winners – Neptune Collonges (2012), Auroras Encore (2013) and Pineau De Re (2014). Read more…
A Yankee bet is a wager with 4 sections, these 4 horses work themselves into the following bets: 6 x doubles. 4 x trebles. 1 x fourfold accumulator. Can you bet on four horses? Superfecta Box You play four horses. They must finish first, second, third, and fourth in ANY Read more…