A ‘runner’ in the world of betting can mean a horse which is participating in a horse race, but can also mean a person who places a bet (or bets) for someone else. What are horse runners? AB What A Runner became the first Arizona-bred to win the All American. Read more…
Tumeric has become very popular over recent years and I have seen it used as a food supplement and as a skin ointment for horses. The reported benefits of feeding turmeric include: Anti-inflammatory, especially for arthritis. Anti-oxidant. Antibacterial. Antifungal. Wound healing properties. Anti-cancer. What does turmeric do in horses? “Turmeric Read more…
It is estimated that a staggering 60 percent of all equine lameness is due to arthritis and joint disease. At what age do horses get arthritis? Old age, age: 15 or more years. Signs of arthritis are very common in horses over age 15. After a lifetime of work, even Read more…
The biggest horse breeds in the world are the Shire, Clydesdale, Belgian Draft, and Percheron. These horse breeds can reach 18 to 19 hands in height and weigh between 1,800-2,200 pounds (800-1,000 kg) on average. What breed is the biggest horse? Shire Horse1) Shire Horse The Shire Horse originates from Read more…
ehp or thp: Effective horsepower is the power converted to useful work. In the case of a motorcycle, it’s the power that’s been turned into forward motion on a chassis dynamo-meter. In its cleanest form, it’s also called “True HP” – wheel power. How much HP is good for a Read more…
If you place a bet on a horse or greyhound which does not run, the following occurs: For all day-of race bets and any bets stipulated as being ‘Non-Runner Money Back’, your bet is void and your stake will be refunded. For ante-post bets, non-runners are settled as losers. Do Read more…
In a bid to engineer the land around them, they bred a horse with a pony and the lineage resulted in the wild ponies living there today. “The ponies have been in these mountains since the 1940s, prior to the National Forest ownership that occurred in the 1960s,” Abbott says. Read more…
Budweiser beer. There are eight horses driven at any one time, but ten horses are on each team to provide alternates for the hitch when needed. Assorted Clydesdales are also used as animal actors in television commercials for Budweiser beer, particularly in Super Bowl ads. Why does Budweiser use a Read more…
There have been proven instances of cheating in horse racing, as in any sport. Thankfully these instances of race-fixing are few and far between and if it is proven the punishments for trainers, jockeys or owners are very severe to act as a strong deterrent, these ranges from: Ban to Read more…
In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn, a Latin word for the horn of a unicorn, especially in alchemical texts, or as a pegacorn, a portmanteau of pegasus and unicorn. What are the winged horses called? PegasusPegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that Read more…