Horses usually need to achieve a minimum of three performance figures – that is, have raced at least three times – in order to for us to translate these into an initial handicap rating. We produce performance figures for every horse in every race. How do you get a horse’s Read more…
Also called “out of the handicap” – that means the horse is running off a handicap mark which is so far below the top rated horse in the race that they are below the minimum weight allowed for the race that their weight has been raised. What does 4lb out Read more…
That might be anywhere from 120 hp to 160 depending on how heavy the vehicle is. Others like to have a more spirited car which means 200 to 250 Hp. For some people like myself, anything under 300 Hp for an average car is too little. 400 to 500 is Read more…
The Nursery Stakes, or other designations incorporating the word “Nursery”, refers to a Thoroughbred horse race used by racetracks worldwide to identify it as a novice race exclusively for two-year-olds, the age a horse is first legally allowed to compete. Is a nursery race a handicap? A nursery race is Read more…
Weight requirements vary from race to race and track to track, but generally horses carry between 112 and 126 pounds, which includes the jockey and about seven pounds of gear. Do horses carry weights when racing? Handicapping in action. In a horse handicap race (sometimes called just “handicap”), each horse Read more…
Speed maps are very simple to read: the horse in advance of the field is the predicted leader with the remainder of the horses staggered according to their likely position in relation to one another. Below is an example of the Punters speed map tool, available for free in our Read more…
If horses are only turned out in a poor pasture or subsist on a diet of mostly dried hay, however, they can become vitamin E deficient. After hay and grasses are cut any vitamin E in the plants will degrade, and older hay has less of this critical vitamin than Read more…
Under 16.5 inches — You probably need a 15-inch seat size in an English saddle. Between 16.5 and 18.5 inches — Look for a 16-inch saddle. Between 20 and 21.5 inches — Try a 17-inch saddle. What does a 17-inch saddle mean? Western Saddle Seat Sizes Youth: 12 to 13 Read more…
Not only can you buy your companion a horse, but you can call your horse to you from any place, it has its own inventory, it won’t get in your way in battle (unless you want it to help, I think) and it can’t be killed. Your companion will automatically Read more…
Common places to find horses to steal include military camps (both Stormcloak and Imperial), or forts, as well as being located within war encounters. Each time a stolen horse is mounted, 50 gold is added to the Dragonborn’s bounty, making horse theft an expensive crime. Can you keep a horse Read more…