A group of horses is called a herd. How do we classify horses? The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus Read more…
Horse having first run since wind surgery. W1 – Horse having first run since wind surgery. W2 – Horse having second run since wind surgery. Form figures. 1-9 – position the horse finished. All-weather (Flat) and point-to-point (jumps) are in Read more…
Although Old Billy has often been described as a barge horse, this may be due to the fact he was owned by a navigation company, as he is most frequently described as a gin horse in early accounts. Was Old Read more…
How can a horse be number “1A”? Horses in a given race that have the same owner are often “coupled” for betting purposes as one entry, depending on the state. So if you bet on either of the coupled horses, Read more…
No. Not only are they different species, they are different orders. Deer are Artiodactyla, even toed ungulates, while horses are Perissodactyla, odd-toed mammals. In fact, deer are more closely related to whales and dolphins than they are to horses (but Read more…
Horses with N/W20 or W20/W20 genotype display white face and leg markings and some may have a variable amount of white spotting. It is thought that horses with these genotypes that have more extreme white spotting patterns likely have mutations Read more…
4 Furlongs = 1/2 mile. 6 Furlongs = 3/4mile. 8 Furlongs = 1 mile. Race Lengths. 5 Furlongs = 5/8 mile. What does F mean in horse racing form? the horse fellThe following abbreviations normally apply to jump racing: F Read more…
class (or equivalent class) of race as contested at its last start. – “up” means the horse is up in class, “dn” means the horse is down in class, “eq” means the horse is contesting a race which is the Read more…
Riding upon their pale horse named Despair, Death is the most famous of all the horsemen and the only one to be specifically named in scripture, Death, being given authority to kill men and animal alike the fearsome spirit was Read more…
THE OLD C1 – C6 RACES. These are the easiest to understand as a horse must not have won more races than appears after the class. Eg a C1 is for horses having won one race or less, a class Read more…