A stock horse is a horse of a type that is well suited for working with livestock, particularly cattle. The related cow pony or cow horse is a historic phrase, still used colloquially today, referring to a particularly small agile Read more…
Secretariat. Secretariat – Maybe the most well-known racehorse of all time was the first in racing history to be awarded the Horse of the Year Award. His US Triple Crown performances ingrained his place in history. He became the first Read more…
The Courser is the fastest horse type in the game, with a base speed stat of 50. A horse with the Champion variant grants +4 speed, and a horse with the Spirited variant grants +2 speed. This means that a Read more…
Owners don’t have to incorporate a horse’s pedigree, however, and can name a horse after a favorite location, pastime, nickname, word, phrase — or almost anything else. Some names may come from pop culture and current events, though owners don’t Read more…
55 mph. The top speed at which the world’s fastest equine sprinter, the Quarter Horse, has been clocked is 55 mph. The fastest recorded race time for a Thoroughbred is 44 mph. The average equine Quarter Horse clocks in at Read more…
In order for a horse to be eligible to race under Rules or in point-to-points they must be registered with a unique name, which will remain with them for life. This is to distinguish each horse from others in a Read more…
When owners go to submit a racing name, they can submit up to six names to the Jockey Club and the board will decide which name they can have. If the horse has not yet been raced or bred, the Read more…
The first two horse years are equal to 6.5 human years. A 2-year-old horse has the equivalent of a 13-year-old human. From 2 years to 3 years old, a horse year is 5 human years. From 3 years old, the Read more…
The Kentucky Derby, presented by Woodford Reserve, is a top rank, Grade I stakes race for 3 year old Thoroughbred horses. The race distance is one and one-quarter miles long, and it is run on the dirt racetrack at Churchill Read more…
A baby horse is called a foal, and at one year old, a horse becomes a yearling. At two years old, a boy horse becomes a colt and a girl horse becomes a filly. At four years old, a horse Read more…