They can cost up to 1 million dollars. 1 million! But some can cost only 75 dollars. Some being rescued from the meat wagon and abused horses cost very little. But for sure, I'm positive, there has been horses for so much that they can be worth more than a rare car or even a house
16 million dollars but the horse turned out to be a total flop and didn't race worth crap.
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The 'purse' in horse racing is the cash prize won by the owner. The racing purse is usually paid to the first five finishers; 50% is paid to the winner, 25% for place, 12% for third, 8% for fourth, and 5% for fifth.
A length used in Horse Racing is the length of 1 horse. Say a horse won by one length then the horse that came second would be in line with the end of the winning horse, if it won by two lengths then another horse could fit into the winning gap. A length is 1/5th of a second as horse racing is measured in 5th's of a second.
Cigar was awarded the Eclipse Award for Horse Of The Year in year 1996.
In True Form
In horse racing 'Stone Ginger' means a sure bet or certainty. This is due to a racing stallion in New Zealand that won every race he entered.
Breaking your maiden in horse racing means that you won your first race. Your maiden race is every race you enter until you win a race.
Secretariat won the Triple Crown of horse racing in 1973.
HORSE RACING
Which sport, baseball, horse racing, rugby, snooker, motor sport.........
Rags to Riches was a famous racing filly who won the Belmont Stakes in 2007.
The sport of horse racing is the competition of horses of the same breed running against each other. They are usually divided by sex, age, and races won. Although Thoroughbred racing is the most common other breeds have racing programs too. The American Quarter Horse is the fastest horse on earth for a quarter mile. The quarter horse registry (AQHA), American Paints (APHA), Appaloosa (ApHA), Arabians, Mules are just a few. The Triple Crown are some of the only races where fillies race against colts. For the Kentucky Derby the sex of the horse does not matter. They are all 3 year olds but by the age of 3 most colts are taller and stronger than the fillies. This is why most of the contenders are colts.