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• Starting Gate Training – Why and How

  Unfortunately, all the sales talk that company representatives use to sell a starting gate does not guarantee that a race horse is going to enter them. Trying to reassure a race horse that it ...

• Nobiz Like Showbiz Retires

  The announcement that Nobiz Like Showbiz was going into retirement was a sad moment for everyone who has been involved in his horse racing career. Not only is he a magnificent racehorse, but his ...

• Horse Wagering in Pop Culture

  Horse wagering in popular culture is a product of the many books, movies and television cartoons that have featured some aspect of horse racing and betting. From Looney Tunes to Seinfeld and ...

• Let Us build a Better Future for Horse Racing

  Horse racing, if not exactly as old as the hills, is certainly one of the oldest forms of recreation known to people and to countries. It has spread from a passion of royalty and the elite, to ...

• Cathay Pacific Cup Victory for Eagle Mountain

  The Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong was alive with anticipation and excitement on Sunday, 14 December 2008, as everyone got ready for the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races. The day ...

• Fractures – Types, Causes and Prevention

  Racing and even training puts a vast amount of strain on the bones in the legs of horses. To understand the pressure that a leg is under during a full gallop, it is vital to point out that even ...

• Running of the Exciting Sunshine Millions

  Sixteen years ago, Frank Stronach decided to approach the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Inc., the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and the Thoroughbred ...

• Weekend of Disappointment for Cousin Vinny

  Nothing is cast in stone when it comes to horse racing. As with any athlete, horses are also prone to injury, bad days and bad luck. This weekend proved the unpredictability of horse racing once ...

• Flashpoint Overwhelms Competitors

  The very first Hutcheson Stakes was run on 31 March 1954 and has been a grand fixture at the Gulfstream Park Racecourse ever since. It is a Grade II event that is exclusively for three-year-old ...

• Time Keeper Surprises at Ellerslie

  The Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand, is home to prestigious horse racing events such as the New Zealand Derby, Railway Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes. Another great race is the ...

• Juvenile Racing Boost in New Zealand

  Trainers in the New Zealand harness racing industry will be finding it very hard to resist the racing series that has been created by the top brass of harness racing. Juvenile racing always ...

• George Bakers Victorious

  The fact that a horse named George Baker eventually developed into a winning horse and recently took the John Smith's Handicap, which was hosted at the Leicester Racecourse, is not such an ...