I have been aware of horse slaughter since I was a kid. It was a well known fact Thoroughbred ex-race horses that came through the barn had one shot to make it in the hunter/jumper ring (as riding horses). If a horse didn’t stay at the barn, we knew the horse would end up back [...]
Whеn people see signs thаt ѕау “Thoroughbreds fοr sale,” thеу οftеn thіnk οf high-strung racehorses wіth difficult temperaments, dancing hooves, аnd illustrious lines οf equine ancestry. Intеrеѕtіnglу, thе term Thoroughbred dοеѕ nοt mean purebred, аѕ many amateur horse-lovers mіght believe. It іѕ a specific breed, developed іn England іn thе 17th аnd 18th centuries. A [...]
Training thoroughbreds for the racetrack comes with very specific challenges – it’s different from training regular riding horses, and to many people outside of the industry it appears to be an assembly line producing a lot of wild and uncontrollable animals. In reality, thoroughbreds are trained carefully – but quickly – to do a specific [...]
If you have ever watched the Kentucky Derby or other events in racing’s Triple Crown, you have had the opportunity to see Thoroughbred horses. If you’re not a racing fan, but watch the news on a regular basis – particularly after the 2006 running of the Kentucky Derby and on through the rest of the [...]
