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Doping in sport. Equine drug testing is a form of drug testing applied to performance horses in regulated competition. Most common in racehorses, drug tests are also performed on horses in endurance riding and in international competition such as the Olympics and FEI -sanctioned competition. Many horses in a competition sanctioned by various ...
Equestrian sports were first included in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics of 1900 in Paris. [1] They were again included in 1912, and have been included in every subsequent edition of the Games. [2] Currently, the Olympic equestrian disciplines are dressage, eventing, and show-jumping. [3]
Many times, when zebras are crossbred, they develop some form of dwarfism. Breeding of different branches of the equine family, which does not occur in the wild, generally results in sterile offspring. The combination of sire and dam also affects the offspring phenotype. A zorse is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a horse mare. This cross ...
Eight Belles (February 23, 2005 – May 3, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who came second in the 2008 Kentucky Derby to the winner Big Brown. [1] Her collapse just after the race resulted in immediate euthanasia . Earlier in the year, Eight Belles became the first filly in Oaklawn Park history to win the Martha Washington Stakes ...
Secretariat (horse) Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races. He is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all ...
Horses have been an important component of American life and culture since before the founding of the nation. In 2008, there were an estimated 9.2 million horses in the United States, [1] with 4.6 million citizens involved in businesses related to horses. [2] [3] There are an estimated 82,000 [4] feral horses that roam freely in the wild in ...
Wild Horse racing in Palio di Legnano 2013. Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the ...
Lameness is an abnormal gait or stance of an animal that is the result of dysfunction of the locomotor system. In the horse, it is most commonly caused by pain, but can be due to neurologic or mechanical dysfunction. Lameness is a common veterinary problem in racehorses, sport horses, and pleasure horses. It is one of the most costly health ...