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Understanding Horse Racing: A Quiz on History and Economics

Test your knowledge of horse racing history, economics, and key events with this engaging quiz.

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1 When ________ was introduced in 1908, the racing industry turned around.

2 The traditional high point of US horse racing is the ________.

3 In Great Britain, there are races which involve obstacles (either hurdles or fences) called ________ and those which are unobstructed races over a given distance (flat racing).

4 [1] The anti-gambling sentiment prevalent in the early 1900s led almost all states to ban ________.

5 The US racehorse ________ had remarkable success as a sire in Japan, as the number one sire for about 10 years, with progeny winning the Japan Cup many times, the Hong Kong Vase and the Melbourne Cup.

6 The big race in the ________ is the Dubai World Cup, a race with a purse of six million dollars, making it the largest purse in the world.

7 Horse racing is a significant part of the New Zealand economy which in 2004 generated 1.3% of the ________.

8 The breeding, training and racing of ________ in many countries is now a significant economic activity as, to a greater extent, is the gambling industry which is largely supported by it.

9 Racing with purebred ________ exists in several states in the United States, as well as in most of Europe and the Middle East.

10 The first records of Quarter Horse races dated back to 1674 in ________, Virginia.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Irish Thoroughbred Noor was the first racehorse ever to defeat two U.S. Triple Crown champions.
  • the race horse Flockton Grey did not even run in the race for which it is best remembered.
  • the breeding rights for the Thoroughbred racehorse Graustark sold for a record $2,400,000.
  • only one horse in the International Special horse races was born outside the United States.
  • the Thoroughbred racehorse Sarazen won the United States Horse of the Year Award for two consecutive years in the 1920s.
  • the American thoroughbred racehorse Meridian won the Kentucky Derby in 1911, establishing a new record time.
  • there is a long history of animals in sport, ranging from common horse racing and fox hunting events to the more unusual rabbit show jumping and camel wrestling competitions.
  • the district Øvrevoll has Norway's only track for gallop horse racing.
  • the Birdsville Races in Queensland, Australia used to have separate races for horses that ate grass and those that ate corn.
  • the 1993 Grand National horse race was declared void after 30 of the 39 riders failed to realise a false start had been called, leading it to be called "the race that never was".
  • in 2007, the first Australian outbreak of equine influenza caused a nationwide ban on horse racing.
  • former State Senator O.H. "Ike" Harris was honored in 2009 by the horse racing industry for his work in legalizing parimutuel betting in Texas.
  • American Thoroughbred Kingston won eighty-nine races, the most by any horse.
  • Thoroughbred racehorse Gallant Man lost the 1957 Kentucky Derby by a nose after his jockey stood up to celebrate.
  • Thoroughbred racehorse Arazi's victory over Bertrando has been described as the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history.
  • Louisiana politician Earl Williamson was a confidant of Governor Earl Kemp Long, who shared his interest in buttermilk, horse racing, and politicking.
  • Bernard Sainz, known as "Dr Mabuse" because of his success in horse racing and cycling, was jailed for three years for administering doping products.
  • Chester Racecourse is the oldest horse racing course in the England, built on the site of a blocked harbour in 1533.
  • after being stripped of his aristocratic title after World War II, Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi of Japan retired to raise racehorses on his estate.
  • Forward Pass, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was the only horse in the history of the Kentucky Derby to have been declared the winner as the result of a disqualification.
  • Edward R. Bradley was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the early 20th century.
  • racehorse Lil E. Tee, who was deemed so worthless that even an auction company rejected him as unsaleable, won the 1992 Kentucky Derby.
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