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07/22/2008 [Monmouth Park Race Track]
Big Brown delivers robust workout for Haskell!
Big Brown is in the thick of preparations for his next foray into the race track – the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park race track – and churned out an impressive workout at Aqueduct race track on Sunday ... read more »

07/22/2008 [Del Mar Race Track]
Graduation Stakes promises interesting race among ten two-year-olds!
The $125,000 Graduation Stakes to be run on Wednesday (July 23, 2008) at Del Mar race track promises to be quite interesting as only one contestant has a stakes triumph in his resumé ... read more »

07/21/2008 [Del Mar Race Track]
Monzante wins Eddie Read Handicap!
Monzante captured the Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar race track on Sunday, July 20, 2008, defeating the favored Whatsthescript and the sentimental darling Lava Man in the process ... read more »

Horse Racing in the USA

Horse Racing in the USA Horse racing in the USA occur on flat surfaces of either dirt, grass, or artificial material (polytrack). Thoroughbred racing, harness racing and quarterhorse racing are all held at horse race tracks in the USA.

Horse racing with other breeds, such as Arabian horse racing, is also held albeit on a limited basis.

Thoroughbred horse racing in the USA are run at a wide variety of distances, most commonly from 5 furlongs to 1½ miles (2,414 m).

There are currently about 90 thoroughbred racing and 29 harness racing tracks scattered across the USA.

Traditionally, the Kentucky Derby has always served as the event that generates the highest level of attention among horse racing fans in the USA. The Derby (held annually at Churchill Downs), combined with the Preakness Stakes (held at Pimlico Race Track) and the Belmont Stakes (held at Belmont Park), comprise the so-called Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing for three-year-olds. Outstanding performance in these three events has traditionally been used to gauge which horses are considered to be the best among the best.

Horse Racing USAHowever, the Breeders' Cup races held at the end of the year, have recently become an event that has been as highly-anticipated as the Triple Crown events. The Breeders' Cup is held at a different track every year. First staged in 1984, the Breeders' Cup has an important effect on the selection of other annual Champions.


History of Horse Racing in the USA

The first horse racing track in the USA and in the entire North American continent was laid out in 1665 on the Salisbury Plains section of the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York. The race track was named Newmarket.

For the next two centuries, race tracks were built in New York and the surrounding areas. These race tracks were mostly operated by the society's rich and famous and were used as places to showcase their horses.

 

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Important horse racing tracks in the USA were built at Saratoga Springs, New York in 1863 and at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., in 1875. Belmont Park was opened in 1905 in Elmont, New York (just outside New York City ). Its mile and a half main track is the largest dirt thoroughbred race track in the world, and it has horse racing's largest grandstand.

 

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