Horse racing in Wales has a long tradition dating back to the 18th century. Wales has held flat racing, National Hunt and harness racing, and presently...
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is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries...
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Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries. According...
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Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over...
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fences. Unlike in most countries where nearly all of the horses used for jump racing are thoroughbreds, many of the horses in French jump racing are AQPS (Autre...
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Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a...
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Betting on horse racing or horse betting commonly occurs at many horse races. Modern horse betting started in Great Britain in the early 1600s during...
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Trifecta (redirect from Tierce (horse racing))
Retrieved March 6, 2018. "Horse Racing Terms & Glossary". All Horse Racing. 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018. "PMU betting guide in English". PMU.fr. PMU International...
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Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms...
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Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with...
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Welsh Grand National (category Horse racing in Wales)
National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, Wales, over a distance of about 3...
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Peter V'landys (section Horse racing industry's failure to protect retired horses from mass slaughter)
an Australian horse racing and rugby league administrator. He is the chief executive and a board member of Racing New South Wales (Racing NSW) as well...
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enjoyment. In other countries, particularly Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States, greyhound racing is similar to horse racing in that...
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Farrell, Siân Phillips and Karl Johnson were added in May. Filming began by May 2019 in Wales. Dream Horse had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival...
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she was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, only the third horse to earn this honour while still in training. Over her career, she earned...
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Bangor-on-Dee racecourse (category Horse racing venues in Wales)
Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Bangor-on-Dee near Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom. It is a left-handed National...
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Menangle Park Paceway (category Harness racing in Australia)
Menangle, is a harness racing track operating in Menangle Park, New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales Harness Racing Club conducts meetings...
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5,000 Standardbred horses foaled and registered each year. Harness racing in Australia is conducted with Standardbred horses racing around a track while...
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three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment in Thoroughbred racing. The term originated in mid-19th-century England...
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four days, following heavy rain throughout the weekend. Organised horse racing in Wales originated with the gentry and aristocracy, but by 1833 there were...
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List of British racecourses (category Horse racing venues in England)
of both current and former horse racing venues in Great Britain. As of 6 December 2024, there are 59 racecourses operating in Great Britain (excluding Point-to-Point...
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Dream Alliance (category Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom)
for the National". Wales News. Wales Online. Retrieved 12 December 2010. Carpenter, Louise (4 April 2015). "Dream Alliance: how a horse born on a slag heap...
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meeting the standard for horse ownership in New South Wales. In August 2022, Alligator Blood was also banned from racing in the state of Victoria by integrity...
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Sky Sports Racing (formerly At The Races) is a British pay television channel devoted primarily to horse racing. A joint venture between Sky Group and...
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Sean Bowen (category British horse racing biography stubs)
September 1997) is a Welsh jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. Bowen is the son of horse racing trainer Peter Bowen. Bowen was an accomplished...
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Mehreen Faruqi (category Australian Greens members of the Parliament of New South Wales)
points in her favour. In Parliament, Faruqi has been a noted critic of horse racing and greyhound racing in Australia. In 2021, Faruqi released a Horse Racing...
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Newmarket, Suffolk (category Horse racing in Great Britain)
16,772. It is a global centre for thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse training, breeding, and horse health. Two Classic races and three British Champions...
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The New South Wales Minister for Gaming and Racing is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the oversight of hospitality...
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the highest-rated horse in the organisation's history. In January 2013 Timeform announced that his final rating at the end of his racing career was also...
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were involved with horse racing in Australia by the 1890s. Since then, they have owned horses, trained horses, gambled on horses and attended the races...
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