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    Flat Racing: Thoroughbreds pounding down the stretch is the most popular test of equine speed and a great moment in sport. The race is the result of a unique industry encompassing breeding, sales, training, and racing.

    Steeplechase: Jumping races in this country are held at major race tracks over brush and hurdle fences. Individual fox hunts sponsor hunt race meetings over brush, hurdles, and timber fences, as well as point-to-point races over timber fences only.

    Harness Racing: The "standard" referred to a 2:30 minute mark under which a horse had to trot or pace one mile. Thoroughbred, Morgan, and Narragansett Pacer blood were combined to achieve the Standardbred. Messenger, a grey Thoroughbred imported in 1788 from England, was the Standardbred's foundation sire.

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