Chinese Association of Idaho State University (CAISU)
The Lockinge Stakes - A History of One of English Flat Racing's Feature Mile Races
In horse racing, gambling has gone much widespread and people loose or win a lot of money in just hours, and this aspect has made horse racing much
interesting and exciting. Some have made horse race betting their way of earning for living. A number of people train their own horses and bring them to races to win money. Breeding race horses is another vast field, where millions of people are working on breeding, acting as care taker and habitat controllers and earning a lot.
Horse racing has been categorized into two major types, flat race and jump race. Flat race is much popular and widespread in Europe and also in many areas of United States. Flat race is normally conducted on flat tracks of various lengths. Race terms can be different as depend upon organizers and the local conventions about the game in that particular area. Track surface can be grassy or a dirt track, an artificial surface known as polytrack is also used as well.
Jump racing as evident in name, based on horse racing where the horse is supposed to jump over the hurdles of differ widths and heights. Tracks are normally dirt surface or grassy, some marshy hurdles are also there to make it more variant. Jump racing is also known as hunting race and it is comparatively more popular in Europe.
There are certain species of horses which are optimum for racing purpose due to their certain physical strengths and attributes. Thoroughbreds are very well known in horse racing due to their utmost agility and racing speed. In horse racing, winning three major games in a row is known as Triple Crown and is the most prestigious title in this game.
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