STANDARDBRED HORSE

or trotter, American breed of light horse developed especially for harness, or sulky, racing. Of Thoroughbred ancestry, it is similar in appearance to a thoroughbred but has shorter legs. The breed is characterized by great stamina and its ability to trot or pace at extreme speeds without breaking into a running gallop. Sulky racing originated in the United States on the dirt roads of the early 19th cent., but it has since spread, as has the horse which made it possible, to Europe, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. Standardbreds are any color, usually chestnut, black, or brown; they average 15 hands (60 in./160 cm) in height and weigh near 1,000 lb (450 kg).

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books on: Standardbred Horse  - 9 results

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1.
Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas
Book by Anna L. Peterson; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Amish Mennonites--United States--History, Catholic Church--El Salvador--History
...five or six miles to a small town to do our business. Some may go to Wal-Mart, but not on a weekly basis. The standardbred horse helps us, even if we think globally, to act locally. 19 Not only has the dependence on horses restricted unlimited...
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The Medieval Warhorse from Byzantium to the Crusades
Book by Ann Hyland; Combined Books, 1996
Subjects: Military History, Medieval, War Horses--Byzantine Empire--History, War Horses--Europe--History, War Horses--Middle East--History
...equestrian details metal, fahric, and leather horse armour, saddlery and shoeing of the period...6. Muslim Armies and the Horse 106 7. The...8. The Importance of the Horse in the Crusades 140...
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Run like You Stole Something
Book by Damian Farrow, Justin Kemp; Allen & Unwin, 2004
Subjects: Sports--Miscellanea
...instructions help? One of the United States top horse trainers, Charlie Whittingham, when asked...Inside a horses head In a British study on horse intelligence, the smartest horses were...Lipizzaner 3. Lusitano 4. Quarter horse 5. Friesian 6. Saddlebred...
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Paul Powell of Illinois: A Lifelong Democrat
Book by Robert E. Hartley; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999
Subjects: Illinois--General Assembly--Biography, Illinois--Politics And Government--1865-1951, Illinois--Politics And Government--1951-, Legislators--Illinois--Biography, Powell, Paul--1902-1970
...manuscript and shared his knowledge of horse racing. In Vienna, Gary Hacker, a man...any more even if you accuse me of being a horse thief--and when I come up to see you hope...legislature is a fiercely partisan body where horse trading and sophisticated political stratagems...
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Kentucky Politics & Government: Do We Stand United?
Book by Penny M. Miller; University of Nebraska Press, 1994
Subjects: Kentucky--Politics And Government
...one of Kentuckys tobacco markets, and the home of prosperous horse farms. Shelbyville, a staunch Democratic town with Demo crats...criticized the schools nationally respected president for attending horse races and balls, and generally for separating the school from...
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newspaper articles on: Standardbred Horse  - 16 results

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Stud Tour Highlights Nature of Industry; Darling Downs Horse Lovers Grab Unique Opportunity
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), October 10, 2009
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...the Darling Downs. The tour is designed each year to give horse lovers the chance to visit a variety of thoroughbred studs...1400-acre Biddeston property, home to Queenslands largest standardbred breeding nursery and two former Woodlands-bred thoroughbred...
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Risky Business: Slot Machines Are a Gamble for Md. Horse Racing
Newspaper article by Rick Snider; The Washington Times, February 15, 1996
Subjects: Maryland
...down last year, the Cloverleaf Owners Standardbred Association, representing local horsemen...an Annandale developer who owns a six-horse harness stable. "The question is does...opportunity, theyll take it." Another fear is horse bettors may become slot players, though...
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countryDIARY
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 15, 2009
...and Drink Festival, Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen. Child, pounds 1; Adults, pounds 4. 19: Brightwells Standardbred horse sale, Royal Welsh showground. 21: NFU Cymru "Dairy contract health check" meeting, COBRA Rugby Club, Meifod, 7...
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FARM & COUNTRY Events Calendar 2008
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 20, 2008
...593874. 26: Shropshire Mid Wales waterfowl exhibition, Oswestry showground, 01948 840011. 20: Brightwells Official Standardbred horse sale, Royal Welsh showground, 01568 619777. 26: Welsh National Foal Show, Royal Welsh showground, 01291 673468...
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Duo Set the Breed Standard for Wales
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 9, 2007
...cater for the needs of all Standardbreds in Great Britain and Ireland...is the fastest harness race-horse in the world and Britain has...programme. The breed society - The Standardbred and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain...
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encyclopedia articles on: Standardbred Horse  - 7 results

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Standardbred Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STANDARDBRED HORSE or trotter, American breed of...but it has since spread, as has the horse which made it possible, to Europe, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. Standardbreds are any color, usually chestnut, black...
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Arabian Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Arabian has served as parental stock for such light-weight horses as the American saddlebred horse , quarter horse , Standardbred horse , and the Thoroughbred . Intercrossings of these and other light and draft horse breeds with Arabians...
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Light Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...See also pony , American saddlebred horse , Appaloosa , Morgan , palomino , Pinto , quarter horse , and Standardbred . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Horse Racing
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...four-mile heats between two horses. Development of Modern Horse Racing Steeplechase (the racing of horses over a course...high-wheeler. Harness racing features two differently gaited standardbred horses pacers (laterally gaited), which move with a swaying...
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Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...American saddlebred horse , known for its easy gaits; the Morgan and the quarter horse , favored for riding and cow herding; and the Standardbred , or trotter, developed for light harness racing. The Appaloosa and the Pinto , much...
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