thoroughbred horse racing
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A summary of Thoroughbred Horse Racing: Big Races, Racing Legends, and Horse Racing Main Risks.TRANSCRIPT
Thoroughbred Horse RacingBy Rachel Costa
For Mark Hearn
CBA 350-02 Business Communications
MWF 11:15 Fall 2011
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing: Overview
• Big Races–Triple Crown–Breeders’ Cup
• Racing Legends• Horse Racing
Main Risks
Kentucky Derby
Big Races
•Triple Crown− Kentucky Derby− Preakness Stakes− Belmont Stakes
•Breeders’ Cup
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Triple Crown: Title
KentuckyDerby
Triple Crown Winner
PreaknessStakes
Belmont Stakes
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Triple Crown:Kentucky Derby
• “Run for the Roses” • 1st race of Triple Crown• Held on first Saturday
in May• “The Most Exciting
Two Minutes in Sports”
KentuckyDerby
Winner’s Circle
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Triple Crown:Preakness Stakes
• 2nd and shortest race• Held in Maryland on 3rd Saturday in May
Preakness
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Triple Crown:Belmont Stakes
• Oldest and final race• Held in New York 3 weeks after Preakness
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Breeders’ Cup
• Began in 1982• Most influential and prestigious event in
Thoroughbred racing• International sporting event• Host some of most outstanding horses in
world• $26 million, 15-race event held over 2 days
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U.S. Counties with Horse Racing Facilities
Kentucky DerbyPreakness StakesBelmont Stakes
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Seabiscuit Memorial
Racing Legends
• Man O’War
• Seabiscuit
• Secretariat
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Racing Legends:Man O’War
• “The Greatest Racehorse to Ever Step Foot on a Track”
• Began racing in 1919• Won all but one race• Broke almost all tracks’
timing records• Man O’War Stakes
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Racing Legends:Seabiscuit
• Most remarkable racehorse• Began racing in 1936• Known for his “eggbeater
gait”• Ran his first 43 races
without winning one
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Racing Legends:Seabiscuit
• New jockey: Red Pollard• Won One-on-One match against War
Admiral – “Race of the Century”• Seabiscuit and Red Pollard injured• In 1939 both made unheard of recovery• Won final race – Santa Anita Handicap• 2nd fastest time on American race track
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Racing Legends:Secretariat
• #1 name in racing• Debuted in 1972 quickly
becoming favorite• Won Horse of Year award
2 years in row• Breezed thru Kentucky
Derby & Preakness Stakes
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1973 Belmont StakesSecretariat on his way to 31-length victory
making him Triple Crown winner
Racing Legends:Secretariat
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Horse Racing Main Risks
• Possible injury to:–Horses• Fatal injury occurs 1.5 times in every
1,000 races
–Jockeys• 5.6 fatalities occur each year in U.S.
• Betting–Main reason horse racing is still strong today
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Nonfatal Jockey Injuries 1998-2006
Upper Body Lower Body Head/Neck Abs/Trunk0%
10%
20%
30%
40%33%
25% 23%18%
% o
f In
juri
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Japan$31.8
France$13.7
Australia$12.5
United States$12.3
Hong Kong$9.5
Money Spent Betting on Horse Racing in 2009 (in billions)
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Thoroughbred Horse Racing: Summary
• Big Races–Triple Crown–Breeders’ Cup
• Racing Legends• Horse Racing
Main Risks