Horse racing — This article is about the sport. For other uses, see horserace (drinking game) or horse race (politics).Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times are an early example, as is… … Wikipedia
horse racing — Sport of running horses at speed. Typically, Thoroughbreds are raced with a rider astride and Standardbreds with the horse pulling a conveyance with a driver. Though racing has an ancient lineage, the first regularly organized national races were … Universalium
Charlie Swan (horse racing) — This article is about a National Hunt jockey. For the fictional character, see List of Twilight characters#Charlie Swan. Charlie Swan (born January 20, 1968)[1] is a former top National Hunt jockey in Ireland in the 1990s. He will always be… … Wikipedia
Length (disambiguation) — Length in its basic meaning is the long dimension of an object.Length may also refer to: *Length (phonetics), in phonetics **Vowel length **Geminate consonant *Arc length *Length of a module, in abstract algebra *Length of a polynomial *Vector… … Wikipedia
Horse breeding — Mares and foals Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired… … Wikipedia
Horse — For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). Domestic horse … Wikipedia
horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties … Universalium
length — [[t]le̱ŋθ[/t]] ♦♦ lengths 1) N VAR: oft with poss, oft amount in N, N of amount The length of something is the amount that it measures from one end to the other along the longest side. It is about a metre in length. ...the length of the fish...… … English dictionary
length — (lg) an informal unit of distance. The distance between competitors in horse races, boat races, and similar situations is naturally expressed in lengths, with one length equal to the average length of a horse, boat, etc. In horse racing, the… … Dictionary of units of measurement
Horse behavior — is best understood from the perspective that horses are prey animals with a well developed fight or flight instinct. Their first response to a threat is to flee, although they are known to stand their ground and defend themselves or their… … Wikipedia