i would like to know why zebra's, have never been use for racing, like thoroughbreb horse racing.?
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They are not trainable in the way that horses have been bred to be.  You should look up an earlier question a few hours ago about horses and riders (and read the answers).
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Yes I really wish they would get us a catagory...We compete just as hard as any other sport does, whether it be in a marathon or a 10k or in the 100m. I've been looking around and answering whatever questions other runners have to help out, but we really need a catagory. They have all these obscure catagories (darts?????? dozens of different types of soccer???) but no running, which is the basis of almost every single sport. I'm going to email them asking them if they could add a running catagory...
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While racing can improve a horses physical condition, it also puts joints and limbs under stress they wouldn't normally endure--just like runners, horses can have joint problems from repeated impact.\n\nBut this this aside, it's how they're treated before and after the race that's equally (if not more) important.  Race horses are not (usually) pet horses.  And while trainers want to keep racers in the best condition, they don't get the love and comraderie that pet horses enjoy.\n\nIn addition, race horses' careers are limited.  Many race horse owners send their horses to the glue factory when horses retire.  This is because racers are not suitable for pleasure riding (usually) and therefore can't be given away to a family looking for a horse.  The other alternative--the horse version of long-term elderly care--is too expensive for most horse owners.
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Barbaro won it easily but there were 20 horses in the race and that is far too many.\n\nIt's dangerous and also tough on the horses who have to start away outside and run much further than those on the inside.\n\nIt's very hard to get through holes with so many horses in front of you and 12 to 14 should be the limit in any big race even if the track is a big one.
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Such an interesting question but unfortunately I am not aware of any research into that sort of thing. I have worked with Jersey cows (my favourites) Ayershires and Frisians but never with Guernseys . Maybe you should organise a race?
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Why hasn't anyone mentioned the Veterinarians & how they play a BIG part in deciding if a horse goes to the gate or gets scratched.  The "Industry" needs tighter standards to keep BOTH Horses & Riders from going onto the racetrack.  People & Animals are dying just so those bets can be placed!  Why haven't the Stewards been held accountable for any of this?  They have the final say on backside security issues in regards to ALL licensed personnel, including trainers & owners.  I gave back my CHRB License after 5 years of getting screwed out of wages & watching owners, trainers, & vets misdiagnose & wrongly medicate horses to get them to the starting gates in order to collect on their bets.  The horse was INSURED, so it was not as important as it should have been on a RESPECT level.  My Father was a vet, so I knew enough to know when things weren't right, but having a Groom's license made me look like the #1 suspect when a horse was sabotaged with medications & injuries.  The Industry has a LOT of misguided con artists & substance abusers within itself.  I hope Barbaro generates enough publicity to shed some light on this DARK ISSUE.
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Might be neither if intended for racing. There's a Horse Industry Board . . .\n\nI did a search of cases. Without my going too deeply into the question it seems to me that horses can be any of the above: pets, livestock or racing stock.\n\nThere's one case that dances around the issue without addresing it exactly: F.A, Schottroffe Trust v. Trenary, 10 Va. Cir. 21, 1986 WL 401735 (Va.Cir.Ct. 1986). But even that one is not too helpful; and no Virginia statute addresses the issue. Look for yourself at: http://leg1.state.va.us/000/src.htm\n\n\n10 Va. Cir. 21, 1986 WL 401735 (Va. Cir. Ct.)\n\nCircuit Court of Virginia, Warren County.\n\nF. A. Schottroffe Trust v. William C. Trenary, et al\n\nAT LAW NO. 7594.February 14, 1986.\n\n*1 In this case the plaintiff claims damages arising out of the trespass by the defendant's cattle on the land of the plaintiff in a "no fence" county. The Court is required to pass upon the sufficiency of Ground No. 4 of the grounds of defense setting forth the affirmative defenses of contributory negligence and unavoidable accident. Both parties have submitted authorites on those issues but the Court notes that the defendant has filed no pleading testing the sufficiency of that ground of defense and makes this ruling upon the assumption that the appropriate pleading will be filed to raise that issue.\n\nHenry H. Whiting, Judge.\n\nWarren County has declared the boundary lines of each tract of land as a lawful fence to cattle in Article 1, Section 4-1 of its Code and the effect of this is to make the owner of the animals liable for their trespasses under the provisions of Virginia Code Section 55-330, which Poindexter v. May, 98 Va. 143 , 148 (1900), says restores the common law rule "which requires the owner of animals to keep them on his own land." Tate v. Ogg, 170 Va. 95, 101 (1938), described the Poindexter holding as "...that while at common law the owner of domestic animals was required, at his own peril, to keep them on his own land, or within enclosures, the rule has been changed in Virginia, as to certain animals, including horses and cattle, by legislative action, except in those counties where a .no fence' law had been adopted under the provisions of the Code." (Emphasis added.) Tate held that turkeys were animals outside of the statutory "fence" exception to the common law, making the owner absolutely liable for their trespasses, id., at 104, but refused to grant an injunction because the trespasses were only occasional, not willful and the damages at most were of trivial and inconsequential nature, id., at 107. Minor on Real Property (Ribble's Ed.), Section 122 at page 163, cites the common law rule, including Poindexter v. May as one of his authorities as:\n\n[I]ndependently of statute, or agreement to that effect, there exists no obligation upon the owner of land to fence it in, in order to keep out trespassing persons or cattle, there being at common law an absolute obligation upon other persons to remain on their own lands or in the highways and public places, to keep their cattle there, by means of fences or otherwise. In other words, in the case of cattle and domestic animals, the common law placed the duty upon the owner of the animals to keep them upon his own land by fences or other means, and imposed no duty upon the owner of the other land to keep them out.\n\nThe Restatement of Torts echoes this same rule in Section 504 in the following language:\n\n*2 A possessor of livestock which intrude upon the land of another is liable for their intrusion and for any harm done while upon the land to its possessor or a member of his household although the possessor of the livestock exercised the utmost care to prevent them from intruding. ...The liability imposed by the rule stated in this section is based primarily upon possession of the straying livestock and not upon the quality of the possessor's conduct. The fact that he has
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point determined i'm hoping. but Lawyer ron & brother derek are currently the highest rated 3 yr olds in the derby so far. Barbaro is good as well, but his 5 month layoff is very unappealing to many people which is probably why he's not given the respect/attention he deserves. First Samurai is actually out of the derby & even if he were still in, i look at him as more of a sprinter. i don't think he should be stretched to over a mile or so. But point determined is improving by leaps & bounds w/ each race. & since because he's a late bloomer he hasn't quite hit his best stride yet, which will hopefully happen at the derby w/ a win. plus he has the perfect racing style for the race. it's a risk, but i'll go for it. :)
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I believe Homer is right... but I wouldn't say that an okapi looks "just like a zebra".\nThere are different species and subspecies of zebras, are you referring to one of them? Or maybe to this beautiful "zony" hybrid?\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1408717.stm
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I've bet on horse racing for nearly 40 years.  To say that all races are fixed would be innacurate.  Industry wide about 38% of the betting favorites win all races, meaning that 62% of the time the non-favorites win.  There are thousands of factors involved in the winning and losing of a horse race, the most important being the pace of the race.  Drugs which are legal at nearly every track have a significant impact on how well a horse may or may not run.  The bottom line though, horses are animals and not machines, and humans will be humans.  They need to eat also, if that means not trying to win with a horse for 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 races in order to "darken its form", i.e. raise the odds, then many are willing to do so.
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I only know of the zebra and mule
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Breeds generally race their own breeds.  They may be starting an Arabian racing club though!
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In the case of Horatio Nelson he had as much potential to go to stud and breed as Barbaro (he was one of the top-rated two year olds last year and was favourite for the Epsom Derby) and cost was not a factor - he was owned by Coolmore Stud and they are multi-millionaires (if not billionaires).  If there was any way of saving him they would have paid for it.\n\nAs I understand it there was also an open fracture (the bone had broken through the skin) and the risk of infection, as well as shock, laminitis and other welfare issues, was too high.\n\nIf five experienced vets (four of whom had no financial interest in the horse) say there is no hope, we just have to accept it.\n\nUnfortunately horses do break down, it is part of racing.  We just have to do our best to fund and advance veterinary science so that we can start to prevent it happening in the future.\n\nThere are a lot of people out there that seem to think everything boils down to money in racing.  A lot of the time it does, but as someone who has worked in racing for many years I can confidently say that the vast majority of people in the industry (owners, trainers, lads and lasses) are in it for the love of horses and not the money.
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I don't know,  Maybe because you don't have any front teeth?\n\nYou're asking the wrong category... This is Auto & Racing Sports.
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Posted: 6/13/2006 3:13:04 PM ET\n \nBarbaro's cast changed; injured leg looks 'excellent'\n \nKentucky Derby (G1) winner Barbaro's cast was changed on Tuesday for the first time since his surgery on May 21 to repair multiple fractures in his right hind leg, suffered during the Preakness Stakes (G1) the previous day. \n \nDean Richardson, chief of surgery at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, replaced the cast with Barbaro under general anesthesia and was pleased with how the colt is healing.\n\n"His leg looks excellent," Richardson said. "The incision has healed well and judging by the radiographs, the graft is opacifying (taking). Callus is forming nicely, and all of the implants (plate and 27 screws) look unchanged." \n\nBarbaro came out of anesthesia in the facility's recovery pool, a process that went very smoothly, according to a press release.\n\nBarbaro remains in intensive care at the hospital.
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Comes down to ignorance. People don't think it's a real sport, yet how many of them could handle Mach 4 in a turn and losing up to 20 lbs. per race because of heat and exhaustion. It's a shame!! Go Kasey #9!!!!
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the zebra.  \n\nI don't have geological evidence, but I'm gonna say zebra because the horse as we know it didn't run free in the wild: it was made through breeding.  I have a feeling that the zebra and ancestor to the modern horse were around at the same time, and then horses were bred into being later in history.