Horse Racing

See also horses.

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, involving two or more jockeys riding horses over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports and its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has remained unchanged since the earliest times.
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Not leg weary as any other horse would have been, the gallant gray trotted full-flight down to the wire. Each powerful stride as strong and long as the one before it. He devoured the track one magnificent stroke after another, then flashed under the wire, pulling the roar of the crowd along in his wake.
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