3 Senior, Thoroughbred Horses for Sale in Washington US
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Comet Thoroughbred Senior - Adoption, Rescue
Comet is approximately. 20yrs old and has had a couple of tough years, She is slowly gaining weight and her feet are beginning to look like hooves again. She appears to be gentle on the ground, wou... SEE MORE DETAILS found on American ListedEllensburg, WA, United States
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Bold Broad (Beebes) Thoroughbred Senior - Adoption, Rescue
Lady's owner was recently killed in a car accident and her family has requested RCER to take her for placement into a home. Lady is a former OTTB that is currently 23 years old. This mare was forme... SEE MORE DETAILS found on American ListedEllensburg, WA, United States
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Page Thoroughbred Senior - Adoption, Rescue
This nice old lady is looking for a good retirement home. We rescued her a few months back when she was seized by the authorities with 3 other horse that were all starving. She had been in the wors... SEE MORE DETAILS found on American ListedPort Townsend, WA, United States
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The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered "hot-blooded" horses, known for their agility, speed and spirit.
The Thoroughbred as it is known today was developed in 17th and 18th-century England, when native mares were crossbred with imported Oriental stallions of Arabian, Barb, and Turkoman breeding. All modern Thoroughbreds can trace their pedigrees to three stallions originally imported into England in the 17th century and 18th century, and to a larger number of foundation mares of mostly English breeding. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Thoroughbred breed spread throughout the world; they were imported into North America starting in 1730 and into Australia, Europe, Japan and South America during the 19th century. Millions of Thoroughbreds exist today, and more than 118,000 foals are registered each year worldwide.
Thoroughbreds are used mainly for racing, but are also bred for other riding disciplines such as show jumping, combined training, dressage, polo, and fox hunting. They are also commonly crossbred to create new breeds or to improve existing ones, and have been influential in the creation of the Quarter Horse, Standardbred, Anglo-Arabian, and various warmblood breeds.
Thoroughbred racehorses perform with maximum exertion, which has resulted in high accident rates and health problems such as bleeding from the lungs, low fertility, abnormally small hearts and a small hoof to body mass ratio. There are several theories for the reasons behind the prevalence of accidents and health problems in the Thoroughbred breed, and research continues.
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