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British mares with Arabian males, and were shipped to North America in the early eighteenth century. But organized thoroughbred horse races didn’t start for another 150 years or so, even though the first racetrack was constructed as early as 1665, on Long Island. It wasn’t until the American Stud Book was created in 1868 that [...]]]> http://www.ponyhorse.net/horse-riding/thoroughbred-horse-racing-is-a-growing-sport-344/feed 3