Horses have the opportunity to be the protagonists of a good known sport, the horse racing. This kind of sport has a different way of work than the others. The first important detail is about the difference between races, there are some short, medium or long races; all the short races are named “sprints” , those just have a turn and every races that has less than a mile are sprints. And the races that have more than a mile are the “route races”, every mile races will start in front of the grandstand, but if they are longer they will start from the “chute” on the front of the track.

The “clubhouse turn“ is a turn from the mile races, and is in a side of the spectators, actually, is in the right side. In a full day of races, at the field people try to make the more amounts of races possible, no more than eight. But an important point that is worth to have present in a race is that horses need six weeks to relax, or rest after a racing day, but is usual that a horse runs after three weeks, it is considered as a punish for the horse. During the race, on the field is going to be a space for horses to recovered after each race.

In every race, has to be a Race Secretary, this person will has the control of each horse, race, and everything related. Every owner and trainer of each horse, before a race, have to make an inscription of the horse, were the gender, age, and every detail will count to decide in which race will run the horse. After the registration’ process, the trainer needs to look for a jockey. Almost every jockey wins depending of the purses that the horse wins at the race, so if the horse is not good at races, to find a jockey could be a difficult moment.

The number of inner will be from one to eight, nine, and ten or depending on how many horses are running. In handicapping the positions will have variations, depending on the horse, because the distance will be longer or shorter in each position.

Before the races, the odds to bet for a horse will be open. Bettors take advantage of the free time between races to give a look to the horse and his behavior, so, depending of it, the bettor can have a help to bet for the best. It is common to happen that a lot of bettor begun to make wager at the last minute, because in that moment they can see all the movements in bets, and take advantage of that too.

In horse racing you can find different kind of events, and tournaments, in which the best horse will have a ceremony to congratulate its win.