Read About Thoroughbred Racing Partnerships

Thoroughbred Racing Partnerships divide the losses and multiply the profits at the sweepstakes. Here's everything you need to know about this competition.

Thoroughbred Racing Partnerships - Facts

1. Type of Competition:

   Thoroughbred racing partnerships are collaborations between a number of people who may invest in one or more thoroughbred horses and make them participate in horse shows. In a thoroughbred racing partnership, no one owner owns the horse entirely, but the ownership is divided among many partners. Naturally, the prizes will also be split among all the partners in the correct proportion. More and more horse aficionados are going into thoroughbred racing partnerships as they suffer lesser liabilities in case the horse loses. The trend is to take a partnership stake in many thoroughbred horses, so that the chances of winning are more.

2. Location:

   Thoroughbred partnership shows are conducted in many places all around the US. The Team Valor Thoroughbred Racing Partnership conducts such races all over the nation. There are some more state specific thoroughbred racing partnerships as mentioned below:
   1. Cyberspace Racing Team in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
   2. Crystal Vision Thoroughbred Horse Racing Partnerships and Syndicates in California,
   3. Harris Farms Thoroughbreds operating in California,
   4. Kensington Thoroughbred Horse Racing Partners in Kentucky and
   5. Karakorum in New York.

3. History:

   Roots of thoroughbred racing can be traced back to Stuart times in 1660 when Charles I took an active interest in horse racing in New Market. However, it was not until 1730 that true thoroughbreds were sired by three studs -- the Byerley Turk, the Godolphin Arabian, and the Darley Arabian. It was after this that thoroughbred racing became immensely popular and more and more people began participating in them through racing partnerships.

4. Sanctioned:

   The prime sanctioning body of partnership thoroughbred races is the Jockey's Club of Great Britain. Within America, thoroughbred racing is sanctioned by the United States Equestrian Foundation and the Federation Equestre Internationale. There are several smaller organizations, dedicated solely to thoroughbreds that sanction their races.

5. Entrance Procedure:

   Entrance into thoroughbred racing as a partner is through a partnership agency that is operable in that area. The exhibitor has to prove the credentials of the horse. Some partnering agencies require several previous generation records to prove that the horse is really a thoroughbred. The exhibitor then is issued an entrance blank and a payment of over $12,000 normally is made. This secures the stake of the exhibitor as a partner in the horse show.

6. Classes:

   Thoroughbred horses are considered to be a separate class of horse exhibits. Thoroughbreds are those horses, which have had pure breeding for at least eight previous generations.

7. Judging:

   Thoroughbred horses are judged on the basis of various skills. They are merited for dressage, equitation, walk/trot, show jumping, English, and western pleasure, vaulting, reining and eventing.

8. Awards:

   If a partnered thoroughbred horse wins any award money, then it is divided by the agency proportionately among its owners. This helps the partners to win some money and share less liability if the horse loses.