thatgirl161

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Hi! I grew up around horse racing in Texas, as my dad was a racing steward, but sadly it went very quickly downhill in the early 90's (If I remember correctly, I was quite young!). My grandfather raised Quarter Horses to race and his trainer was a close family friend and actually the first African American jockey to win the All American here in the US. Since I am so disconnected from that world now (the horse my grandfather gave me after she sustained a shoulder injury is 30 now!) I was wondering if Quarter Horses were used in the UK at all.

I am also curious what most people use the retired horses for over there, because where I grew up, most of the horses were converted to work on the ranch or compete in rodeos, as apparently the lineage of my mare was quite brainy, and was pretty good at that stuff. (But along with that came the sassiest temperment!)

And another quick thing--I can still usually take my father to the track and make quite a few bucks by betting on whatever he tells me. He will look at the books for a bit, but mostly will just watch the horses when they walk in front of everyone before the race, and he says that you can "just tell who is feeling good" and who is going to win. I guess that comes from watching thousands of races, but I was wondering if that is something that you can tell as well? Or perhaps at least in your own horse? (When I did rodeo I could often tell how good my times would be by how my horse felt, but never picked up the ability to see it in other people's animals.)

Thanks so much for your time, and I wish you the best of luck in the future!