Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. A trainer, who is hired by the thoroughbred horse's owner, would train the horses for a particular event (the horse trains on a local training track near the stable) and also enter horses into races that would suit the horse. Trainers also have professional relations with jockeys, who ride the horse and give feedback to the trainer after every run.
- Handicap Race: One in which the runners have been 'handicapped' according to their performance in other races and other factors such as age ans gender. The handicapping is done by changing the weight that the horse must carry on its back. Theoretically, all horses have a chance of being competetive in a race that is correctly handicapped.
- Stakes Races are ones where the competetors are usually belong to the same gender, age and class. These races may be 'weight-for-age', with weights adjusted only according to age, and also there are 'set weights' of which all horses carry the same weight.
- Jumping Races and Steeplechases are done over long distances, and horses carry more weight. Normal jumping races involve horses that are starting out a jumping career, including horses that previously were trained flat racing.
Among the most prestigious thoroughbred horse races in the world are the following:
Horse races
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