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History of the Thoroughbred horse:
This form of horse was originally bred in The United Kingdom due to the English horsemens need to own a quick horse. There are three that began this strain which are: Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian, all named after their respective owners, Thomas Darley, Lord Godolphin and Captain Robert Byerley. Each and every one of these stallions were shipped to the United Kingdom from the Mediterranean Middle Eastduring 1670 and 1710. The conclusion was a horse that could bear weight with consistent speeds over extended distances. In the region of 9/10 of present thoroughbreds have derived from Eclipse the grandsire of whom was Darley Arabian, who was never beaten in eighteen races. This started a very refined breeding process which has continued for all but 250 years, producing the greatest race horses, giving them authorityand brilliance on the race track.

Near the turn of the 1700′s, breeding reports for Thoroughbreds were sparse and usually partial, and typically, they would not name a horse before the young horse had proven themself commendable. A man named James Weatherby, through his own inquiries and hard work, and by the collection of his own privately held pedigree accounts published the first volume of the General Stud Book. He did this in 1791. The foremost publication listed 387 mares, each of which could trace back to Eclipse. The General Studbook is still in print in England by Weatherby and Sons. Many years later, as thoroughbred racing increased in popularity in North America the requirement for a pedigree registry for American Bred Thoroughbreds, akin to the General Stud Book became clear.

In 1873, the first American Stud Book was released by Colonel Sanders D. Bruce. This man used up practically a lifetime studying the pedigrees of American Thoroughbreds. He followed the pattern of the General Stud Book producing six volumes of the register until 1896 when the project was furthered by The Jockey Club. The reliability of the American Stud Book is the base on which all Thoroughbred racing in North America relies. The first edition of the American Stud Book produced by The Jockey Club had a foal amount of close to 3,000. In 1986 in had developed to an incredible 51,000. Today The Jockey Club owns a powerful new computer technology to meet the registration issues presented by the massive quantity of annual registrations. The Jockey Club is responsible for and runs one of the most complex computer systems in the world today, with its database holding in excess of 1.8 million horses on a master pedigree store, with names that can be tracked back to the 1800′s. In addition to bloodlines, this computer system also handles daily racing outcomes of every Thoroughbred race in North America, not forgetting the capability to handle electronically submitted pedigree and racing information from the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and other primary Thoroughbred countries. An extra offspring of Darley Arabian is Diomed; he won the principal running of the Kentucky Derby in 1780. At just 21 years old he was brought to the US where he started the male line through his son, Sir Archie.

Thoroughbreds are the preferred option for track racing. Most thoroughbreds are born somewhere between January and April, but their certified birthday is January 1 of the present year. Throughout their initial year of development, they are developing bulk and strength with the adolescent starting his training as a yearling. The horse learns to receive a bridle and a saddle and shortly after a rider on its back to break in the horse ready for the starting gate and the competition around the track.

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