Thus Baptist churches on the frontier took cognizance of charges against their members of drunkenness, fighting, malicious gossip, lying, cheating, sexual irregularities, gambling, horse racing, and failure to pay just debts.

* 1987 – Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey ( d. 2011 )

* 1940 – John McCririck, English horse racing pundit

In horse racing, there is the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey.

* Balmoral Park, horse racing track in Crete, Illinois

* Canterbury Park, a horse racing facility in Minnesota

Runyon loved horse racing and ran a small stable of his own.

The act makes transactions from banks or similar institutions to online gambling sites illegal, with the notable exceptions of fantasy sports, online lotteries and horse / harness racing.

The term first past the post ( abbreviated FPTP or FPP ) was coined as an analogy to horse racing, where the winner of the race is the first to pass a particular point ( the " post ") on the track ( in this case a plurality of votes ), after which all other runners automatically and completely lose ( that is, the payoff is " winner-takes-all ").

* 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English horse racing jockey

The film was followed by Broadway Bill ( 1934 ), another screwball comedy, this one about horse racing.

One of the most widespread forms of gambling involves betting on horse or greyhound racing.

Aluminum shoes are lighter, making them common in horse racing, where a lighter shoe is desired ; and often facilitate certain types of desired movement, and so are favored in the discipline of dressage.

While horses in the wild mate and foal in mid to late spring, in the case of horses domestically bred for competitive purposes, especially horse racing and various futurities, it is desirable that they be born as close to January 1 in the northern hemisphere or August 1 in the southern hemisphere as possible, so as to be at an advantage in size and maturity when competing against other horses in the same age group.

* The Preakness Stakes is run, second jewel in the triple crown of horse racing.

* 1918 – Peter O ' Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator

Other NBC Sports duties that Albert held were play-by-play announcing for the NFL, college basketball, horse racing, boxing, NHL All-Star Games, and Major League Baseball, as well as hosting baseball studio and pre-game shows.

* 1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed " the match of the century " in horse racing.

The parimutuel system is used in gambling on horse racing, greyhound racing, jai alai, and all sporting events of relatively short duration in which participants finish in a ranked order.

Aluminum shoes are lighter, making them common in horse racing, where a lighter shoe is desired ; and often facilitate certain types of desired movement, and so are favored in the discipline of dressage.

* Horse Racing-Raceway Park is the only horse racing facility in Toledo.

In October 2005, she attended the Melbourne Cup Week in Australia, and one of the horse racing stakes was named after her: The Stevie Nicks Plate.

Ludi ranged in duration and scope from one-day or even half-day events to spectacular multi-venue celebrations held over several days, with religious ceremonies and public feasts, horse and chariot racing, athletics, plays and recitals, beast-hunts and gladiator contests.

* Thomas Darley purchases the bay Arabian horse Darley Arabian in Aleppo, Syria, and ships him to stud in England where he becomes the most important foundation sire of all modern thoroughbred racing bloodstock.

The term " Charing Cross " for example ( a place in London ) has been used to mean " horse " since the mid-19th century but does not rhyme unless " cross " is pronounced to rhyme with " course ".

The gun sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting challenges the horse and rider to race through a designated course while firing at and breaking balloon targets several feet away with blank ammunition.

Conversely, jumper classes are scored objectively, based entirely on a numerical score determined only by whether the horse attempts the obstacle, clears it, and finishes the course in the allotted time.

Walking the course before the event is a chance for the rider to walk the lines he or she will have to ride, in order to decide how many strides the horse will need to take between each jump and from which angle.

At lower levels, there is also a speed fault time, incurring penalties for horse and rider pairs completing the course too quickly.

For every " disobedience " ( refusal or run-out of a jump ) a horse and rider incur on course, penalties will be added to their dressage score.

A horse and rider pair can also be eliminated for going off course, for example missing a fence.

Over time, course design has become increasingly more focused on the safety of the horse and rider.

The layout of the course and the build of the obstacles encourage the horse to have a successful run.

In Great Britain, Thoroughbred horse racing is governed by the British Horseracing Authority ( BHA ) which makes and enforces the rules, issues licences or permits to trainers and jockeys, and runs the races through their race course officials.

The course has a reputation as the ultimate test of horse and jockey, most starters failing to complete the two circuits.

The name is derived from the Greek words " hippos ( ἵππος ; " horse ") and " dromos " ( δρόμος ; " course ").

Isidore of Seville explains that the quadriga represents the sun's course through the four seasons, while the biga represents the moon, " because it travels on a twin course with the sun, or because it is visible both by day and by night — for they yoke together one black horse and one white.

Ellsworth is home to a small annual festival called the Pig Roast, which involves a parade and horse pulls, and of course, roast pork.

Some of the favorites include corn grinding in the Boegel & Hine Flour Mill, working draft teams, an antique tractor rodeo, horse and mule obstacle course and wheat threshing.

The State Park offers a variety of recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, horse back riding and a 18 hole golf course.

He then takes the food and water or wine, leaves presents, goes back up, feeds his horse or donkey, and continues on his course.

In 1708 the corporation recognised the potential for profit from horse racing and that local Clifton landowner, Sir William Robinson, had offered his land on Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings as a course, donated £ 15 a year towards a plate.

: There's a little white horse you can ride of course

In the campaign of 1815, the Prussians sustained a serious defeat at the outset at Ligny ( June 16 ), in the course of which the old field marshal was repeatedly ridden over by cavalry and lay trapped under his dead horse for several hours, his life saved only by the devotion of his aide-de-camp, Count Nostitz.

A horse that is able to " hug the barrels " as well as maneuver the course quickly and accurately follow commands, will be a horse with consistently low times.