Horse Racing | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/horse-racing/RSS feed for Horse RacingenTue, 02 Jul 2024 12:33:32 +0000The Festival Where Scotland's Violent History Comes Back to Lifehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/festival-where-scotlands-violent-history-comes-back-to-life-180984627/Every year in the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders, one of Europe’s largest equestrian events commemorates a lawless time that shaped the region’s identityTue, 02 Jul 2024 12:33:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/festival-where-scotlands-violent-history-comes-back-to-life-180984627/When President Ulysses S. Grant Was Arrested for Speeding in a Horse-Drawn Carriagehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-president-ulysses-s-grant-was-arrested-for-speeding-in-a-horse-drawn-carriage-180981916/The sitting commander in chief insisted the Black police officer who cited him not face punishment for doing his dutyFri, 31 Mar 2023 19:27:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-president-ulysses-s-grant-was-arrested-for-speeding-in-a-horse-drawn-carriage-180981916/The Lost Story of Lexington, the Record-Breaking Thoroughbred, Races Back to Lifehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lexington-one-of-the-greatest-race-horses-of-all-time-comes-roaring-back-to-life-180980132/For her latest novel “Horse,” the Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks found inspiration in the Smithsonian collectionsWed, 08 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/lexington-one-of-the-greatest-race-horses-of-all-time-comes-roaring-back-to-life-180980132/The Complicated Legacy of 'My Old Kentucky Home'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/complicated-legacy-my-old-kentucky-home-180975719/Sung each year at the Kentucky Derby, the tune's original meaning has long been lost to historyThu, 03 Sep 2020 14:49:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/complicated-legacy-my-old-kentucky-home-180975719/At a Kentucky Farm, Champion Thoroughbreds Live Out Their Retirementshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/kentucky-farm-champion-thoroughbreds-live-out-retirements-180974596/Steeds who made headlines for winning races now get to enjoy their final years at a slower paceFri, 17 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/kentucky-farm-champion-thoroughbreds-live-out-retirements-180974596/Even Mild Cases of Asthma Can Slow Down Elite Racehorseshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/kentucky-derby-even-mild-cases-asthma-can-slow-down-elite-racehorses-180972102/Researchers found 80 percent of racehorses surveyed suffered from airway inflammation that impacts performanceFri, 03 May 2019 17:14:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/kentucky-derby-even-mild-cases-asthma-can-slow-down-elite-racehorses-180972102/How a 19th-Century Photographer Made the First 'GIF' of a Galloping Horsehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-19th-century-photographer-first-gif-galloping-horse-180970990/Eadweard Muybridge photographed a horse in different stages of its gallop, a new Smithsonian podcast documents the groundbreaking feat Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-19th-century-photographer-first-gif-galloping-horse-180970990/Scientists Extract DNA From Seabiscuit's Hooves To Figure Out How He Was So Fasthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/scientists-extract-dna-from-seabiscuits-hooves-to-figure-out-how-he-was-so-fast-180970649/Eighty years ago, the horse famously trounced Triple Crown winner War Admiral. Did genetics make him an unlikely success?Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:07:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/scientists-extract-dna-from-seabiscuits-hooves-to-figure-out-how-he-was-so-fast-180970649/One Hundred Years Later, the Tense Realism of Edgar Degas Still Captivateshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/100-years-later-tense-realism-edgar-degas-still-captivates-180965050/For this groundbreaking artist, greatness was always one more horizon awayFri, 29 Sep 2017 14:50:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/100-years-later-tense-realism-edgar-degas-still-captivates-180965050/How African-Americans Disappeared From the Kentucky Derbyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-african-americans-disappeared-kentucky-derby-180963159/Black jockeys won more than half of the first 25 runnings of the Kentucky Derby. Then they started losing their jobsFri, 05 May 2017 15:41:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-african-americans-disappeared-kentucky-derby-180963159/