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selected specifically lor speed.
The name “thoroughbred” was originally coined to reflect the fact that the horses were “thoroughly bred” in lines tracing to specific Arabian stallions who happened to sire horses which were faster than anyone had ever seen before.
That the modern thoroughbred is the fastest breed of horse to set foot on a racetrack is generally accepted as true. That the thoroughbred is an excellent jumper, steeplechaser and foxhunter is also true.
He owes these remarkable talents to his Arabian ancestoi s and the far-sighted Englishmen who selected the foundation breeding stock.
The origins of modem racing lie in the 12th century when English knights, returning from the Crusades, brought back the lighter, swifter Arabian horses. Over the next 400 years, Arabian stallions were bred to English mares to
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