May 22-24 Stakes Recap PHOTO: Bee Silva May 23, 2021 | Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing
Following is a recap of all official American Quarter Horse stakes for the week of May 22-24. For recaps of most graded stakes, Bank of America Racing Challenge stakes and trials, and most stakes with purses of $100,000 or more, see the individual recaps in the Racing News section. This page will be updated throughout the week.
Pocatello Downs
Vincente Treyes Radar, an Idaho-bred son of A Revenant and the fastest qualifier from six trials, earned his first stakes win in Saturday s $47,100
Crush The Curve Futurity.
Ridden by Eric Ayala for trainer Monty Arrossa, Radar went 300 yards in :15.567, and his margin of victory was a half of a length from second-fastest qualifier Better Belie
Remington Increases Purses
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Tickets on Sale Now: Attend the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame Induction and Reunion Celebration
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Horsetalk.co.nz Spooking horses: Study highlights why riders should always be alert
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The novel object placed during the habituation part of the experiment. Image: Corgan et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051383
Fresh research into spooking behavior in horses may not have turned our understanding of the issue on its head, but it has certainly turned it on its side.
Researchers in Colorado have explored one of the most frustrating and risky aspects of spooking for horse owners – the habit of some mounts to baulk at an object that should be familiar to them.
Most riders have experienced the phenomenon, sometimes to their detriment. A horse may have seen an object dozens of times before, but it spooks when approaching it from a different direction. Or, it may have been moved slightly in some way.