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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
That makes sense! I believe before the Arabic breeds came into thourobred racing they dominated that sort of racing too.
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Actually, the Standardbred horse comes later than the Thoroughbred, and is American. TBs were derived several hundred years ago from arab and other middle eastern stallions bred onto native anglo-irish mares. Standardbred horses come a little later than that. Google the Thoroughbred stallion "Messenger".
There was a time in the U.S. when Standardbreds were more common than Thoroughbreds and were used in flat racing and steeplechase style races, but their time was short lived in that regard. They are much better trotters.
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