Admit it or not, when it comes to the world of sports betting, horse racing is on top of the list. The horse racing industry has brought the sports betting world to a whole new level of legal gambling. It had attracted hundreds and thousands of horse racing fans across the country and all major horse racing events have been attended by millions of fans.

Not only that, as the horse racing industry continues to dominate the world of sports betting, it’s growth had massively evolved. There are different versions of parties held before and after the main event, pre-eminent shows being celebrated all over the race track, and most above traditional drinks have been developed as part of the event’s party culture.

On the other hand, as we look at the bigger picture of what as horse racing look like, let’s go back to basic and whose really competing in the said race. These are the thoroughbred horses. Every horse racer is not only joining because they wanted to. They undergo rigid and full training for longer days even years just to make sure they earn that whole stability and endurance. As you go along and wait for the biggest horse racing event in the country to take place this year, let’s take a look at to some qualities of what a really makes an excellent racehorse. We lay to you the basics.

The Soundness

In order for a trainer to make it to the finish line and end up a winner, they should make sure that their racehorse has an excellent soundness quality. The soundness of the horse does not only refer to his ability to grasp what are the instructions that his trainer and jockey command, but it talks about the overall horse aesthetics.

In the course of training a racehorse to come up with a good soundness quality, each trainer follows a guideline to avoid any hitches. Each racehorse should undergo weighing which should reach up to a metric ton that would allow them to complete the 40 mph speed in the race track. Besides, when they reach the said weight and speed, the overall aesthetics of the racehorse should have physically skeletal thin legs.

When a racehorse reaches a good sounding quality, he is more likely to win in any horse racing tournament. As we speak with a horse racing tournament, TVG Preakness Stakes 2019 is about to start in 3 months and a lot of horse racing fans are looking forward to this grand event.  Along with this achievement, his trainer should make sure that he maintains this quality up until the tournament begins. The racehorse should also be physically fit and properly groomed. Truly, when a racehorse has a good soundness quality his ability to beat his opponents even in a longer horse racing show will be a piece of cake.

Balanced Appetite

Good quality of racehorse follows a balanced diet and appetite. As they go along with their rigid training, it is inevitable that they would more likely to eat well. As a trainer, you have to make sure that your racehorse maintains a good weight all throughout his training and until the race day begins.

This will also make sure that the racehorse won’t go overweight or underweight because it will affect his performance. Like humans, a  racehorse that has no balanced diet should more likely give out a poor performance in his racing show.

The Constitution

An excellent racehorse should have a good constitution. Constitution refers to both the physical and mental ability of every racehorse. A good racehorse does show signs of being tired. If you are a trainer and maintains a good constitution for your racehorse, you’ll see that he is good at training, eats well, saddle enthusiastically, and most of all get a good rest.

At the same time, a racehorse is in a good constitution when his internals is also in good conditions. That means that he maintains a good heartbeat, his limbs are intact, strong pair of lungs, and his heart is vital enough and ready for a long race course.

The Desire

The most important ingredient you have to make sure that your racehorse has is the desire. Bear In mind that you may all have the talent bestowed upon you. Your race horse may also have the best qualities and foreseen to be a real winner. But, on the other hand, if your racehorse doesn’t have any desire to compete and win, then everything won’t make sense at all.

If you are a trainer, you should also be patient enough and you should display a good desire to train your racehorse in achieving all the best qualities they need to compete in the race track. You should take charge of carefully the training guidelines you set for a racehorse and at the same time manage them rightfully so they may also grasp that attitude and make it to the finish line.

Haydock Park was at the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons recently as a brawl broke out on the course involving 50 racegoers on their Grand National Trial Day.

It’s fair to say many of the punters involved had consumed a shandy too many and look set to have signed a banning order, which will keep them away from the course for the rest of their lives!

The Grand National Trial was won by Robinsfirth who remarkably doesn’t even have an entry in the Grand National, something connections will definitely be regretting after their horse outstayed all of his rivals at Haydock, including some of the drunks who had drifted off by that point.

Ridden by his regular jockey Sean Bowen, Robinsfirth was driven out three fences from home and looked to be in big trouble. However, he stayed on well to hit the front at the last obstacle, and he didn’t look back then to finish ahead of Ramses De Teilee and Chef D’Oeuvre respectively.

It’s going to be a big few weeks for Robinsfirth’s trainer Colin Tizzard as his horse Native River is one of the most popular Gold Cup tips this year, where he will be looking to defend his crown in the race. For some reason horses have struggled to retain their title in the Gold Cup as it has not been done since Best Mate managed the feat in 2004.

When you consider the likes of Kauto Star, Denman and Long Run have all failed to do it, it will be a fantastic achievement from Native River who is more than just a mudlark, as some people like label him

Earlier in the card on Grand National Trial Day at Haydock, Jester Jet was the winner of the Mares’ Hurdle as she upset the favourite If You Say Run in a close tussle as there was nothing more than a neck between the two horses at the finish. The winner returned 4/1, therefore, those who had backed Tom Lacey’s runner were definitely toasting jockey Tom Scudamore after the race. Unfortunately, neither the first or second will feature in the Mares’ Hurdle on day one of the Cheltenham Festival next month.

Benie Des Obeaux currently tops the betting for that race as Apple’s Jade and Laurina are expected to show girl power and take on the boys in the Champion Hurdle earlier in the day, where defending champion Buveur D’Air is bidding for a hat-trick of success in the race.

One horse who will be lining up at Cheltenham after winning at Haydock is Quel Destin who is trained by Paul Nicholls. The former Champion Trainer recently had his 3000th career winner and he will be excited about his horse’s prospects in the Triumph Hurdle, where he is in the betting at 9/1.

Quel Destin went off at 4/6 in this juvenile hurdle race and he proved his class, prevailing by six lengths. The French-bred horse just looked in a league above with his rivals at the Lancashire track, to the point it looked like he knew that too and was just toying with them until the closing stages, where he then stretched away. Let’s hope the crowd behave themselves at Cheltenham next month and there is no repeat of the brawl we saw at Haydock.