What is Thoroughbred?
[[File:horse-racing-4.jpg|160px|thumb|right|Horse racing with Thorughbred horses ]] '''Thoroughbred''' is a breed of [[horse]]. They are mainly used for [[Horse racing|racing]]. Their [[Family tree|pedigree]] is known and recorded. For each horse there is a chart showing its [[Ancestor|ancestry]]. [[Horse|Horses]] in general have been used for many years, for [[farm]], [[racing]], [[Horse racing|harness]] work and so forth. Horses were the fastest way for people to travel on land before [[Automobile|cars]] were [[Invention|invented]]. They were the only way to travel long distances in a reasonable amount of time. Most horse breeds have been bred for a specific reason; the thoroughbred racehorse was bred to run. Thoroughbreds originate from the [[Arabian horse|Arabian]] breed, and all thoroughbreds can be traced back to three original sires (fathers): The Byerley Turk, The Darley Arabian, The Godolphin Arabian. Thoroughbreds are known for their speed, and also for their jumping ability, used in [[steeplechase]]s and in [[show jumping]] and other horse activities. Although thoroughbreds generally are slightly temperamental, they are very trainable and loyal. Thoroughbreds are generally tall and sleek, with long legs to help carry them along the [[race track]]. Thoroughbreds can be many colors, including bay (a colour which is brown with a black mane and [[tail]]), chestnut (red-brown), black, gray. ==Origin== The thoroughbred's genetic origin is Arabian and Turkmenian also Barb's. The Arabian foundation stallions which were brought to Britain in the late 1600s and early 1700s were bred to domestic mares – very probably Scottish Galloways – although they may have been bred to Arabian mares, too. A substantial number of early thoroughbreds were bred in the vale of Bedale in the County of [[Yorkshire]] in Northern England. The foundation stallions of the thoroughbred breed and years in which they arrived in England were: the Byerly Turk (1689), the Darley Arabian (1705), the Godolphin Barb (1728). Their