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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK

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Civil War - Horse Racing Nation

    https://www.horseracingnation.com/horse/Civil_War
    Civil War horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. Civil War horse rating and status. See who is a fan of Civil War.

Horses in the Civil War - Earth in Transition

    https://www.earthintransition.org/2013/02/horses-in-the-civil-war/
    The Civil War is not normally called a horse’s war, but it most certainly was: cavalry and artillery horses, draft and pack horses and mules, approximately one million on the Union side alone. The seat of war was also the lap of America’s horse culture – or, rather, cultures, north and south. He notes that in the South, “horses were ...

Civil War - Horse Racing Nation

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    Civil War horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. Civil War horse rating and status. See who is a fan of Civil War. ... Get a Career in Horse Racing! Search All News-----Featured Blogs - From Coast to Coast - HorseCenter Video Show - …

Civil War - Horse Profile - BloodHorse

    https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/thoroughbred/civil-war/2018
    Jackie's Warrior Preserves Perfect Record in Champagne. Jackie's Warrior kept his perfect record intact and drew off to a solid victory Oct. 10 in the $250,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont ...

"Horse Racing During the Civil War: The Perseverance of the Sport …

    https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3348/
    Horse racing has a long and uninterrupted history in the United States. The historiography, however, maintains that horse racing went into hiatus during the Civil War. This simply is not true. While it is true that horse racing saw a decline in the beginning of the war, by the time the war ended, the sport had risen to similar heights as seen before the war.

horse racing - The state of racing | Britannica

    https://www.britannica.com/sports/horse-racing/The-state-of-racing
    In America, interest in horse racing exploded after the Civil War. By 1890 there were 314 racetracks, operating in nearly every state. Incensed, antigambling coalitions pushed through legislation in most parts of the country, and by 1908 only 25 racetracks remained in operation.

Horse racing in the United States - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_racing_in_the_United_States
    Horse racing was an enamored sport that was popular for its time in all regions of the United States and took a downturn for a while as the economy, gambling reformers and some interest faded. Reiss states that post-Civil War America was the rebirth of the horse racing sport and it relied on the status of men who bred and raced horses and operated jockey clubs and …

Civil War - Race Horse Profile RACING.COM

    https://www.racing.com/horses/civil-war
    All the stats, form and information about race horse - Civil War available at RACING.COM – The first destination for Australian Horse Racing.

Off and Running: America’s Growing Passion For Horse …

    https://www.historynet.com/off-running-americas-passion-horse-racing/
    Such contests had long been popular in Meagher’s homeland, and by the Civil War, horse racing had become quite fashionable in America, on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. As Meagher promoted the race: To come off the 17th March, rain or shine, by horses, the property of, and to be ridden by, commissioned officers of that Brigade.

Horse Racing | Four Footed Friends - American Civil War Forums

    https://civilwartalk.com/threads/horse-racing.178558/
    I recently found this article on horse racing during the Civil War which includes some interesting insights including: "Hooker also gave his blessing to one of the war’s most ironic events: a grand gala in the Army of the Potomac’s camps in Falmouth, Va., on March 17, 1863 ... [with the highlight of the day] a horse race—the so-called “Grand Irish Brigade Steeple-Chase,”;

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