Dirt track racing

skill needed to be successful with reading acquisition (Allor, Gansle, & Denny, 2006). The authors discuss the importance of explicitly teaching phonemic awareness skills to children who are struggling with reading. One purpose of the study was to track the progress of a select group of students using a curriculum-based measurement, called the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). The other purpose…

The Victor’s Crown was written by David Potter as a way to help his readers not fond of the Historic Sporting events timeline understand how these sports gained interest from royalty to the public sphere of the world, as well as the backstories behind the specific sports including the nature of the athletes participating. The book itself is divided up into 29 chapters all following a laxly based sequential order of events which highlights important events leading up to Roman Olympic games as…

“There is something quintessentially American about everyone in this story. [It’s about] triumph over hardship- that’s the journey toward the American dream” (“Seabiscuit”). That was a quote form Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Seabiscuit, an American Legend, a New York Times best-seller. The American dream is the ideal that every US citizens should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. An influential character in…

Thoroughbred Racing Since the late 1900’s horses evolved from an animal of practicality and transportation to one of pleasure, trade and gambling. Thoroughbred racing is a worldwide industry involving the gambling, racing and breeding of thoroughbred horses. The racing industry is multinational and followed all around the world, with the UK and Ireland, USA, France, Italy, Australia and New Zealand being the major influences in the breeding and production of thoroughbred racehorses. The New…

OF THE ORGANISATION Hadaybit Asalem Endurance is the stable of Endurance horses located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, established on Feb 2003. The Director and Trainer of Hadaybit Asalem Endurance, Mr. Hassan bin Ali who had luck enough to be the racing manager for HH Shk Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum for years.Endurance Rides are races over a trail of 50 to 150 miles. Hadaybit Asalem Endurance is well regarded for having one of the UAE’s most comprehensive systems of administering the sport of…

Ever ridden a horse? Ever felt the wind whip through your hair as you galloped at full speed through an open field? If you have then you know the freeing feeling that goes along with it. The sensation of flying that encompasses you leaving you feeling liberated. But some have never experienced this incredible emotion. Some choose to look at horseback riders and laugh, they might even mumble something to themselves about a waste of time or money as well. They see horseback riding as a worthless…

Applying performance enhancing drugs to competitive racing animals such as racehorses or greyhounds, can be a huge temptation for trainers whether legal or illegal. Trainers have always looked for an advantage against their competitors, therefore they will do whatever it takes to be the best and even win. Handlers, veterinarians, and jockeys are also involved in this scheme. (The Horseracing Industry, 2015) A various number of these drugs is to mask pain from injured horses or to increase the…

Economic Shift in Drag Racing Drag racing has spread out its economic value and growth since its launch in 1930s. With the evidence of economic shift from one dimension to the other in South California, drag racing is a sport with a worth cause. Consider its economic shift and development across the various states in America and in the world. Drag racing sport bring various persons together from all economic quarters, and has been of great economic value unto the spectators as well as…

administrative duties and tended to horses that were there to recuperate. Dancer employed a secretary and someone to tend to the rehabilitating horses at his farm in Freehold, in addition to a blacksmith, grooms and several stable hands at the raining track in New Egypt. On September 3rd, 1971 at approximately 11:45 a.m. Harold Dancer was during his automobile and…

• Only three fillies have ever won the Kentucky Derby in 1988 Winning Colors, in1980 Genuine Risk, and in 1915 Regret. It takes a lot of stamina and energy to run with the boys. • The Kentucky Derby is run at Churchill Downs and in 2012 the race track sold 120,000 Mint Juleps and about 425,000 cans of beer. • The Kentucky Derby is always held on the first Saturday in May no matter what the weather conditions are like. Most of the time the weather’s summer like with temperatures in the 90s…