Scooter thank you great answer for us we are doing a 4th grade science fair project want to do it on horses in some form or another. we were told that there were certain bone structures that enables the thoroughbred to be fast. any ideas on this concept
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the thoroughbred's bone structure does make them fast for long distances. it is the fine makeup of their bone and the length of their abdomen that give them the ability to be long winded. if you want to talk about real speed, try looking at the American Quarter Horse. they have been recorded running 56 miles per hour durring a quarter mile race. they can not go long distances like the thoroughbred, but they can run nearly twice as fast. they are short, strong, and well muscled, and can really fly when you get them in gear. their muscle per square inch is unrivaled, and that is how they got there name... the quarter horse. for being the fastest horse in a quarter mile. the only thoroughbred that could try to keep up with them was secretariat. but only becaeuse he had a birthdefect that gave him an enlarged heart with and extra valve, and enlarged lungs. hope your project goes well. ~your freindly Kentuckiana Quarter Horse Jockey. p.s. after secretariat, the fastest thoroughbred on record ran at 38 miles per hour, and he had some quarter horse blood in him.
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