The first racing network has learned that every November Guinness World Records Day is set to encourage global challengers to inspire their potential to break the world record on that day. The 2022 Guinness World Records Day is November 10, marking the 19th global celebration of the world's most popular record book, with challengers from all over the world showing their talent and hard work under the theme of "Superior Skills, So Challenge", creating a number of new Guinness World Records titles.
Guinness Records are all-encompassing, with a lot of strange challenges, and the historic Guinness has also recorded many world records related to horses, including not only the more traditional ones such as "largest", "smallest", but also many new-sounding and unexpected records! Let's take a look at some of the most interesting things related to horses.
A record set domestically related to horses
In January 2014, a number of new Guinness World Records were born in the Jiangnan town of Jiangyin Xinqiao. With a collection of 47 horse breeds from more than 30 countries, Hailan International Equestrian Club has become the "club with the largest collection of horse breeds in the world", which is also a new initiative in the international equestrian community. The club also performed dressage steps for more than 5 minutes with 60 riders and 60 horses, setting a new Guinness World Record for "the world's largest dressage" held by themselves in 2012. In addition, two new Guinness World Records, "the most times in the world to get on and off a horse in 30 seconds" and "the world's most consecutive obstacle crossing in one minute for one person driving four horses", were also rewritten on the same day.
On 26 March 2016, more than 1,000 primary and secondary school students completed a paper ring chain with a total length of 3,745.38 meters at the "Happy Day Together" large-scale carnival held by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, successfully breaking the Guinness World Record for "the longest paper ring chain completed in one hour" (team) held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Following the success of the two-day carnival, more than 26,000 Hong Kong citizens participated in a series of "Learning Sportsmanship Together" activities held at Sha Tin Racecourse and Peng Fook Park, Hong Kong Jockey Club donated HK$18 million to the Hong Kong Sports Institute to launch the Jockey Club Outstanding Athlete Award Scheme to support the all-round development of local athletes in the next three years. The relevant person in charge said that it is very suitable to challenge the Guinness World Record honor and promote the spirit of sports, and also hopes to have the opportunity to carry out more challenges in the future.
The tallest horse and the shortest horse
On July 7 last year, according to the Associated Press, the world's tallest horse "Jack" died in Wisconsin, USA, at the age of 20. It is almost 2.1 meters tall and weighs 1136 kilograms. The Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 proved that it was the tallest horse in the world. The farmer's family said they would keep the stables where "Jack" once lived and put photos and name tags at the door as a memorial. The farmer also said that although "Jack" is huge, it has a very docile personality, but because of its huge size, its stable is much larger than the average horse, and even when transporting, it needs to use semi-trailers to meet the demand.
The world's tallest horse "Jack", image source network
Horses are usually tall, but Guinness World Records also records that the smallest horse in the world is a Farabella pony with dwarfism who is only 43.2 centimeters tall and weighs about 54.4 pounds. The name is "Thumbelina". It has a docile personality, likes to be close to humans, currently lives on a farm in the United States, and is a famous local animal star.
Records related to horse racing
How fast can a horse run? According to Guinness Records, the fastest horse in the world is about 70.8 kilometers per hour, which was completed by an American-trained 2-year-old thoroughbred horse at the National Racecourse of Pennsylvania on May 14, 2008, which is equivalent to the average horse running about 19 meters in one second!
In Mongolia, there is one of the world's longest horse racing tracks, about 1,000 kilometers long, spanning several cities in Mongolia, and it is said that it takes seven days to complete the entire course, during which runners have to ride horses for more than 12 hours a day, changing horses every 30 kilometers, a total of about 30 different horses, which is a huge test for both people and horses. Although the event is one of the best in the country, more than half of the participants drop out each year, so it is a good result for most participants to finish the race. The winning pair ended up completing the 1,000km in seven days every day.
Maidan Racecourse Dubai, image source network
When it comes to the top 10 racecourses in the world, the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, UAE is definitely on the list. After three years of construction and a total cost of 3 billion US dollars, the racecourse not only has a grandstand that can accommodate 60,000 people, a business box of 400,000 square meters, a double-decker parking lot that can accommodate 10,000 vehicles, etc., but also has an urban park, a five-star racetrack hotel, and the world's largest and longest outdoor LED screen, which can be said to be the world's most luxurious and spectacular racecourse. On March 27, 2010, at the Dubai World Cup held at the Maidan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the total price of a single-day race (8 races) was 26.25 million US dollars (about 183 million yuan), setting a Guinness World Record for the highest prize money for a one-day horse race. However, the highest price in the history of horse racing auctions was not here, but on February 28, 2006, at an auction in Florida, USA, a horse named "Green Monkey" was auctioned for a record $16 million.
We see more equestrian show jumping competitions, and now the height of riders and horses jumping in Olympic and other competitions is generally about 1.5 meters to 1.7 meters, so how high can a horse jump? On February 5, 1949, in Santiago, Chile, the host rider and his horse jumped 2.47 meters in a super high race, which was almost one floor high, and was confirmed by the International Equine Federation and successfully certified as a Guinness World Record, which is still an unsurpassed height.
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Guinness World Records is updated every year, and since 2004, "Guinness World Records" has become the world's best-selling copyright book, about horses and the records created by humans together, I believe it will continue to record, record those moments that challenge the limit and create miracles!