What is a black type horse, i have thoroughbred with this?

Question

I dont know what this is but my thoroughbred's pedigree has that he is one on it he is a gelding and he raced and won a lot of money, i kinda feel stupid for asking because i almost think that i should know this. but whatever.

Okay on his pedigree it is checked that he is a black type horse, i think that it might have to do with his racing or his breed so that is why i brought that stuff up but i dont know.

no he is pure breed i have papers that prove that.

Answer 1

This is what I found on a Thoroughbred website:
Black-type
Horses finishing first, second and third in a black-type stakes will qualify for bold (black) type in a pedigree. Many sales catalogs have eliminated the use of black-type for stakes below a certain monetary value. If a horse's name appears in bold-face type and in all capital letters, it has won at least one black-type event. If it appears in bold-face type and upper and lower case letters, it ran second or third in at least one black-type event.

www.keeneland.com/liveracing/glossary.asp

Hope this explains things! Great question!

Answer 2

The way this is worded is confusing. "Thoroughbred" is a type of horse. "Black" is just a color, so a thoroughbred can be black, just like almost any other type of horse. "Gelding" means he's been neutered, so you can't breed him.

The only other thing I can think of is that your horse is a cross between a thoroughbred and another type? Maybe morgan or quarter horse?

Hope this is of some help!

Answer 3

What are you talking about? I really don't understand your question and how does "a black type horse" fit into all this? I'm confused

Answer 4

It's based on his racing stakes 1st, 2nd, 3rd. You shouldn't feel stupid bcauz that's a toughy unless your in the racing business.

Answer 5

You need to clarify what exavtly this question is. I'm very confused. :)