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Animal Husbandry

4/30/2023

For Derby Day, a Note of Caution About Horses and "Races"

by Mackenzie Cooley

The thoroughbreds on display at Churchill Downs next Saturday carry on Italian renaissance practices of horse breeding for sport and aesthetic pleasure. But the spectacle warns of another legacy: the fateful transfer of the term "race" from purposefully selected lineages of horses to broad groupings of humans.

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Animal Husbandry

For Derby Day, a Note of Caution About Horses and "Races"

by Mackenzie Cooley