A juvenile in horse racing is a term used for a horse that is just a beginner in a world of racing and needed to learn a lot. The term signifies that the horses are young and inexperienced, and are racing in ‘juvenile’ races in order to develop not only their strength and speed, but also their understanding of race day. It’s slightly different when it comes to flat racing and jump racing. A juvenile horse in flat racing is one that is two years old. Horses all turn a year older on the 1st of January each year, irrespective of when they were actually born. In the world of jump racing a juvenile horse is one that is three-years-old. Obviously the fact that they’re younger horses means that they’ll be inexperienced over jumps, so the courses that they tend to run are usually on the easier side. Because juveniles aren’t yet mature racehorses, they compete almost exclusively against each other—they’re not yet fast enough to compete against older horses, except perhaps in short sprints.
The Juvenile races exist to showcase the best up-and-coming talents, and smart horse racing betting experts will certainly keep an eye on which juveniles are showing promise. There are no specific rules for juvenile hurdle races other than the races are limited to horses of the same age. It’s a crucial stage in a horse’s development because it’s when they’re finding their feet literally. Horses can obviously 경마 gain a reputation for themselves later in life, their period as a juvenile is when the racing world will be watching to see if they can handle the pressures of the National Hunt. Juveniles are often sold at auction as “two-year-olds in training,” which refers to unraced two-year-olds developed to the point where they can sprint a furlong or two to show potential buyers their stride and speed.