Jersey Act
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jersey-act-204-7669751
title:
Jersey Act
text:
The Jersey Act was a regulation introduced to prevent the registration of most American-bred Thoroughbred horses in the British General Stud Book. It had its roots in the desire of British horse breeders to halt the influx of American-bred racehorses of possibly impure bloodlines during the early 20th century. Many American-bred horses were exported to Europe to race and retire to a breeding career after a number of U.S. states banned gambling, which depressed Thoroughbred racing—and thus breedi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
British Thoroughbred horse regulation (1913–1949)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Act
date created:
2009-02-24T00:06:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:18:01Z
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