Around the turn of the 1700's, breeding records for Thoroughbreds were meager and frequently unfinished, and typically, they would not refer to a horse before the young horse had proven themself worthy. A man named James Weatherby, through his own investigation and hard work, and by the consolidation of his personal privately held pedigree reports published the initial volume of the General Stud Book. He did this in 1791. The foremost publication listed 387 mares, each of which could trace back to Eclipse. The General Studbook is still available in England by Weatherby and Sons. Numerous years later, as thoroughbred racing increased in popularity in North America the need for a pedigree registry for American Bred Thoroughbreds, similar to the General Stud Book became obvious.
In 1873, the first American Stud Book was released by Colonel Sanders D. Bruce. This man spent almost a lifetime researching the pedigrees of American Thoroughbreds. He followed the example of the General Stud Book creating six volumes of the register up until 1896 when the project was carried on by The Jockey Club. The integrity of the American Stud Book is the flagstone on which all Thoroughbred horse racing in North America relies. The first edition of the American Stud Book by The Jockey Club had a foal number of close to 3,000. In 1986 in had grown to an astonishing 51,000. In the present day The Jockey Club runs an elaborate new computer system to meet the registration issues posed by the gigantic amount of annual registrations. The Jockey Club owns and runs one of the most advanced computer systems in the world at the moment, with its database holding over 1.8 million thouroughbreds on a master pedigree record, with names that can be traced back to the 1800's. As well as bloodlines, this computer system also handles daily racing results of all Thoroughbred race in North America, as well as the power to process digitally submitted pedigree and racing data from the UK, Ireland, France and other principal Thoroughbred districts. Another offspring of Darley Arabian is Diomed; who won the earliest running of the Kentucky Derby in 1780. At 21 years of age he was brought to the US where he began the male line through his son, Sir Archie.
Thoroughbred horses are the preferred choice for track racing. Most thoroughbreds are born somewhere between January and April, however their official birthday is January 1 of the present year. During their first year of growth, they are increasing bulk and strength with the youth beginning his training as a yearling. The horse learns to accept a bridle and a saddle and soon after a rider on his back to break the horse ready for the starting gate and the run around the track.
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