Here's a selection of essays between 500 and 1000 words long which provide comprehensive information to help you with homework and school projects.
 

• The Origins of the Thoroughbred  
• PHAR LAP Story
• CARBINE Story
• Women Jockeys in New Zealand
• Ten Champion New Zealand Breeders
• Good stories and quotes from Melbourne Cup history….
• New Zealand-Bred Winners of the Melbourne Cup 1949-2001
• The Chinese Year of the Horse
• Champion Jockey Lance O'Sullivan  
• How do buyers select yearlings? by Paul Moroney

Links and suggestions for further reading and research are given at the end of each essay.