Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A Brief History of Horse Racing


The competitive racing of horses is one of humankind's most ancient sports, having its origins among the prehistoric nomadic tribesmen of Central Asia - who first domesticated the horse about 4500 BC.

For thousands of years, horse racing flourished as the sport of kings. Modern racing, however, flourishes both for the competition it provides among wealthy race horse owners and because of the fair betting odds it offers punters. Horse racing is among the fairest of all forms of gaming – as it’s impossible to convince a horse not to win - if it really wants to.


Horse racing is the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after baseball. More than 56 million people attend 8,004 days of racing and wager in excess of $9.14 billion. Horse racing is a major source of entertainment and sport in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Now just imagine how popular Horse Racing will be in China…where more than 9,000,000 people are expected to physically attend our races annually. In addition more than 160 million households could be watching it on Television and more than 601 million mobile phone users could be following the races as well…

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