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Each year over a hundred billion dollars is invested around the world by gamblers Slow Horse Luke Review hopeful of outwitting the sportsbooks and enhancing their own personal fortunes. Long before online bookmakers brought us the opportunity to wager on tennis, rugby union and the likely winner of this year's Britain's Got Talent kings and queens, aristocrats and common folk alike would take a punt on the outcome of one of the many horse racing events that take place each and every day the length and breadth of the UK and indeed all around the world.
The origins of competitive horse racing trace back to the nomadic tribesmen of Central Asia, who first started to domesticate horses in around 4500 B.C. Both mounted and chariot racing were recognised as Olympic sports by the year 638 B.C., and horse racing was of course a popular sport amongst the Romans at the height of the Empire.
In the UK there are records of horse racing events being held in public on special occasions as early as the 12th century, but the sport in its modern form developed during the 17th century and in the 18th century became the first regulated sport in Britain due to the creation of the Jockey Club.
Modern racing essentially takes two forms, flat racing and the steeplechase (jumps). Both types of race are conducted over various distances and horses are usually bred and trained for a particular type of race over a particular distance. For instance the Arabian, Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa are reared with flat racing especially in mind. Some horses perform at their best over short distances such as six or seven furlongs whilst others excel over longer distances.
