A History Of Horse Racing
Today millions of people around the world tune into their televisions to follow horse racing’s Kentucky Derby. What they are watching is the modern version of a sport that has its roots in racing competition founded centuries ago. Though it is reasonable to begin a history of horse racing with the ancient sport of chariot racing, it does not capture what we usually think of today as horse racing; today one does not visit the hippodrome to see a team of horses hurtling a chariot around a track.