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<h2 class = 'uawtitle'>The History of Horse Racing</h2><div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by David ONeil</div><div class='uawarticle'><br />One of the oldest sports known to mankind is horse racing. This extremely popular sport has its origins as far back as 638 BC and has been a thriving, organised sport ever since.<br />
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By the 1700's horse racing had really blossomed into an extremely popular sport. The quick and lithe arab horses were bred with their sturdier european counterparts which resulted in fantastic race horses. As the sport became more organised racecourses opened all over the country and standardized rules and regulations were introduced. <br />
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When Charles II was King from 1660-1685 he held two horse races on private courses with the winner being awarded a prize. Newmarket in Britain was the very first venue for horse racing.<br />
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Between 1702-1714, when Queen Anne was on the throne, horse racing developed from two horses to several and spectators would place bets on the horse they thought would win.<br />
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The Jockey club was formed in 1750 at Newmarket where the elite of horse racing met. The club was formed to control English racing and a set of rules were made that are still in force today.<br />
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In 1791 the Jockey Club decreed that the breeding of race horses had to be regulated. The job of tracing the history of all race horses was given to a gentleman called James Weatherby. It is an amazing fact that because of Mr Weatherbys hard work some race horses can now be traced all the way back to a horse called Byerley Turk. This particular horse was racing between 1680 and 1696.<br />
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It was in the year 1866 that the National Hunt Committee was formed. In 1993 the British Horseracing Board became the governing authority for horse racing.</div><div class='uawresource'><div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />
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