Horse Racing In England

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 1783273186

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Horse Racing and British Society in the Long Eighteenth Century by Mike Huggins Pdf

Horse racing was the first and longest-lasting of Britain's national sports. This book explores the cultural world of racing and its relationship with British society in the long eighteenth century. It examines how and why race meetings changed from a marginal and informal interest for some of the elite to become the most significant leisure event of the summer season. Going beyond sports history, the book firmly places racing in its cultural, social, political and economic context. Racing's development was linked to the growth of commercialized leisure in the eighteenth century, a product of rising wealth amongst the middling group; changes in transport; the expansion of the newspaper press; and the new democratic and individualistic spirit of the age, especially the more flexible social codes of the late Georgian and Regency eras. In this book, horse racing emerges as the first 'proto-modern' sport, with links with the widespread popularity of gaming and betting which forced ever-increasing codification, regulation and event organization. Racing also gave expression to highly nuanced concepts of local, regional, national, class, gender (primarily male) and political identities. Drawing on the fields of social, cultural and sports history and utilizing many hitherto ignored or under-exploited sources, the book revises current histories of eighteenth-century leisure and sport, showing how horse racing links to debates about commercialization, consumer behaviour, the 'urban renaissance' and human-horse relationships. It also sheds new light not only on racehorse ownership, but also on the hitherto hidden world of racing's key professionals: jockeys, trainers, bloodstock breeders, stud grooms and stable hands. MIKE HUGGINS is Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at the University of Cumbria.

Author : Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135762667

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Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing by Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew Pdf

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.

Author : Robert Black
Publisher : London : Richard Bentley and Son
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : OXFORD:590090094

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Horse-racing in England by Robert Black Pdf

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0719065291

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Horseracing and the British, 1919-39 by Mike Huggins Pdf

This is a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society and an exploration of the cultural world of racing during the inter-war years. the supposedly respectable middle classes, and gave some working-class groups hope and consolation during economically difficult times. Regular attendance and increased spending on betting were found across class and generation and women too were keen participants. Enjoyed by the Royal Family and controlled by the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee, racing's visible emphasis on rank and status helped defend hierarchy and gentlemanly amateurism and provided support for more conservative British attitudes. The mass media provided a cumulative cultural validation of racing, helping define national and regional identity and encouraging the affluent consumption of sporting experience and frank enjoyment of betting. exploration of the internal culture of racing itself: the racecourse and course life, trainers and jockeys, owners and breeders. be of value for undergraduate courses on the history of modern British society, sport and cultural studies and should be welcomed by racing enthusiasts everywhere.

Author : Horse-racing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5T7K

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Horse-racing by Horse-racing Pdf

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135264185

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Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914 by Mike Huggins Pdf

2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Horses
ISBN : OXFORD:555065461

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The General Stud-book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781447491934

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A History of Horse Racing - A Large Collection of Historical Articles on Horse Racing in England and America by Various Authors Pdf

“A History of Horse Racing” contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of horse and horse racing in England and the Unites States. Contents include: “Every Horse Owners Cyclopedia, By J H Walsh”, “The American Trotting Horse”, “The Atlantic Monthly, By John Elderkin”, “A History Of The Turf And The Trotting Horse In America”, “Horse Racing Greats, By Alfred E T Watson”, “Mr. Peter Purcell Gilpin”, “The Badminton Magazine Of Sports And Pastimes - April 1904, By E. Somerville Tattersall”, etc. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history of horse racing. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on horses used for sports and utility.

Author : Robert Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : PRNC:32101064795204

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Horse-racing in France by Robert Black Pdf

Author : M C Horrocks
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798749812190

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UK Longshot Horse Racing System by M C Horrocks Pdf

I will make this bold statement straight away, "This book finds big priced winners in UK handicap horse races" easily and consistently!I need to make a very important statement here backing double figure priced horses can return some huge profits but you must remember they all do not win, more will lose races which is to be expected. There is a reason why the horse is such a big price it is mainly due to the fact the horse has not won for a long time. Another reason is that a horse could be out of its depth in other words running in a higher class of race.Most punters want winners every day at any odds this makes them feel good. They think they are making a profit, how wrong they are and the bookmakers take their money every day with a smile on their faces.Another mistake the average punter makes is that they will take current SP starting price of a horse and not look for a larger price. So say a horse is 2/1 that's decimal odds 3.0 on the Betfair betting exchange. They will readily take these odds. A more profitable approach is to take higher odds like decimal odds 3.5. Ok you might think there is not much difference between decimal odds 3.0 and 3.5 but it adds up over a year and that is where your profit is. The only way to profit in horse racing is to back horses at larger odds than what is being offered. The betting exchanges show the true odds of a horse just before the race starts. As these odds are derived from many punters and bookmakers who are using the betting exchanges then the price of the horse before the race starts is its true odds. This price is a consolidated view and it is normally correct and near the mark.This system also finds large priced horses that are placed 1st 2nd 3rd or 4th regularly in a horse race and these can be exploited in the Betfair place market at some juicy odds. I have taken decimal odds of 7.0 on four places in a horse race and mopped up.

Author : Kate Fox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781351475563

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The Racing Tribe by Kate Fox Pdf

It is generally assumed that anthropologists do their research in remote and uncomfortable parts of the world--places with monsoons, mud huts, and malaria. In this volume, social anthropologist Kate Fox has taken on an altogether more enjoyable assignment, the study of the arcane world of British horseracing. For Fox, field research meant wandering around racetracks in a pink hat and high heels (standard tribal costume) rather than braving killer insects and primitive sanitation. Instead of an amorphous racing crowd, the author finds a complete subculture with its own distinctive customs, rituals, language and etiquette. Among the spectators, she identifies Horseys, Addicts, Anoraks, Pair-Bonders, Day-Outers, Suits, and Be-Seens--all united by remarkable friendliness and courtesy. Among the racing professionals, the tribal structure includes Warriors (jockeys), Shamans (trainers), Scribes (journalists), Elders (officials and stewards) and Sin-Eaters (bookies). Fox includes witty and incisive descriptions of the many strange ceremonies and rituals observed by racegoers--the Circuit Ritual, Ritual Conversations ("What do you fancy in the next?") , Celebration Rituals, the Catwalk Ritual, and Post-Mortem Rituals (naturally, a horse never loses a race because it's too slow)--and their special codes of behavior such as the Modesty Rule, the Collective Amnesia Rule, and the Code of Chivalry. The Racing Tribe is also a refreshingly candid account of anthropological fieldwork, including all the embarrassing mistakes, hiccups, short-cuts and guesswork that most social scientists keep very quiet about.

Author : Anne Holland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781784420031

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Horse Racing in Britain and Ireland by Anne Holland Pdf

Often called the sport of kings, horse racing dates back at least to the chariot races of the ancient Olympic Games. Arriving in Britain with the Romans in the first century BC, its popularity among the elite led to the breeding of thoroughbred racehorses and prompted the establishment of a formal racing calendar with flat races and steeple chases at a plethora of dedicated racecourses throughout the country. Now no longer restricted to the aristocracy, a day at the races has become a perennial highlight of the social calendar. Shedding new light on this increasingly popular equestrian sport, Anne Holland here explores the broad history of horse racing from the horses, jockeys and racecourses to the practice of bookmaking and those in the audience.

Author : Sinclair W. Bell,Christian Jaser,Christian Mann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000525366

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The Running Centaur by Sinclair W. Bell,Christian Jaser,Christian Mann Pdf

This book surveys the practice of horse racing from antiquity to the modern period, and in this way offers a selective global history. Unlike previous histories of horse racing, which generally make claims about the exclusiveness of modern sport and therefore diminish the importance of premodern physical contests, the contributors to this book approach racing as a deep history of diachronically comparable practices, discourses, and perceptions centered around the competitive staging of equine speed. In order to compare horse racing cultures from completely different epochs and regions, the authors respond to a series of core issues which serve as structural comparative parameters. These key issues include the spatial and architectural framework of races; their organization; victory prizes; symbolic representations of victories and victors; and the social range and identities of the participants. The evidence of these competitions is interpreted in its distinct historical contexts and with regard to specific cultural conditions that shaped the respective relationship between owners, riders, and horses on the global racetracks of pre-modernity and modernity. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Robert Black
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : OCLC:221567439

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Horse-racing in England by Robert Black Pdf

Author : Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135762674

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Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing by Dr Joyce Kay,Professor Wray Vamplew Pdf

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.