Topic: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback (Read 2081 times)
I would love to bet on horse racing, but unfortunately, very few bookmakers offer such opportunities. There is no racetrack in the city where I live. This is only available in very large cities and not in all countries of the world. I think horse racing was popular in the 19th century and in the 20th, although in the 20th century its popularity gradually decreased due to competition with popular sports such as football. In fact, football is the No. 1 sport in the world and it has gradually reduced interest in all other sports. Horse racing is an expensive sport. We need specialists in breeding thoroughbred horses. We need veterinarians. Horses need a lot of space, they need to spend a lot of money on feed and on horseback riding training. In countries with cold climates, it will never be a popular sport. In addition, the race itself is quite short-term and there is not much entertainment in it.
That's why I'm saying people here live in some sort of bubble where only football and basketball are played!
As for why suddenly the increase it's pretty simple, streaming, before 2016, for example, I couldn't even watch a horse race in the US being in Europe, there was simply no TV channel with a license!
As for why suddenly the increase it's pretty simple, streaming, before 2016, for example, I couldn't even watch a horse race in the US being in Europe, there was simply no TV channel with a license!
Well, your arguments are quite convincing, perhaps this explains such an explosive growth in the audience of horse racing. Why are we in the "football bubble" here, in general terms? Well, how would we talk about what we don't understand here? Are there many people here who understand horses?
For example, my knowledge allows me to distinguish an Arab horse from others by the shape of its head. Well, this is probably the end of knowledge. But before, experienced people could understand by their appearance, how a horse would run. And this is despite the fact that where I live, there is a horse club, horse hiking trails, as well as entertainment such as carriage rides, horse riding. While many people did not see horses at all, however, almost all played football or other popular games in childhood.
November 22, 2024, 11:41:52 PM
I think that the main reason horse racing is popular anywhere is because it is widely accepted as a form of legal gambling. I can place bets on horse races at my local bar and have been able to for decades. Places like here where local gambling laws are less influential have less of a need to provide less popular options.
That's very likely, it's everywhere and the acceptance from the people is there. And about that, everyone seem to think that horses are for that matter and purpose, to race. Having that race means that they're for the gambling as well. This has been passed on from generations and up to this point of time. I also think that the government doesn't have anything to say on it because it's an accepted sport that everybody loves to enjoy watching. 
November 22, 2024, 09:56:30 PM
I think that the main reason horse racing is popular anywhere is because it is widely accepted as a form of legal gambling. I can place bets on horse races at my local bar and have been able to for decades. Places like here where local gambling laws are less influential have less of a need to provide less popular options.
November 22, 2024, 06:10:59 PM
Horse racing isn't unpopular but I think you have it with the wrong crowd kinda.
I know many crypto casinos have recently featured horse racing and there had to be s reason for that. There is demand and therefore the sport is actually popular. But... The punters are mostly from countries that don't like this forum. For instance horse racing is still a huge part of the betting scene in Asian countries. Many European countries have closed their national horse racing ring even recently while in sdis the sport is growing!
But Asians don't like this forum. They have their own national platforms to discuss and they do it in their own language usually. So yes horse racing is popular, even with crypto. But not so popular with Bitcointalk users for sure because people that gamble on horses are from countries that don't even know this forum mostly.
I know many crypto casinos have recently featured horse racing and there had to be s reason for that. There is demand and therefore the sport is actually popular. But... The punters are mostly from countries that don't like this forum. For instance horse racing is still a huge part of the betting scene in Asian countries. Many European countries have closed their national horse racing ring even recently while in sdis the sport is growing!
But Asians don't like this forum. They have their own national platforms to discuss and they do it in their own language usually. So yes horse racing is popular, even with crypto. But not so popular with Bitcointalk users for sure because people that gamble on horses are from countries that don't even know this forum mostly.
Maybe this time it should be shared to people who doesn't know yet that this game popularity should become prominent because as far as I knew this bring entertainment and profit. However, it requires deep interest and knowledge in order to make it as good gambling experience to those who has no history of betting to this kind of sport.
November 22, 2024, 05:58:59 PM
Horse racing isn't unpopular but I think you have it with the wrong crowd kinda.
I know many crypto casinos have recently featured horse racing and there had to be s reason for that. There is demand and therefore the sport is actually popular. But... The punters are mostly from countries that don't like this forum. For instance horse racing is still a huge part of the betting scene in Asian countries. Many European countries have closed their national horse racing ring even recently while in sdis the sport is growing!
But Asians don't like this forum. They have their own national platforms to discuss and they do it in their own language usually. So yes horse racing is popular, even with crypto. But not so popular with Bitcointalk users for sure because people that gamble on horses are from countries that don't even know this forum mostly.
I know many crypto casinos have recently featured horse racing and there had to be s reason for that. There is demand and therefore the sport is actually popular. But... The punters are mostly from countries that don't like this forum. For instance horse racing is still a huge part of the betting scene in Asian countries. Many European countries have closed their national horse racing ring even recently while in sdis the sport is growing!
But Asians don't like this forum. They have their own national platforms to discuss and they do it in their own language usually. So yes horse racing is popular, even with crypto. But not so popular with Bitcointalk users for sure because people that gamble on horses are from countries that don't even know this forum mostly.
November 22, 2024, 05:12:37 PM
I don't think horse racing is one of them. How are you sure who the best athlete is? Are wins determined by the skillfullness of the athlete or the stamina and strength of the horses? This game still remains a mystery to a lot of gamblers.
There is probably no sport in this world that has much stats on stamina, on form and on combinations other than horse racing, first, all horses have a rating that depends on what type of race they participate in, but don't the distance. Then you have all kind of forms factors, for example random horse:
https://www.timeform.com/horse-racing/horse-form/alfa-whiteburd/000000586288
https://www.attheraces.com/form/horse/Alfa-Whiteburd/IRE/3523057
You have his ratings on slow, on fast ground, on grass or Polytrack, over what distance over the going, what type of horses and over what distance his parents and siblings are, and many more. No, timeform for football players is peanuts compared to how a horse is rated.
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November 22, 2024, 03:21:52 PM
A lot of people find it uninteresting especially when they are trying to pick the sports to bet on, a lot of gamblers would rather stick to football, basketball, volleyball and ice hokey. Sports betting can be very unpredictable sometimes but there are certain games that can be studied and profitable, I don't think horse racing is one of them. How are you sure who the best athlete is? Are wins determined by the skillfullness of the athlete or the stamina and strength of the horses? This game still remains a mystery to a lot of gamblers.
For as far as I've been into gambling and sports betting in particular, I have never been moved or had any zeal to try to bet on horse race, with this dog race, and this two are actually popular here in my country though it's in some parts of the country..I have never seen any reason to bet on animal sports, not when there are alot of human participation sports to bet on, the exact reason why some people pick interest in betting on animal sports is something I do not understand, or maybe it's like my friend who constantly bet on horse and dog race once told me, that not everyone's luck in on humans sports, that some people are destined to only win when they bet on animal sports.
November 22, 2024, 03:18:45 PM
Horse racing is huge in my country. People make bets on horses all the time here. I have some family members that are fans of horse racing. I guess the popularity of horse racing is different in every country. Horse racing is popular here but I don't think even 1% of the country's population knows what "cricket" is. I know it is one of the most popular game across the globe but here it is. Ask 1000 people here, only 10 will know which game you are talking about.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
It's because there are no platform to bet online with horse racing. Here in the Philippines, it's been a love and hate relationship with horse racing. There were decades that it become famous, together with a game, Jai-Alai, for sure Spanish members here know what kind of game it is. But when the former President Duterte took over, their was a crackdown on illegal horse betting and so the sports had somewhat died down and then pandemic strikes.
I still do watch some of the highlights in Youtube and some of our friends try to revied our liking with horse racing. We have even scheduled that we will go on the horse track itself and see the race live and definitely put some bet on it. But it will take some time again as we have to familiarized ourselves with the horses and the jockeys. And we are not shock that some of the apprentice jockeys we've known turn out to be a good Class A jockeys now.
November 22, 2024, 03:09:58 PM
Horse racing is huge in my country. People make bets on horses all the time here. I have some family members that are fans of horse racing. I guess the popularity of horse racing is different in every country. Horse racing is popular here but I don't think even 1% of the country's population knows what "cricket" is. I know it is one of the most popular game across the globe but here it is. Ask 1000 people here, only 10 will know which game you are talking about.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
Totally really that depends on a certain country on which we know that there are really certain sports on which it is really that popular on their locality but arent that too known in world wide. Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
Horse racing is indeed that known but its true that when it comes into this forum then we do usually read up Football and Basketball and Boxing will really be the ones that being discussed on here.
It wont really be that much of an issue though yet interest and recognition will really be just that depending on the location. I do also have that impression that Horse racing is something that being known or popular into those rich people who do make out some huge bets with this one. Well, this is really just that my assumption.
Taking up some good read up on this link in regarding about horse betting/sport is really that only for elite people.
https://www.upscalelivingmag.com/luxury-lifestyle-of-the-elite/is-horse-racing-still-considered-an-elitist-sport/
November 22, 2024, 02:19:07 PM
A lot of people find it uninteresting especially when they are trying to pick the sports to bet on, a lot of gamblers would rather stick to football, basketball, volleyball and ice hokey. Sports betting can be very unpredictable sometimes but there are certain games that can be studied and profitable, I don't think horse racing is one of them. How are you sure who the best athlete is? Are wins determined by the skillfullness of the athlete or the stamina and strength of the horses? This game still remains a mystery to a lot of gamblers.
November 22, 2024, 02:08:04 PM
Where did more than a billion people come from in one year? Why all of a sudden? Why horses? This is a very strange statistic. A billion people is a lot. This is more than the population of the United States and Europe combined. From a baby to an old man. Did they all suddenly start watching horse racing? Or did the whole of India or the whole of China suddenly become horse fans in one year? All this is very doubtful.
It's not a single race one time of the year, there are multiple events during one, that's why there is the chance of someone actually watching a race, adn the numbers are there definitely, Hong Jong is definitely having a year with Sha Tin flooded by chinese spectators:
https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3277692/hong-kong-racing-season-flying-start-best-opening-day-pandemic-struck
Kentucky broke record views:
https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/40091361/kentucky-derby-draws-167m-viewers-most-1989
Also, the countries that host grade 1 races are USA, Canada, UK, France, Japan, BRA, HK, AUS, SAF, USA, RSA, the countries that host your typical lower grade race, well, that's a lot more. This is just what's available for betting tomorrow:
That's why I'm saying people here live in some sort of bubble where only football and basketball are played!
As for why suddenly the increase it's pretty simple, streaming, before 2016, for example, I couldn't even watch a horse race in the US being in Europe, there was simply no TV channel with a license!
November 22, 2024, 02:04:45 PM
Horse racing is huge in my country. People make bets on horses all the time here. I have some family members that are fans of horse racing. I guess the popularity of horse racing is different in every country. Horse racing is popular here but I don't think even 1% of the country's population knows what "cricket" is. I know it is one of the most popular game across the globe but here it is. Ask 1000 people here, only 10 will know which game you are talking about.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
This might be a good game to bet on in your country but many gamblers do not know much about it. It's a good sport to try some luck but sometimes when you don't have idea about a particular sport/games, even though one can quickly make fast profits from it, we can still be skeptical about going for such a bet because our winning is not guaranteed. I don't bet on games or sports I am not familiar with because I am not ready to lose money in gambling without knowing what I'm doing. Horse racing is a good game and can be profitable for those that are lovers but can be unprofitable for those that don't have knowledge about how to bet on it successfully. Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
November 22, 2024, 01:51:34 PM
Horse racing is huge in my country. People make bets on horses all the time here. I have some family members that are fans of horse racing. I guess the popularity of horse racing is different in every country. Horse racing is popular here but I don't think even 1% of the country's population knows what "cricket" is. I know it is one of the most popular game across the globe but here it is. Ask 1000 people here, only 10 will know which game you are talking about.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
Somehow horse racing is not popular in this forum though.
November 22, 2024, 01:37:02 PM
All this directly affects the popularity of horse racing. They have their own small circle of fans and adherents, but there will be no mass popularity anymore. Horse racing has long been replaced by racing, for example, Formula 1. There is a multi-million audience that bets.
That's not what statistics say:
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It's estimated that 1.45 billion people worldwide watched or bet on horse racing in 2020
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According to the source, the global audience for Formula One in 2021 stood at 445 million viewers, an increase of roughly three percent from the previous year.
I doubt this figure of 1.45 billion. Either this is a distortion, or it is a mistake that has been replicated by the rest of the media. Let's think logically. The full quote looks like this:
"It's estimated that 1.45 billion people worldwide watched or bet on horse racing in 2020. That's a massive increase from 365 million viewers and betters at the same point in 2019."
Where did more than a billion people come from in one year? Why all of a sudden? Why horses? This is a very strange statistic. A billion people is a lot. This is more than the population of the United States and Europe combined. From a baby to an old man. Did they all suddenly start watching horse racing? Or did the whole of India or the whole of China suddenly become horse fans in one year? All this is very doubtful.
November 22, 2024, 11:34:02 AM
Let's keep this as simple as possible and let's not shitpost!
I see thousands of posts about football, a few hundred about other sports, and the rest are just almost non-existent. I'm a gambler myself but I stopped a while ago betting on soccer, all the Nxx in American sports and I'm just betting now and then on horse racing, from one penny at a time to some larger sums in case of a grade 1 event or festival.
But here it seems like there is little interest in this, is that because horse racing is just unpopular or is it because, well,.... the casinos that sponsor most signatures here are not promoting it? So no post quota to make?
My old local gambling forum that covered this is also near death, I'm sitting in the sun 8 hours a day boring myself to death, so here comes feedback next part :
- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?
The fact is there are some sports that are not as followed like most popular sports like football, tennis and athletic and horse racing happens to be one of it even though it's a nice sports but due to lack of horse racing field and horse in most countries it's not that popular among many sports followers I think creating of more horse racing championship is going to help the situation and in most countries there's no horse racing federation that is why your seeing less concerned from people concerning horse racing I see thousands of posts about football, a few hundred about other sports, and the rest are just almost non-existent. I'm a gambler myself but I stopped a while ago betting on soccer, all the Nxx in American sports and I'm just betting now and then on horse racing, from one penny at a time to some larger sums in case of a grade 1 event or festival.
But here it seems like there is little interest in this, is that because horse racing is just unpopular or is it because, well,.... the casinos that sponsor most signatures here are not promoting it? So no post quota to make?
My old local gambling forum that covered this is also near death, I'm sitting in the sun 8 hours a day boring myself to death, so here comes feedback next part :- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?
November 22, 2024, 11:04:30 AM
Horses have already lost the place in the life of mankind that they used to occupy. Many modern people have never seen a live horse in their lives. No one understands horses anymore. All this directly affects the popularity of horse racing. They have their own small circle of fans and adherents, but there will be no mass popularity anymore. Horse racing has long been replaced by racing, for example, Formula 1. There is a multi-million audience that bets.
A lot of millennials and Gen-Z's who are into betting haven't seen a live horse racing event before. I haven't seen one before either; I've only seen it in movies. Also, it's not as popular as other sports betting, the popularity goes to football betting, casino games, and the likes. People tend to bet on what they know and understand, most people don't understand horse racing or how horse betting works.On the other hand, sports betting is more straightforward, and it seems that only older generations attend horse racing events. That's why I'm not surprised that online forums including bitcoin talk form are dominated by discussions on sports betting, gambling, and other popular sports that can be easily streamed on phones. Horse racing live streams are less common, so it's not that popular among younger generations.
November 22, 2024, 10:49:12 AM
Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback
This is based on my opinion and here in Indonesia horse racing is not really popular and maybe there is one or two couple rich guys that play horse racing, but there will another question like you can still bet in other country right? Yes but I believe there is no much going on in the horse racing In my opinion the horse racing is not popular like other sport ex. badmintoon soccer basketball and etc.
This is based on my opinion and here in Indonesia horse racing is not really popular and maybe there is one or two couple rich guys that play horse racing, but there will another question like you can still bet in other country right? Yes but I believe there is no much going on in the horse racing In my opinion the horse racing is not popular like other sport ex. badmintoon soccer basketball and etc.
Well, and just like that I don't know a single guy or girl that plays badminton here!
How many people in the east and south and north and well the whole of Europe minus UK play cricket?
And how many people in Asia and South America play hockey?
All this directly affects the popularity of horse racing. They have their own small circle of fans and adherents, but there will be no mass popularity anymore. Horse racing has long been replaced by racing, for example, Formula 1. There is a multi-million audience that bets.
That's not what statistics say:
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It's estimated that 1.45 billion people worldwide watched or bet on horse racing in 2020
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According to the source, the global audience for Formula One in 2021 stood at 445 million viewers, an increase of roughly three percent from the previous year.
November 22, 2024, 06:37:32 AM
Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback
This is based on my opinion and here in Indonesia horse racing is not really popular and maybe there is one or two couple rich guys that play horse racing, but there will another question like you can still bet in other country right? Yes but I believe there is no much going on in the horse racing In my opinion the horse racing is not popular like other sport ex. badmintoon soccer basketball and etc.
For me Horse racing is considered as a luxury sport a group with polo and golf so only internal people get really access to see or bet
This is based on my opinion and here in Indonesia horse racing is not really popular and maybe there is one or two couple rich guys that play horse racing, but there will another question like you can still bet in other country right? Yes but I believe there is no much going on in the horse racing In my opinion the horse racing is not popular like other sport ex. badmintoon soccer basketball and etc.
For me Horse racing is considered as a luxury sport a group with polo and golf so only internal people get really access to see or bet
November 22, 2024, 06:27:49 AM
Horses have already lost the place in the life of mankind that they used to occupy. Many modern people have never seen a live horse in their lives. No one understands horses anymore. All this directly affects the popularity of horse racing. They have their own small circle of fans and adherents, but there will be no mass popularity anymore. Horse racing has long been replaced by racing, for example, Formula 1. There is a multi-million audience that bets.
What do you mean? There are still a a lot of countries that are still in the horse racing, from Asia to Middle East and I doubt that it will be simply forgotten. It might not be a popular as other games, but I still do think that there are many offline gamblers that are betting on it.And again, still very famous as most of the horse owners are very rich specially in the Middle East. And if I'm not mistaken, owning one is already a privilege and horse racing fans view you differently as an elite and super wealthy individuals and this is considered sports of the kings.
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