Topic: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback - page 12. (Read 1873 times)

Personally I grew in an area where Football and Basketball where the two most popular sports. The next comes car racing and tennis. So, no one was talking about horse racing, only if one or two guy would say it in a decade and those guys were admiring horses. Probably, the reason why it's not popular is that some people think, there is a corruption, drug use and cruelty in this game.

1. No, that won't attract genuine interest and probably will turn into shitposting or your audience will be very narrow, won't worth it.
2. You can try to see, why not? One or two events will be enough to give you an idea about that.

Horse race is rare in my country, it is solely reserved for the elites. The cost of playing this game is high so people pay less attention to it. And when a sport is not popular people will not place bets on it since they know little or nothing about it. I have watched some of the live games and I find sport interesting but very risky.

There is nothing that is not possible if money is involved. Running a production bet will attract more interest and members will watch games and predict matches. I will personally be interested because no knowledge is wasted. There is no harm in a trial, it could come out great.

In my country horse racing is a big thing, but more and more of these race tracks are coming under fire for animal abuse. The main concern with horse racing are the way owners discard horses, after they get to the stage where they cannot compete anymore.

I think all sports where animals are involved are coming into more scrutiny these days, because the "new" generation are not seeing the old ways, the same way we.... old timers are seeing it.

It is a pity, because it is such a wonderful Sport and the treatment that these horses are getting are exceptional... compared to the treatment that horses are getting on farms.  

Ps.... I bet on some mudlarks last weekend and it boosted my pocket. 

My understanding of horse betting is that you bet on a horse before the racing and if it wins you get the money. The bet can be placed on the winner or on the runner ups. Horse betting has its own charm and luxury. I had an assumption earlier that only affluent people are into horse betting. Later I found out it has its own fan base.

I haven't seen any online sports book providing odds on horse racing. I might be wrong though as there are non cryptocurrency sports book which I haven't checked. I have also read that such racing are cruel on the colt. They generally end up in injured, which leads to their death after few races. I think that might be the reason many of us here are not so keen in horse racing.

Thanks for opening a discussion thread concerning horse racing, the thing is I find horse racing to be more complicated than other sports, it's less popular and I have to bet on an animal that I have no information about, there is no way to check the animal strength and health, there is no data of such.

Also the litter I've heard about such game is not very good, animals are treated in an ill manner to make them win races by force, they are injected with drugs for adrenaline end results, these things make me see horse racing as too risky.

Moreover, everyone is a fan of a particular sport, horse racing isn't just one for me, in fact, any sport that has to do with animals is not for me, I prefer sports that are carried out by humans themselves.

I have never been a fan of the ponies, but I really don't understand how the betting works which is probably what makes me not like the sport. If I had a better understanding I might start placing a few low wagers here and there for fun. Ignorance or lack of knowledge is probably what keeps a lot of the forum users away from the ponies.

I find horse racing betting interesting because I understand that there are people who make money in the long term, as happens with sports betting or poker, although they are a minority. It is essentially different from casino games, where there is an inexorable loss the larger the sample size.


Based on me running something similar about poker on G&R, I'd say you'll attract some people who have a clue, not many, and depending on the degree of difficulty you pose. The higher the difficulty the fewer the responses.


I don't, and therefore I wouldn't participate, but I wanted to give you my opinion.

Honestly, I don't know anything about horse racing.

About your plan to give rewards for a prediction contest, I don't think it will light a spark either. Most gamblers who will join it will probably in it for the money and they will just take a peek at the horse numbers or names and choose one. But after that, they will be gone again for a month and they will just be back if you are ready to pay again.
It won't help unless there's really something to talk about. Did you try to make a thread about it? If you did, are there replies? 3 or 4 members could start a good conversation and have a chance to grow it.
You will just be spending a lot of money giving out rewards when you can see there are really fewer people here in the forum who are interested in it.
Never had I tried betting on a horse race in my life.

In my opinion, this has to do with the lack of popularity and even the lack of competition that horse racing has in each country. We have to ask ourselves how many countries in the world do horse racing exist in? Not all countries in the world have horse racing, for example in Africa according to Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horse_racing_venues

There is only 1 place in Kenya that hosts horse races and I highly doubt that the majority of Kenyan bettors know or are interested in going to watch this type of race so they can have more experience on how to better analyze a horse for them when placing bets. know how to choose better; It is also available in Morocco (it is only available in 4 places in Morocco and I also highly doubt that bettors in Morocco will be interested in going to watch the horse races in Morocco); There is also in Niger (a country that recently suffered a coup d'état and I also very much doubt that many people from that country watch the horse race, probably in that country only a small group of rich people watched it and I very much doubt that the event is constant).

there are in South Africa (only 10 places that hold horse races and knowing Africa and those damn South Africans, I can imagine that only the rich watch horse races); There is in Zimbabwe (only 1 place and I doubt that the poor people go to watch this race and I also highly doubt that it is an event in which they do a lot every year). see that Africa has more than 50 countries, but only less than 10 African countries hold this type of race and even in the few African countries that hold this type of race, they don't do it in many places in those same countries and I highly doubt they hold many events annually

Now when we look at the basic criteria for a person to start placing bets:

1-) the person needs to have good knowledge about the thing they are going to bet on, if it is soccer they need to know how to play soccer and the rules of the game

2-) the person needs to choose something that he likes and that can get a lot of information quickly and easily

3-) the person needs to know the markets for this thing well

example: in my case, my country doesn't have horse racing, I've never seen a horse race live, I don't know about the rules of horse racing and how to choose a good horse, even if I could watch videos about horse racing on the Internet. I wouldn't do well myself betting on horse races, that's why I don't bet on horse races, and I believe that many people on the forum are also in the same situation or think like me.

It's not virtual. You can watch the video live at Betcoin.

Horse racing is a real life event. Gambling do happen in this event but basically fiat gambling with hard cash and it only happens in that place only. But here it’s all about online gambling and that too with cryptocurrency. For this reason many don’t place bets on virtual horse races, as they don’t form trust on it. They do sports betting on different sports, but horse racing is ignored. Hence now many bookies also don’t include the sports betting anymore.

Never enjoyed betting on any games that is termed cruel. You van search the internet and you find the cruelty of horse racing. Both the jockey and the horse are at great risk of getting injured while racing. There have been incidents reported in the media where these young colt have died due to racing. In such situation how can anyone bet on such a game. It is far better to bet on sports like football and others. It's is nothing but my choice that I avoid gambling in such games.

I loved horse racing with a passion.

But I became a compulsive gambler and no longer bet anything at all.

My grandad was a compulsive gambler
My dad was a compulsive gambler
I am a compulsive gambler in recovery.
My brother is an active compulsive gambler.

  I watch so many races at Aqueduct Racetrack that if I was in my favorite seat and the finish was too close to call I could call a dead heat and be right every time.

But I am done with it last bet was in July of 1990

If we take a recap, there are lots of threads talking about horse racing and questioning whether it's ethical or not. There are even threads related to that, if I remember correctly, that horse racing is a form of animal cruelty. Many people have shown different opinions regarding that.

Yes, I do bet on horse racing and have a bit of knowledge about it. I lived in a community where horse racing operators were only a few blocks away from our home. However, I don't know the current status but some of them are still closed today. Maybe shift to online operation. Not sure though.

As for your plan, we will only know the result once you make it live. For example, I opened up a Mobile Legends Tournament even without doing a survey if many users are playing that game. Some show interest when I make it live but most of the challenges do not end up in a real match.

You have a very good racebook with many tracks.


I mostly bet sports but do bet a little on horse racing. It's a good a idea to get something going here.

Also, with limited funds and being an occasional gambler, why would I start to learn about horses? Why would anyone?
Maybe if you gamble a lot and want to try a new thing but an average sports bettor who has $100 or less a month to spend and can find more than enough things he or she likes and knows a thing or two about will not try to find new things unless there's money to be made from it.

I think I could get into it if I had someone to introduce me to the sport. If I were to do it only for myself, without having anyone to talk to and enjoy it with, I'd end up betting on the things I'm familiar with.
I guess a betting game could work as an incentive.

The unpopularity of horse racing may have contributed to the advancement of technology and the application available on the internet plus the casinos that host events.  In my place horse racing is popular among the oldies but the lack of access to the internet and the advertisement that promotes it make it lag behind.  If the casino starts promoting horse races then it may probably come back to its popularity but I really don't know why casinos and bookmakers are not so fond of promoting such gambling events.

i believe that most horse racing bettors are enjoying to bet it via physical watching of this race. or a lot are also watching via screen. hence, very few are betting online without watching the race either physical or virtual. the excitement is different when you are watching the race even if it is on screen. but some online bookies may already be offering some live streams. for online bettors who are not watching the race, for sure, they are already familiar with those entries.

Possibly your assertions  with respect to your locality might be true and correct based on your experience and findings. If such happens then we should know that is just one amongst the numerous reasons why the horse racing seems fading away.

Most times the environment matters too to contributing to the availability of horses in a region. For instance, here in Africa, my country to be precise there are no much of horses. Some zoo even have no horses to watch out for. Africa as a whole I think do not prioritise horse racing that is why it seems Africa is not on the list of horse racing. Moreover, there are some horse disease too prevalent in Africa that makes it seems horse racing is not effective here.

There’s a lot of bettors in my place for the horse racing and I agree this is very traditional though some sites already introduced this option and yet many still don’t want to adopt as they feel more the excitement of this race if they will bet locally. If you are going to introduce this online, make sure to have your marketing team ready so you can attract more gamblers as much as possible.