Topic: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback - page 2. (Read 1860 times)

Well, the truth is I have to understand that for many People horse racing is very Impressive, seeing it from a more relaxed point of view I can Understand that we as spectators only see the race and that's it, what makes me curious is why for the Damn , are the workouts so suffocating? As hard as you are, it's as if the horse suffers a lot. I've been told that horse training involves animal abuse, some die in the middle of training, but I'm just saying something, so that one of these animals can perform. What you need is to have a good diet and for your muscles to be well Worked, Increasingly more aerodynamic and very strong, but I don't understand if what they are referring to as being very hard is the diet, we as Humans when we are in a sport of high Performance we do not have to Follow a diet to be able to have better Performance , but it is all very Balanced, we can never overdo it because we will injure ourselves, but what I understand with horses is not like that.

Hair training is directed with another way of doing things , it is harder because they are animals, but they also require direct treatment with veterinary control , so this is Something Delicate, as long as we do everything related to finding the best treatment of an animal , we think that its nutrition, vitamins and all this is what can make an animal a champion, as well as the degree of trust that its rider can give it, because this is something that goes beyond, we as people who We are totally led to the bets because we know that this is exciting, the truth is I don't know what the criteria that bettors take to bet on a particular rider, because the information can be very diverse, and and well this may or may not lead to expectations of people, how do you know which one to choose? If I enter a horse race as a rookie, how do they find out which is the best horse? this is really Difficult.

Agree with this as we all know that before horse is the only animal will use in our daily lives. As we all know that through horses they will travel far from where they are. And also in ancients time horses use to battles so horses is very historic animal. But nowadys there are some countries who are actually doing horde racing as a sports and yes it will good to watch that. But many countries did not let the horse racing maybe they don't have the field or there are any reasons behind that.

Of course, there is no need to talk about the long-term future in the development of this sport. 
After all, this sport was born due to the fact that for many centuries the horse was the only high-speed means of human transportation. 
But for more than 100 years, high-speed transportation of people has been carried out by cars, and of course by trains and planes too.   And immediately racing car competitions arose.  Formula 1, circuit racing, Le Mans and other competitions. 
And the attention of the masses of people gradually switched from horse racing to car racing.  And that’s why I think interest in horse racing is still declining quite a lot. 

Traditions, of course, will allow these competitions to be held for another 150-200 years, but then, I think, they will disappear. 
And they will only be in the past of humanity, as, for example, the once very popular gladiator fights in Ancient Rome disappeared.

If we are talking about the distant future, I doubt it. Traditions tend to change or vanish over time, especially if the people that the tradition belongs to start losing interest in it. Countries that are trying to keep the sport alive will do their best, of course, but I'm afraid they won't be able to do that if they don't have an audience for it. A sport becomes popular and widely used and liked only if there are people who are interested in both watching and participating in it.

The legacy needs to be continued and fulfilled, in every sport, or anything else in general. When someone gets old, retires, or passes away, they are supposed to be replaced by someone like them, who matches their style, their charm, and most importantly, their skills. They can become better over time, but they will at least keep the soul of the game alive. However, I'm afraid that's not happening with horse racing.

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The only reason that comes to mind is lack of competitions to stimulate demand and get players trying out racing horse, otherwise most bookies I know/use do have race horsing from race courses coming from all over world and it's just the players not talking about this sport...I actually doubt it if this board as a thread dedicated to this sport too...

Perhaps this should be a challenge to our Sportsbooks on the forum to try make deliberate challenges to get horse racing on the sports map like we have football challenges all year round in the gambling section, then interest will be generated from this..

Watching horse racing events on TV are boring indeed, but it's a completely different experience when watching them live and the entertainment factor increases if you bet on one or more of those horses.

Live horse betting is actually one of the most popular ways for the elites to throw their money around and have fun.

I don't think channels like this exist again unlike before where you could choose to select from a variety of channels that shows or stream horse racing, maybe this is due to the advanced technology that people now create more atrent of sport bettings and their games in the likes of football being the most recognized one of them all, horse racing seems to be an ancient or historical game or form of entertainment which people have advanced from it to others, both the live horse racing and it gambling on casino bets are no more invoke.

Lol, I am into gambling really but I cant help but agree with you that indeed, sometimes, the way some sports event are presented, makes such sports an easy turn off for watchers, as well as potential gamblers who might want to have placed some bets on the game.

A recent example for me is the women's world cup tournament that came and ended some months back, this years women world cup was the first ever I decided to sit down and possibly bet on, but unfortunately, I wasn't at all impressed, I only ended up betting on about 3 or 4 matches at the beginning and never placed a bet on any of the game again until the tournament came to an end.

Some sports are just like that, and horse is one of those for me, I personally find watching a horse race as one of the most boring thing for me, it's just like bicycle race, very boring to sit and watch.

Plus if there are Horse Racing streams/channels, do they make it actually exciting enough for plebs like us who are not entirely gamblers, and make it stimulating and entertaining enough to watch if we're not betting? I occasionally watch different sports/games, but none of them is stimulating enough to make me waste my money and bet on them. It's more entertaining to bet on Bitcoin Binary Options if you ask me, or play slot machines with progressive jackpots.

The young generation is not really interested in horse racing, in this case it can be said that they are showing interest in popular sports like motorcycle racing, bicycle racing and skating, football, cricket, basketball and car racing. Horse racing and bullfighting competitions are held at some arenas but there is no international format for these competitions. Sometimes in our rural hilly remote areasThere are cock fighting competitions but in that case social media cannot organize any of those competitions. That's why all these popular games are gradually not becoming popular as before only due to lack of advertisement and sponsorship. Moreover, there is no organizer or sponsor of all these competitions, so this primitive popular game is not taking place at present.

The decline in public interest in horse racing is, in my opinion, due to several significant circumstances. 
Firstly, racehorsves are very expensive and their period of participation in competitions is limited to only a few years.  And this is very little.  Also, a horse requires a lot of expenses to maintain it throughout its entire life. 
I also think that the profession of a jockey is a very dangerous profession and few people who truly love horses are capable of such work.  Therefore, in particular, there are few professional-level jockeys.  For these reasons, this sport in my opinion is becoming less and less popular. 
But these races are a tradition in many countries and competitions will still be held in the future

The popularity and support for horse racing is decreasing because young people in this era have shifted their passion for sports to sports that are easier to watch and also easier to play, such as football and basketball.
Horse racing has lost popularity on the world stage in the last few years and the last time I received information about the Horse Racing World Cup being held in Dubai but it was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, after that I don't know whether this championship was held or not because it didn't follow developments either.

Recently Saudi Arabia has finished holding horse racing championship with very large prizes and it is true that you say that horse racing is now only popular in certain places or countries.

You can watch live races through sportsbooks such as Betcoin. They have live feeds. Maybe I am wrong but I think horse racing is getting more popular.

Not totally fading away since some country have this sports as tradition like in Serbia and other country which horse racing is still popular locally. This sports is one of the main highlight in my municipality since we have rodeo festival every year. Not a regular horse tournament but we celebrate it annually and there’s a here to have our own horse racing stadium soon since our municipality plan to revive this sports.

I believe making it famous is very easy once there’s already an organizer that will organize this kind of event globally. This sports will never be forgotten since this is already a tradition in some country.

It's true, you can barely find any channel live streaming the races or any TV channel broadcasting them live to the audience so that they can watch the races and maybe raise some interest. It's been years since the last time I saw a horse racing live stream or a sports TV broadcasting a horse racing competition, maybe because there isn't a lot happening and the organizers already know that there aren't a lot of people interested in the sport on a global scale.

Whatever the reason is, the sport is slowly fading away and sooner or later, the world will forget that there was once a sport like this, or maybe a future generation will start the sport once again with a new start, new rules, and ways for the race and racers, etc. For now, we are going to admit that horse racing isn't a popular sport anymore.

Yeah. This is a fair point. I have only ever watched horse racing events in movies and shows, but I never watched them in real life primarily because it's not really accessible as you mentioned.

I checked them and greyhound events as a gambler and ended up losing constantly since I am an amateur in these particular markets.

Yes bro you make an argument where odds can be increased or decreased depending on the pace of a sport or competition, but odds cannot be increased or decreased so quickly in horse racing. So the casino authorities may have excluded the horse racing item considering these problems. Moreover, there may be many other ancillary problems but this important problem can be one of the main reasons for a horse to drop out of the race.

Although what you have posted is true, it doesn't make it true that Horse Racing has been going through a decline in popularity like what HelliumZ said.


That's probably because no one knows where to watch it? Are the organizers of those races streaming them or broadcasting them in a sports channel somewhere? I believe if it's accessible like those other sports, it might become more popular in the forum. But I'm not much of a gambler. I like playing Craps sometimes when I have absolutely nothing to do.

Interesting topic I have played both for several years and love them both. (horse racing & sportbetting)
Horse racing is a whole world and it contains so much more then just bet on a winner in each race.
Almost all my horse racing experience is from trotting.

I used to play on horse racing a lot before and it did go quite well, I think horse racing is a much less lucky game and more skill game then sport betting.
Thing with  horse racing is that at least in my opinion is so different from country to country and what game you want to play so it's hard to answer your questions.

- Do you honestly think running a prediction game (run with my own funds) would attract genuine interest in this and not just shitposting quota?
I sure think to start with people that already are interested in horse racing but with time and if it achieve success it will for sure grow fast.

- Would let's say 1-2 mbtc (per event, about one or two per month) be enough for people here to at least open a few links and take a look at what hoses are running and what their timeform is?
I don't really understand your question here.. You want people to open links and collect information or you want to create a gambling team where people expertise is horse racing and increase your bet so you can increase your chance to win higher? But for sure.. horse racing is a whole world and it contains so much more then just bet on a winner in each race.

- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?
Me? not active at the moment, but will for sure go back again and have done so for 15+ years. But short answer Yes!

I will follow this with excitement! Good luck OP.  

- Regards BabyB. 👼