Topic: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback - page 5. (Read 1873 times)

Even though horse racing is no longer as popular as it used to be in several countries this type of sport is still popular and is used as favorite sport.
One country that still has great enthusiasm for horse racing is England and Ireland although there are still several other countries from Europe.
Even the world horse racing championship is still active today it just that in gambling circles this sport is no longer very popular.

Most horse racing fans bet directly or place bets with bookie who accepts bets when a competition is taking place.
Moreover, those who bet on horse racing are usually people with quite fantastic wealth and who bet with fellow horse racing fans.

Yes I have read about horse race for long before even becoming a member of this forum and at some point why the game was popular in the ancient time is because then,  there was no online casinos to provide alternative to physical casinos also in the ancient time,  the rate of development was low in terms of infrustural development and this made it easy for the horse racers to have enough free land to conduct their tournaments freely without any interferences but things have changed now and such activities is becoming unpopular with many now migrating to online casinos.

Privacy is indeed one of the fundamental requirements to maintain a healthy gambling life,  and since horse races are becoming an online thing, privacy has indeed increased significantly

The horse racing was famous in the old ancient times,but it was loss his importance because of the emergence of online gambling sites.Even the horse race like online games was in build in the gambling site itself.The online horse race will reduce the time for the gamblers,it also gives privacy to the gambling people.The online gambling sites help to secure the online gamblers from the society.So the win or loss of the gamblers will not around the world as the news.Most of the gamblers fear for the society at the time of loss,because they need to convey all set of family members and friends after the loss.The loss reasons to friends and family members because of regular gambling sites.

Horse racing is basically a vintage sport, it was very popular back in the day when people used to take a lot of interest in the sport. I know that there are still regions where there is a lot of interest in the sport, but that's not the case everywhere because horse racing isn't as widespread nowadays as it used to be before. People are more into modern sports these days like football, cricket, tennis, baseball, boxing, and a lot of others that are loved by a global audience.

I believe this is the basic reason why there aren't a lot of people in the forum or around the globe these days who are interested in horse racing because they barely see or watch the sport, It's been years since I saw a horse racing competition on TV or anywhere on the internet, it's that rare nowadays.

When you talk about horse racing being unpopular you have to be specific,  in terms of what category of the game seems unpopular to you,  and also why have horse racing not being in physical casinos,  or its limited presence in physical casinos is because horse racing is not a game that you can easily organize and it work in a limited cycle,  no sometimes,  horse racing game can cover up to 20 to 10 miles and that requires a special route for the game,  this is the reason why most physical casinos don't list such games unless for clubs such golf.

But the online gambling sites have had a tremendous increase in terms of game designs that give the player a unique experience in both the virtual that make you get the same excitement as if you playing in the live games,  so that settles the issues of the unpopular of horse race to some extent.

That depends on the country, there's probably not a lot of horse racetrack in your country so it's not as popular or there's probably a lot of track but the betting would probably be needs your physical presence and given the current climate on animal rights, there's a lot of people on the Internet that are against any form of human entertainment that involves animals so they're  probably staying off online, if you actually know where to look for, you can probably find a television channel where you can find horseracing. For me, I only read about horseracing results on the sports section of the local tabloid.

Indeed, in my area here in Nigeria, Horse race and Dog race used to be very popular sports to bet on till around 2015 or so, i remember a friend mine playing and winning some really nice amount of money from dog race at the time, he actually had a bet or two on both horse race and dog race, luckily for him, one of the bet on dog race paid off, he a won a nice sum of money, but like most addicted gamblers, he didn't do anything good with the money, he still spent everything playing the same games.

So yeah, this niche used to be very popular, but it's unfortunate, or should i say fortunate, that people have shifted their attention to modern sports like football and the likes, I personally never used to like any sports that involves animals after all.

Well this might happen on underground gambling scene but on legal arenas for sure this injecting of performance chemicals to their horses is not happening. And we can't see those illegals been streamed by legit bookies since they always adopt those legal sports event for better audiences also revenues. Some might don't have an option to bet on horse racing but for sure there are some casino offering that and you can try to check the list on this link https://www.bitcoin.com/gambling/betting/horse-racing/

It may not be popular to other some people but for countries who think horse racing is a sport to them then they can go to those casino recommended on the site I link and they can bet there favorite jockey.

In some of the countries the horse racing was still legal one,because some of the gambling site had totally ban the horse race because of the animal was affected by the horse race.Some horse rider was injecting the drugs to the horse for the better performance.After the origin of the many online gambling sites,the horse racing interest on the gambler was oxidised over a period of time.Some people started the case for the usage f the animal in the gambling and also the gambler affecting huge by the financial loss by the game.

Even me now, I can't remember when last have witnessed horse riding or see people gambling on horse riding because it's no more as popular as it was then, things have been modernized and advanced and there's more interest on other sport games than horse riding, we also see that most of the gambling platforms don't have this kind of game for gamblers to bet bacause of it low rate of gamblers participation in it.

I think environmental factor is also a contributing factor to the popularity of a sport. Let us say for example, in a society where there are no horses, do you think the people there would pick interest in horse racing? the answer is definitely no because they have no access to horse and that would not even entice them rather than what they know that is common which is the normal soccer and other sports which can be easily made by man. Like in my country, you would hardly see horse on like other countries where you see horse so often and they  have access to it and therefore can do sport with it. So what I am trying to say is that people are very sensitive to the environment in which they belong and also tag along to satisfy their desire as well and when it comes to sport, same is applicable.

It happen because you are not interested on that sports. Even though media hype that sports because they always get a huge scope there are still people have their own preferences especially if they are exposed to that game rather than those what media always shown. That's why other sports exist just like what we see on Asian games where we see a lot of athletes playing on different category which is not displayed on the mainstream. Exposure on environment what can catch your interest and since to many people watch television they always see the top sports and love it.

Sometimes its good to ride with what is the current sport trend on your country since it make you feel updated to latest discussion related to that situations. Unlike if you just hate those sports and separate yourself to people discussing about it for sure you will not get good interactions with people around you.

They are not sensitive but rather doesn't really have interest of this sports, but who knows if there are popular name will show up and horse racing will gain a hype then this is the time we can see the horse industry booming in certain countries.

 I strongly agree with you on this, that the popularity of sport depends on the environment, take for instance in country like India or the Pakistan the common and popular sport there is the cricket, people will want to bet on the sport they know best. Same applies to horse racing, countries like the Uk, Australia, Peru  Spain etc that accept the sport, they will probably be a platform where you can place your bet on your favorite horse. Horse racing has been there for quite some time now and betting usually goes down alongside with the game whether betting manually right there at the event or using gambling sites, some even do individual bets on which horse will finish the fastest.
  Horse racing is not so unpopular as it seems, they are some online gambling sites that allows horse racing, just because we don’t pay attention to them doesn’t mean the game is not played in other places, we are more focused on the televised games we are fortunate to watch. They’re countries where horse racing is taking as their main sport and for sure they will be gambling sites for people to place bet on their favorite horse and raider.

People nowadays are more focused on what is trending, and horse racing isn't as popular as before, or at least in my country or in this forum, compared to other games. Sometimes, it's about familiarity and interests. I, myself, am not familiar with horse racing or interested in betting on it simply because I like other games more, like dice. Horse racing is just like cockfighting; it's only popular in some countries because it's part of their culture.

Not really applicable for some. Me for example. Cock fighting and basketball are very popular here but I don't know on why I'm not hook on them just like the majority of my country men?

I also have a personality that don't follow the mainstream. Maybe that contributes to that. IDK if the OP is like me or he is simply living on a country where horse racing isn't as popular as the others. Another reason is maybe it was restricted there? As some animal sports like cock fighting are also illegal on most places/countries.

People on your country are too sensitive. They aren't the ones who will ride the horse anyway in terms of betting and horse players are professional to get injured easily. The horses that they ride, the tracks, etc.. are also being checked to ensure that everything will run smoothly. And it is like any other sport in the betting scene where a small amount of money is acceptable.

This is quite interesting, the truth is I didn't know there was so much behind these races, of course one can see things from the point of view of the tip of the Iceberg, and it is something that is completely understandable if it happens or not, but when we do a kind of outline about everything that it means to have those animals and everything that has to do with their maintenance and their way of seeing things when you have to take into consideration the reasons for this to happen, it's quite like that, , a stable, the owners of hair, the special food, in addition to this the veterinarians' cat, and above all what they have to consider for possible vaccines for animal diseases, apart from the riders who are going to ride them, all this is important It involves a lot of money, this is an expensive sport, which I imagine is that since all these types of things are done, sports betting based on horse racing is very complicated in that sense, for that reason we must see everything how it is formed, not only because this is now considered animal abuse, but because things also have to be seen from the point of view of investment, business model and the people who may be involved there.

I don't know, but I think this no longer exists, right? horse racing, apart from the fact that many see it as illegal, I think that things can go in another direction because that is what we see every day, now animals have many rights, and among that they can give as a good source that things should go in the legality of things, I personally would say that when it comes to how to do things well we have hair races 'but with the rules of the activists so that this does not die completely, which I do see is not What can be done is the fight of the Gauls, because no activist is going to allow an animal to die, because they don't see that well, because of these issues, sometimes some animals die.

Horse racing is expensive, and there is no unavailability of horses but it is just the expenses that everyone can't bear that don't make everyone interested in taking part in the sport, and as said by someone earlier in this thread, it's not only about buying or raising a horse, you will need to take care of its diet, its training, and a bunch of other things if you want it to be able to compete in a horse racing competition because you can't just take a normal horse and go racing with it.

It's not just done in rural areas but it's done in the country sides in regions where there are fancy countries outside of the urban areas or the main city, and that is because horses are raised and kept in such places and the race tracks are also created there. You can barely find a horse racing track within an urbanized area.

Yeah!  It's true that there really isn't much discussion on this topic. 
But it is worth considering a few main points why here on our forum this topic does not enjoy such active interest among forum users. 
First of all, as noted above, this is a fairly expensive sport and participation in it is available to very few people in general and forum users too, of course. 
Also, in order to show a sincere interest in this sport, you need to love animals, which is generally not typical for a very large number of people. 
And probably fans of this sport also need to be raised from early childhood by parents who themselves became interested in this type of sport, which of course should still be classified as an elite sport.  That is, it is actually distributed exclusively in limited groups of the population.  And for example, with people’s interest in football, where all the costs, the cost of equipment, is just the cost of a ball and a pair of goals with a net, or even withuut a net, it is simply impossible to compare. 
Therefore, the interest of users here on our forum is small. 
Therefore, the topics on this topic are quite short.

This question got stuck in my mind and floated when I saw this thread of mbet.io. They are the first crypto racebook and yeat, since 2020 when this thread was created, it only achieved 6 pages of discussion and not more. I don't know how well does that translate into the actual popularity of racebook on mbet.io but the fact is, it somehow doesn't attract people on this forum.

This sport is really indeed for the rich but speaking about being a bettor then we know that everyone could really be able to bet but this isnt something that could really be that same as popular comparing to Basketball or Football but it is indeed having that own market or set of fans or into those people who are engaged into it. We do know that this isnt really that a cheap sport for those people who are really that a fan of it but for me it is really that something not that interesting for any race type kind of betting. So far basing up and seeing into this forum then i dont see that much interest for horse racing but pretty sure on some market then it is something that have its own user base.