Topic: Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback - page 9. (Read 2679 times)

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.

Horse racing is am unpopular games for so many reasons ranging from unavailability of horse, cost of horse, interest of fans, animal law etc. Although horse racing might not be that expensive but it is not supported in some regions. Many time, horse racing in mostly done in the rural areas where there is plantation and animal rearing. Even in most popular casinos, horse racing are not mostly available except for virtual horse racing which winners are mostly regulated and determined buy the programmers that developed the app.

People do not place bet on horse because horse sport is not popular in their countries. Personally I have not seen horse in real life one than once. It was a Muslim man brought it to the festival from the Northern part of the country and everyone was amazed of seen the horse. And since that time and f 2013 till now I have not seen a house. If they were many in my locality and Athletics use it to race their games then people would have watched the sports in physical life and would have the interest to gamble as it is done with football, boxing, car race canoe race and others. Horse is race is only popular in just a few countries. Horse race in real life will be interested.

Not much. Today we can only see horse racing on TV. This is the age of cars already, not many horses but this seems to be a rich man's vice. Today only the rich men do have eyes for which horse might win or not. There was never a horse in my town. I couldn't remember if there ever was a local racehorse event in our city.

There is a ranch nearby but their horses are just staying inside their ranch and it's used to chase the cattle. What every city has today are illegal drag race.

I only know local horse though, and I would say that I was brought up by my father as this is one of the favorite sports he loves to bet when he was still alive and I still remember when I was a little boy him winning what we call Winner Take All (WTA).

I become addicted as well, like the in the early 2000 to like 2010.

However, when our government started to crack down illegal horse betting, then me and my friends started to slow down and suddenly we just stop. So I haven't bet for a while while although I will still some in my facebook friends on how it is going. Specially around Christmas time, there are a lot of special races to bet.

But I'm not sure if others as well are into horse racing here, and I could speculate that maybe a few might want to bet on it.

This is correct, there’s an average of 1 to 2 horses died for every 1000 start according to stats which pretty significant since there’s always a risk of horse dying in every race while this tournament is not a death match unlike rooster.

This sports is only for rich due to the expenses which you mention. Owning a racing horse is much more expensive than owning a regular horse. Besides the expenses on food and vitamins. The amount of bet when lose is painful too that’s why this sports is not that popular anymore since this is more on a hobby not the typical gambling race.

Some of them literally died after a horse race, after they crossed the line and win, the horses suddenly will die. Of course, owning a horse race means you have tons of money in your pocket because having a stable and maintaining them is very different. And then you need to hire trainers too to look after your horse and make them tournament ready, so it's not easy and even if they are on a strict diet and given good nutrition, you just don't know. As I have said, they will suddenly collapsed and die and of course there goes your huge investment as well. I don't have any questions about those animal groups though. But there are certain society in our world that embraces this kind of horse racing.

Horses themselves are not popular these days as they are not often seen, they were more popular during the polo game and I can't remember how popular that particular field game is now. But for horse race talking about the virtual side of it, it is in the place of casinos to increase the availability of horse games. Gamblers don't necessarily have to be interested with a particular game before it is made available because a gambler can easily try new games. So the casinos are to begin their own part to bring the horse race in our eyes by creating different bonuses for it.

I read somewhere that the number of people gambling on horse racing has decreased over time because of a shift in interest toward other games offered by casinos. I can't recall the exact driving force, but I'm certain it's linked to the current lack of interest.

I've never played it myself, but I do watch it occasionally.

How do you think horse racing can regain its popularity?
Well, I think your idea could work. We don't know how it will turn out but I think it's worth a shot.