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History of Horse Racing

History of Horse Racing. An Introduction. Early Origins of Racing With Horses. Chariot races in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome Jockey-ridden horse races through village streets in medieval times. Beginnings in England.

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History of Horse Racing

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  1. History of Horse Racing An Introduction

  2. Early Origins of Racing With Horses Chariot races in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome Jockey-ridden horse races through village streets in medieval times

  3. Beginnings in England Brought to popularity by Stuart King Charles II who developed Newmarket as the official center of horse racing

  4. The Thoroughbred Between 1690 and 1730, stallions from Arabia and Turkey were imported to breeding farms in England which produced the three lines of Thoroughbreds that exist today Thoroughbreds were eventually imported to the American colonies where owners began breeding an American version of the Thoroughbred Byerley Turk Godolphin Arabian Darley Arabian 2

  5. Great Museums Video “Horse Power: The National Museum of Racing”

  6. “Narragansett Park: The History of a Great Racetrack”

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