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Originally Posted by rabrown36
Horse racing is not a sport.
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Complex subject. Horse and humans have had a relationship that has shaped each other over time like no other. Food source, Trade, wars, conquests, travel, agriculture -horses have been central to man's progress on earth. It's an incredible journey. Civilization developed along with the horse.
Our daily lives and survival were tied closely together with horses until only recently with the invention of the automobile and mechanized agriculture.
Tribal nomads and nobility have been racing horses since 4, 500 b.c. Ancient Greece had horse racing as far back as 700 b.c. - bareback racing, chariot team racing in the Olympics, and the Roman Empire all had organized horse racing. Horsemanship has been around forever. I'm positive even Paleolithic men were throwing down slabs of choice meat wagering against each other over horses in some form lol.
Horse racing absolutely is a sport imo. heck, wild horses race against each other not only for the sheer joy of it but in keeping a pecking order and driving out male rivals. They were made to run and built for speed. Just how it is. If you love horses, sure, you just might gamble on them, that's human nature; just as it is "horse nature" to see who's got the most stamina and ability to challenge and rule, keeping the mares for their own harem.
I suppose the sport will be pussified down or banned outright in the future - cuz all that "scary toxic masculinity".
