Why is horse racing so unpopular here and a bit of extra feedback

[Mr.suevie]

Things in the world have changed, and horses and horse racing are considered animal abuse because those who did these practices often did not even feed their animals well, they put hormones into them that made them change the normal balance of a horse so that they could give up, then these things as well as being hit, and they can do other types of things because they are not adequate according to the standards to be considered as animal abuse and as it is with betting, because things get worse, because Surely they review the conditions in which they have the horses and no, they determined that, like cockfighting, this is considered so.

Hmm, that's actually quite interesting from the view you pointed it  because I never actually thought of it from this angle and truly like you said times have definitely changed but I don't actually know if that's actually the major reason for the unpopularity of the sport because unlike cockfighting horse race I think it's still quite seen differently because cockfighting involves the two animal getting to kill one another but for the horse it's a simple race between the horses just as we humans also race among ourselves.

[serjent05]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  We have boxing, MMA, football, and many others that capture the peoples' interest.  I myself don't find horse racing interesting because there is no plot or drama behind this sport unlike in boxing and other sports that tends to create controversies and dramas that take the interest of many people.

[philipma1957]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  We have boxing, MMA, football, and many others that capture the peoples' interest.  I myself don't find horse racing interesting because there is no plot or drama behind this sport unlike in boxing and other sports that tends to create controversies and dramas that take the interest of many people.

Dude I stopped playing them years ago because I was gambling compulsively. But if you pick a horse and it comes from dead last on the far far far outside to win by an inch you will have a very nice rush.

More so than most sports as most hits in the last minute are more common than winning the race I just  described

[Fivestar4everMVP]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  We have boxing, MMA, football, and many others that capture the peoples' interest.  I myself don't find horse racing interesting because there is no plot or drama behind this sport unlike in boxing and other sports that tends to create controversies and dramas that take the interest of many people.

Very much agree wit you, I've said it before that horse racing is an outdated form of sports, most especially for the fact that horses themselves are no longer common this days for we to even play around with.

A supposed game people themselves can not play or practice always loses people's interest fast, remember when horses were still very common, horse racing was a very interesting game back then, but immediately horses began to become scarce, horse racing as a game also began to loose it's relevance in our societies.

[swogerino]

Let's keep this as simple as possible and let's not shitpost!

I see thousands of posts about football, a few hundred about other sports, and the rest are just almost non-existent. I'm a gambler myself but I stopped a while ago betting on soccer, all the Nxx in American sports and I'm just betting now and then on horse racing, from one penny at a time to some larger sums in case of a grade 1 event or festival.
But here it seems like there is little interest in this, is that because horse racing is just unpopular or is it because, well,.... the casinos that sponsor most signatures here are not promoting it? So no post quota to make?   My old local gambling forum that covered this is also near death, I'm sitting in the sun 8 hours a day boring myself to death, so here comes feedback next part :

- Do you honestly think running a prediction game (run with my own funds) would attract genuine interest in this and not just shitposting quota?
- 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?
- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?

I used to work in a casino in 2002-2005 and horse racing was so popular there at Eurobet casino where I used to work.People loved to bet on horse racing but in order to do so and since the online presence was not big at that time we used to put posters of odds and times of the horse races.Of course they were not as popular as soccer betting but people kept betting a lot also there.

Now back to your post,I think that there should be a few individuals here who may still love horse racing but the fact is that the people who really love it they go and bet live in the field where races are held.

[killerfrost]

The problem I think here is that it's really unattractive compared to similar games for newbies. I myself don't really understand the rules that appear in horse racing, but I also have no intention of researching and finding ways to bet on it. Depending on the local element, I think it is like some games that rarely appear on services. But if I used it now, I would still choose another game to watch and not like the chaos or drama of horse racing.

[cicadasTR]

It requires skill, which automatically rules out 99.9% of this forum. No offence.

[348Judah]

It requires skill, which automatically rules out 99.9% of this forum. No offence.

Though your right by what you said when it comes to it physical gambling, those that will bet on horse riding have to be experienced in it, however when we consider the online gambling on horse riding as well which requires no experience, we don't also have much fans into this because it's not one of the present century games gamblers had love to play, most of the horse riding bets played now are virtual bets and not live match from the casinos and gaming stations, we can notice that there are many factors that affects this category of gambling to be less accepted by most gamblers.

[Shamm]

It requires skill, which automatically rules out 99.9% of this forum. No offence.

Though your right by what you said when it comes to it physical gambling, those that will bet on horse riding have to be experienced in it, however when we consider the online gambling on horse riding as well which requires no experience, we don't also have much fans into this because it's not one of the present century games gamblers had love to play, most of the horse riding bets played now are virtual bets and not live match from the casinos and gaming stations, we can notice that there are many factors that affects this category of gambling to be less accepted by most gamblers.

If we base on actual game then we can say that it will need more practice and more patience to do that as we all know that how hard to ride a horse and as we think that it's more harder if it is on racing cause you need to command the horse to run faster as he can in order to win the competition. Anyway in online gambling there's a machine you can bet on horse racing actually here in my country before there are many machines who support horse racing but it's illegal once get caught then years of imprisonment will weaving .

[GigaBit]

Games that are directly played by humans are more attractive. For example scorer, cricket, basketball and many other sports but the sports that are conducted with animals have less interest. In this regard Horse racing face the same problem but we have to say that this is also popular sport but this sport is not seen regularly because people have less interest on it. If more events can be managed I think the number of spectators will increase as well as the gamblers will take the sports positively.

[Hispo]

Games that are directly played by humans are more attractive. For example scorer, cricket, basketball and many other sports but the sports that are conducted with animals have less interest. In this regard Horse racing face the same problem but we have to say that this is also popular sport but this sport is not seen regularly because people have less interest on it. If more events can be managed I think the number of spectators will increase as well as the gamblers will take the sports positively.

Interesting thing to point out, mate.
It is easier to relate and grow fond of a football player or a baseball star than it is to follow the career of a horse or any other sport animal, though, there is still people who do it gladly.

It may have something to do with the fact a horse cannot express itself as a person can; we follow Messi not only for his performance in football, but also because the rest of his life which he is willing to share with his following base.

[philipma1957]

It requires skill, which automatically rules out 99.9% of this forum. No offence.

Though your right by what you said when it comes to it physical gambling, those that will bet on horse riding have to be experienced in it, however when we consider the online gambling on horse riding as well which requires no experience, we don't also have much fans into this because it's not one of the present century games gamblers had love to play, most of the horse riding bets played now are virtual bets and not live match from the casinos and gaming stations, we can notice that there are many factors that affects this category of gambling to be less accepted by most gamblers.

you do not need to be able to ride a horse to bet on it.

I think horse racing is slowing up due to the resources needed to raise horses. Land Land and more land is needed. Belmont Race track in New York has at least a hundred acres of land.
Aqueduct IN New York has 100 acres of land
Saratoga has 200 acres of land

they rotate and used to shut down. Now they have casino's so the land is not wasted.

[SamReomo]

- Do you honestly think running a prediction game (run with my own funds) would attract genuine interest in this and not just shitposting quota?

Running such a prediction game would attract users to take part in that game only and they won't really go deeper into horse racing thing at all. Most of them would take part in order to with the prize of the prediction contest but they won't get any interest into horse racing or betting on horse racing games.

- 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?

Yes, that would be more than enough for the users of the forum to open a few links in order to increase their chances of winning the prize. There can be some chances that a few players might get some interest in horse racing if you run such games for more than 6 months.

- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?

Well, I'm not someone who gambles on horse racing games but I tried horse racing games a few times in past with lost bets only. I don't really remember those but I placed bets based on odds rather than doing my own research. If you have understanding of horse racing games then you may share your bets so that other may also get interest into such games.

[btc_angela]

Let's keep this as simple as possible and let's not shitpost!

I see thousands of posts about football, a few hundred about other sports, and the rest are just almost non-existent. I'm a gambler myself but I stopped a while ago betting on soccer, all the Nxx in American sports and I'm just betting now and then on horse racing, from one penny at a time to some larger sums in case of a grade 1 event or festival.
But here it seems like there is little interest in this, is that because horse racing is just unpopular or is it because, well,.... the casinos that sponsor most signatures here are not promoting it? So no post quota to make?   My old local gambling forum that covered this is also near death, I'm sitting in the sun 8 hours a day boring myself to death, so here comes feedback next part :

- Do you honestly think running a prediction game (run with my own funds) would attract genuine interest in this and not just shitposting quota?
- 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?
- Is anyone here actually gambling on horse racing?

I used to bet on horse racing before and it's really fun to watch and it's heart wrenching you actually see this horse run in front of you. Not really sure though, maybe it's the odds or the profit margin? Although in Middle East and Australia it's very popular, or maybe the notion that horse racing can be fix. After all, the jockey is the one controlling this magnificent animals and so if they will slack obviously the horse will not run faster.

I have to take a look at my PM as there was someone who also says that he wants to have this kind of prediction game.

Edit: the user that PM me is no longer active, and it's way back 2018. 

[Webetcoins]

The problem I think here is that it's really unattractive compared to similar games for newbies. I myself don't really understand the rules that appear in horse racing, but I also have no intention of researching and finding ways to bet on it. Depending on the local element, I think it is like some games that rarely appear on services. But if I used it now, I would still choose another game to watch and not like the chaos or drama of horse racing.

The reason why it's not that much of attractive or people don't it interesting is because it's not very popular all around the world and it's only played in some regions and the spectators of the game are mostly the ones who have always liked horses and stuff like that which has made them interested in the game. Those who like sports but don't have any interest in animals such as horses will barely find the game interesting or be willing to make bets on it.

It is also not a very easy-to-understand game in my opinion, you can't do much research about a horse or the rider and decide whether it will win a match or not since they are not always so popular so that you can find stats and information about them everywhere online just like football and famous players.

[Lanatsa]

The problem I think here is that it's really unattractive compared to similar games for newbies. I myself don't really understand the rules that appear in horse racing, but I also have no intention of researching and finding ways to bet on it. Depending on the local element, I think it is like some games that rarely appear on services. But if I used it now, I would still choose another game to watch and not like the chaos or drama of horse racing.

The reason why it's not that much of attractive or people don't it interesting is because it's not very popular all around the world and it's only played in some regions and the spectators of the game are mostly the ones who have always liked horses and stuff like that which has made them interested in the game. Those who like sports but don't have any interest in animals such as horses will barely find the game interesting or be willing to make bets on it.

It is also not a very easy-to-understand game in my opinion, you can't do much research about a horse or the rider and decide whether it will win a match or not since they are not always so popular so that you can find stats and information about them everywhere online just like football and famous players.

Not that popular? Then how's this.

Global Horse Racing Market Size to Surpass $793.9 Bn Growth by 2030, Exhibit a CAGR of 8.89% | Equestrian Industry Analysis, Comprehensive Study
and this one
The global horse racing market size was valued at USD 402.3 Billion in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 793.9 Billion

Source: Link

It might not really be that much in included on most talks or mentioned sports but it is really generating that
billions of market size which its not really that something that a joke amount or demand.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Things in the world have changed, and horses and horse racing are considered animal abuse

Man....I'd have to strongly agree with those who say cockfighting is animal abuse, because there's definitely intent to injure animals that otherwise wouldn't be.  But horse racing?  I think that's stretching the definition of abuse pretty damn far. 

You know the US made a postage stamp a long time ago commemorating horse racing?  It's true:



That was back in 1974 of course, and attitudes have shifted a lot about many things since then, but there's no way in hell the US or any civilized country would create a stamp with two birds trying to slaughter each other.  Can you imagine?  The people who raise those racing horses don't want to see them get hurt, not on the track, not off of it.  Ugh.

[Salahmu]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  

Horse racing is a nice sports but in times of popularity they  are not much popular because there other sports like football, basketball Gulf and many more other sports that has the Interest of people, I don't no why must people doesn't have much interest on horse racing or maybe perhaps is because of the risk involved were as someone could easily get or injured while racing using the horse, and also it takes more time to learn horse racing, because to me is seem more difficult to learn than football, the most popular sports is Soccer and everyone is more interested on the soccer based on one reason or other even me my best sports is soccer.

[delfastTions]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  

Horse racing is a nice sports but in times of popularity they  are not much popular because there other sports like football, basketball Gulf and many more other sports that has the Interest of people, I don't no why must people doesn't have much interest on horse racing or maybe perhaps is because of the risk involved were as someone could easily get or injured while racing using the horse, and also it takes more time to learn horse racing, because to me is seem more difficult to learn than football, the most popular sports is Soccer and everyone is more interested on the soccer based on one reason or other even me my best sports is soccer.

Horse racing is truly an exclusively elite sport and the passion for horse racing, it seems to me, is typical of people who really love animals, in this casec horses.  Even in. the countries of the Middle East, many people are also keen on camel racing.  And I can’t even remember what other animals under human control compete in speed or endurance.  Probably somewhere in the Indian provinces there are still competitions with the participation of elephants, but in my  opinion these are some kind of games, but not speed races.  I repeat, the effective winner of such competitions can only be a rider who understands the animal well, his horse or camel, or perhaps an elephant.  And the animal must also trust the jockey, get used to him in order to compete on equal terms with other athletes.  And of course, football eclipses any other competition with its massive participation.  All you need for it is a team of professional football players, a football field, a pair of goals and a ball! 
That's all.  And horses are quite difficult and expensive to maintain.  So horse racing is a very expensive sport, an d therefore it is an elite sport.

[piebeyb]

There are far more sports betting that is more interesting than horse racing.  We have boxing, MMA, football, and many others that capture the peoples' interest.  I myself don't find horse racing interesting because there is no plot or drama behind this sport unlike in boxing and other sports that tends to create controversies and dramas that take the interest of many people.

Yes, as we can see, most of the forum community only likes to discuss the sports you mentioned above, not horse racing. Maybe there are those who are interested in betting on horse racing but they don't discuss it much here, even though what OP meant was just providing a little new input and discussion on the gambling board, that doesn't mean horse racing is like the old fashioned bets. Most of them bet directly at the horse racing venue, a kind of offline betting for gambling. there compared to online casinos.

I also don't find too many casinos that support horse racing gambling because on average not many people understand gambling except football on this forum, I also don't really understand how to gamble on horse racing and the profits obtained there. Maybe I would like this thread. Also discusses horse racing betting in full so that it can be more popular, of course.