What's with the horse racing? Which countries in the world have horse racing?

There have been many changes in the form since ancient times, but the basic principle is the speed of the game.

Homer, an ancient Greek poet, mentioned a horse-drawn chariot race in his Ilion Ji. For many years, people thought it was the oldest record of horse racing.

However, the inscriptions on stone tablets found in Asia Minor show that hundreds of years before the Trojan War, kings all over Assyria had full-time horse trainers.

In the 7th century BC, there were four carriages in the ancient Olympic Games.

About 40 years after the emergence of the troika, horse racing was controlled by the rider, which was the real beginning of horse racing.

But modern horse racing, which attracts the audience to participate in it, began in ancient Greece and Rome.

In the heyday of the Roman Empire, there were car racing, horse racing and so-called Roman horse racing (the rider straddled two horses).

At that time, there were frequent horse racing activities, professional horse racing staff, runways, disputes about the rules of the game, lawsuits about horses taking stimulants, horse betting and audience riots.

/kloc-there are horse races in French rural festivals in the 0/4th century.

During the reign of Louis XIV (1643 ~ 17 15), horse racing gambling was very popular and was once the most common form of horse racing. In the race, the owner of the horse offered bonuses.

This kind of competition is a private competition, which is gradually replaced by open horse racing.

Since the popularity of the King's Cup during the reign of King charles ii, there have been gradually regulations on the qualifications of participating horses, involving age, sex, pedigree, rider, past use, past performance and so on.

There are two forms of horse racing: divided races and single races.

In the breakout match, the King's Cup is the standard. Originally, I participated in a 6-year-old horse, weighing 76kg and 6.4km per race. I won two races to be the champion.

From 175 1, the weight of five-year-old horses was changed to 63kg, and that of four-year-old horses was 57kg, which shortened to 3.2km per race. ..

After the industrial revolution, the breakthrough gradually declined.

However, single-player games have become popular in England, and the length of the schedule varies.

1776 St. Legg tournament begins.

The following year, the German race began (only for 3-year-old horses). These races are the beginning of modern horse racing.

Because the age of the participating horses is decreasing, the system of bearing weight according to age is becoming more and more sophisticated, and the modern distinction is as fine as calculating the age of horses by month and strictly distinguishing the race schedule.

At first, the inspector will check the horse, then the rider will weigh himself and go to the saddle dressing yard to listen to the trainer's tips, and the staff will also verify the horse.

Then the rider can get on the horse and enter the stadium to be inspected by the staff.

Now the electric starting gate has been widely used.

Many inspectors and staff stood on the runway, keeping a close eye on the foul.

There is a special camera at the finish line to shoot the final sprint scene.

The rider had to weigh himself again.

The winning horse has to be re-examined before it can be officially recognized.