Man has been known to use cattle for racing since this specie was first domesticated. Historical evidences show that as early as 4500 BC, the wandering people of Central Asia has already urban systems of stallion racing. In fact, the Greeks are known to have incorporated charger racing in the Olympics since 638 BC.

Both the chariot mare racing and the mounted charger racing were common during these ages. These later became an obsession among Romans when they have adopted the sport.

For thousand of years that followed, this lettering of sports was known to be performed only for the descent men and royalties.

Modern racing is said to have started in the 12th century when the first breeding between Arabian and English horses were made. These were sparred by the gain of the polite knights to the mother land after the Crusades. These are known to have bent steadfast horses with excellent speed. Thus, breeders maximized the potentiality of a racehorse and put them into tracks. This breed is the Thoroughbred that we know of today which is still the most accepted breed in the United Kingdom.

King Charles II was known to have held charger races in his exclusive courses during 1660 to 1685.

By the 16th century, the English had been known to make several racecourses. Queen Anne who founded the Ascot in 1711 is known to have made mare racing an approved sport.

Halfway in 1700's, the Jockey Club was created through the initiation of the elite facts knotty in steed racing. This organization was the first crowd of jockeys that established the comprehensive policy and regulations counting the standards as covered by the sports. Thus, they became the overseers of the sports and penalized steed racing measures.

The Jockey Club was also the initiator for the regulation of breeding among horses. Thus, James Weatherby, an accountant of the Jockey Club during those times, traced back the family defenses of all racing breeds in England. His researches brought onwards the publication of the General Stud Book, which was mostly, the base of source in provisos of the breeds that could be put to race. According to the General Stud Book, only those pedigrees that have descended from the line of the "foundations sires" are considered as Thoroughbreds. The foundation sires are the: Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian.

Only in 17th century did the sport disembark in America for which the very first racetrack was seen in the Long Island. While it has become a preferred past time among Americans, no one started the formalization of stallion racing awaiting after the Civil War. Because of the already-established obsession benefit the industrial development, and widespread gambling on stallion races, the sport grew largely by the year 1890 when 314 working tracks are known to be on steady business in the country.

Due to the require of a governing body, this sport had become just dominated by criminal basics. In 1894 though, the most prominent and high-grade enduring owners met and planned the American Jockey Club which was patterned on the order as worn by the Jockey Club in England.

Nowadays the sport has reached various countries across the earth. Governing bodies were also created to legalize the horse racing events.