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Since the beginning of recorded history, horse racing was an organized sport for all major civilizations around the globe. The ancient Greek Olympics had events for both chariot and mounted horse racing. Then the Romans embraced the sport. In the Roman Empire, chariot and mounted horse racing were major industries with imported bloodlines, breeding programs, exhaustive training routines, and all the accoutrements of organized wagering like bookmakers, horse-racing tracks, scandals, hot tips, and most of all, excitement. The decline of the Roman Empire also saw a decline in organized public racing until well into more modern times.

Horse racing then became a professional sport as early as the 12th century, when the English knights returned from the Crusades with Arab horses. Over the next several hundred years, an increasing number of Arabian stallions were imported and bred to English mares, producing horses that combined endurance and speed. These are the breed of horses that are used in horse racing today.

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