Stag-Do Ideas – The Classics: Horse Racing
The history of man and horse is a long and significant one. Our symbiotic relationship with these noble animals has helped our civilization to thrive and evolve, and enabled Viggo Mortensen to find true love in a way that some of us might find a trifle odd.
The horse, like the stag, represents freedom and adventure, so it’s fitting that as you bid farewell to those things, you might mark the event with a trip to the final furlong.
Click here for a detailed history of horse racing, but if you value your time as much as Lester Piggott values his income, a quick canter through horse racing’s history follows.
A very brief history of horse racing
While horse racing as a professional sport can be traced as far back as the crusades, what we’re really looking at here is the history of horse racing as a spectator sport, dating back to the 1700s, and the pastime of gambling upon it, a tradition which goes back just as far. Both developed under the reign of Queen Anne, and it seems she was instrumental in shaping horse racing as we know it today.
So what happens in horse racing
To the participants the aim is to assemble and/or breed the ultimate team of horse and rider, or jockey, as they are known (don’t laugh) and to pit that team against others of the same class in a race over a predetermined length.
To the spectator, the game is to pick a team within that race to back with a cash stake; prize money being determined by the odds of winning that the bookmakers estimate each team of having, and the nature of the bet itself. If you want an in-depth guide on how to put a bet on then you’ll want to start with this betting guide from the British Horseracing Authority.
Head to page two to find out how to make the most of a horse racing stag-do.
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