Maryjean Wall
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813126050
- eISBN:
- 9780813135410
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813126050.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
Thoroughbred horse racing experienced an explosive growth in popularity from 1865 to 1910, but Kentucky lost its dominant position as the locus for the breeding of racehorses. The overarching theme ...
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Thoroughbred horse racing experienced an explosive growth in popularity from 1865 to 1910, but Kentucky lost its dominant position as the locus for the breeding of racehorses. The overarching theme behind this struggle to build a Kentucky horse industry was the realization among the region's horsemen that they could not begin to do so without luring the big money from outside capitalists into central Kentucky. Kentucky racehorse breeders got left behind in the new expansion of the sport, even before the Civil War had ended. Racing shifted to the northeast, Bluegrass breeders lost valuable horses to both armies as well as to guerrillas and outlaws, and the only plan of action for a productive future resided with Robert Aitcheson Alexander, the owner of Woodburn Farm, and his handpicked associates.Less
Thoroughbred horse racing experienced an explosive growth in popularity from 1865 to 1910, but Kentucky lost its dominant position as the locus for the breeding of racehorses. The overarching theme behind this struggle to build a Kentucky horse industry was the realization among the region's horsemen that they could not begin to do so without luring the big money from outside capitalists into central Kentucky. Kentucky racehorse breeders got left behind in the new expansion of the sport, even before the Civil War had ended. Racing shifted to the northeast, Bluegrass breeders lost valuable horses to both armies as well as to guerrillas and outlaws, and the only plan of action for a productive future resided with Robert Aitcheson Alexander, the owner of Woodburn Farm, and his handpicked associates.
Mike Huggins
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719065286
- eISBN:
- 9781781701669
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719065286.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Racing contributed significantly to national economic turnover, and in turn wider British economic pressures impacted on racing. The racing industry was amongst the largest and most sophisticated of ...
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Racing contributed significantly to national economic turnover, and in turn wider British economic pressures impacted on racing. The racing industry was amongst the largest and most sophisticated of leading British industries between the wars, yet was also highly conservative, and often unprofitable for its investors. Racing was a traditional sport with long-standing roots in local communities, and many racecourses were of ancient date. The long-term trend of flat-race runner numbers was rising over the interwar years. Some data on the numbers of breeders, owners, jockeys and those involved in the training of racehorses are provided. The complex inter-relationships between the presentations of racing and betting in the media, and the ambiguous, complicated and highly nuanced ways in which attitudes to betting on races varied socially, culturally and politically in British society are also discussed.Less
Racing contributed significantly to national economic turnover, and in turn wider British economic pressures impacted on racing. The racing industry was amongst the largest and most sophisticated of leading British industries between the wars, yet was also highly conservative, and often unprofitable for its investors. Racing was a traditional sport with long-standing roots in local communities, and many racecourses were of ancient date. The long-term trend of flat-race runner numbers was rising over the interwar years. Some data on the numbers of breeders, owners, jockeys and those involved in the training of racehorses are provided. The complex inter-relationships between the presentations of racing and betting in the media, and the ambiguous, complicated and highly nuanced ways in which attitudes to betting on races varied socially, culturally and politically in British society are also discussed.
Holly Kruse
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262034418
- eISBN:
- 9780262332392
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262034418.003.0007
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
This chapter examines human relationships with and around the Internet and personal mobile technologies. In this case, the focus is on how fans of racehorses, like fans of other phenomena, use social ...
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This chapter examines human relationships with and around the Internet and personal mobile technologies. In this case, the focus is on how fans of racehorses, like fans of other phenomena, use social media to share information and creative work. Unlike other forms of labor in the book – including the work done in pari-mutuel markets by bettors – the work of information dissemination, creative production, and emotional expression and maintenance highlighted in this chapter are femininely gendered and offer little or no financial payoff. Examples of such affective labor include the creation and circulation of fan videos for racehorses like Zenyatta, on YouTube, and the circulation of photographs of former racehorses requiring rescue from abuse, neglect, or the slaughterhouse. These forms of sharing entail a more traditional sense of networked presence than one finds in national and global pari-mutuel markets.Less
This chapter examines human relationships with and around the Internet and personal mobile technologies. In this case, the focus is on how fans of racehorses, like fans of other phenomena, use social media to share information and creative work. Unlike other forms of labor in the book – including the work done in pari-mutuel markets by bettors – the work of information dissemination, creative production, and emotional expression and maintenance highlighted in this chapter are femininely gendered and offer little or no financial payoff. Examples of such affective labor include the creation and circulation of fan videos for racehorses like Zenyatta, on YouTube, and the circulation of photographs of former racehorses requiring rescue from abuse, neglect, or the slaughterhouse. These forms of sharing entail a more traditional sense of networked presence than one finds in national and global pari-mutuel markets.
