The role of the animal sets horse racing apart from other forms of sports betting. No other form of gambling can match the exhilaration of picking winners of events at race tracks. Horse racing is an ancient sport, once the preserve of royalty, but it is only one of the multifarious roles given by people through the ages to this magnificent species of animals. Horses have been used for agriculture, transport and in war, and some traditional communities continue to keep them as part of their heritage.
