The Proto-globalisation of Horseracing 1730–1900: Anglo–American Interconnections
2009; Routledge; Volume: 29; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/17460260903043328
ISSN1746-0271
Autores Tópico(s)Doping in Sports
ResumoThis study explores racing's global interconnectedness through an analysis of the ways in which English racing was represented, exploited and engaged by the American horseracing and thoroughbred breeding groups from c.1730 to 1900. It examines the American importation of British bloodstock; the formation of jockey clubs and rules and regulations of racing on the English model; the emigration to America of English jockeys and grooms; visits of English racing men; and media coverage of English racing. Finally it briefly examines the ways whereby American racing began in its turn to impinge upon England as American-bred horses began to compete on the English turf from the 1850s onward.
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