"Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars. They are also industries facing serious challenges, from the rise of alternative forms of leisure gambling to concerns about the ethical treatment of animals in all equestrian sports. This book offers a broad-ranging examination of the contemporary horseracing industry, from geographical, economic, social, ethical and environmental perspectives. The book draws on in-depth, mixed-method research into the racing and breeding industries in the US, Australia, the UK, Canada and New Zealand, and includes comparative material on other key racing centres, such as Ireland, Singapore and Hong Kong. It explores the economic structure of the global racing business, including comparisons with other major international sport businesses and other equestrian sports. It examines the social and cultural roots of the sport through its association with, and impact on, rural places, communities and environments from Kentucky to Newmarket - highlighting racing's particular blend of tradition and scientific and technological innovation. The book also explores the ethical issues at the heart of horseracing, from reproduction to the use of the whip, and the inescapable tension between the horse as an instrumentally valuable commodity and the horse as an intrinsically valuable animal with needs and interests. The Global Horseracing Industry concludes by considering alternative futures for this major international sports business. The book is illuminating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, business, cultural geography, animal studies, or environmental studies."

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The Global Horseracing Industry (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)

Phil McManus; Glenn Albrecht; Raewyn Graham

McManus, Phil

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gower Publishing Ltd

Routledge research in sport, culture and society, New York, NY, ©2013

Routledge research in sport, culture and society, London, 2013

Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), New York, NY, 2012

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, 2014

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Source title: The Global Horseracing Industry (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)

The Global Horseracing Industry Social, economic, environmental and ethical perspectives
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introducing the global horseracing industry
Part I Sentient animals
2 The thoroughbred
3 The people: Owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys, punters
Part II The industry
4 Thoroughbred breeding and racing around the world
5 The business of thoroughbred breeding and racing
6 Economic pressures and technological change
Part III
Making places
7 The experience economy, branding and the rural idyll
8 Thoroughbred breeding regions: Contested landscapes
9 Horse festivals and eque-cultural identity: The Scone and Upper Hunter Horse Festival
10 Environmental challenges
Part IV
Ethical challenges
11 Ethics in conflict: Thoroughbred breeding and racing
12 Perspectives of breeders and punters
13 Reproductive issues
14 Jumps racing: A sign of things to come?
Part V
The future
15 Possible future scenarios
16 Likely futures
17 Conclusion
References
Index

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