While the sport endured bans on importing non-continental horses, the first horse race meeting was documented in 1174 at St Bartholomew’s horse fair. This is a sport that has stood the test of time, dating back to the middle-ages when in 200 AD in Yorkshire, races would take place regularly.
Horse racing in the UK is the second-largest spectator sport, with some of the biggest evens considered as the most important social events on the calendar.
