Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]
… predominantly Protestant Whig racing focus for the newly-founded Jockey Club, the earliest of several subsequent racing clubs. 5 Racing gained support from King William, and then Queen Anne, who founded Ascot . The Germanic Georges were … Ante-post betting on major races and high-stakes matches grew over time, encouraged by the elite associability of London clubs , coffeehouses or betting houses like Tattersall’s Turf Tavern, and from late in the century, the emergence of …
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