Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]
… of Charles II, and by the early 1700s a 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 less … in Late Stuart England’, International journal of the History of Sport (37, 3, 2020), p.304-322. At Newmarket the Jockey Club established a dominant role. Many of its races were high-stakes matches made between two wealthy owners. Such wagers …
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