Horse-racing is a 15 billion dollar a year industry and the 2nd most widely attended spectator sport after baseball. It started around 4500 bc in central Asia and for thousands of years was the sport of kings and nobility. The main reason horse-racing is still around today is for the legalized gambling. Horse-racing is a major professional sport in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and the U.S. The most popular form of racing is thoroughbred racing. But other forms of racing are harness racing, steeple chase racing, and quarter horse racing.

The legalized gambling is the main reason for horse racings long life. All the betting done in American tracks is under the “Pari-mutuel wagering system”. Under this system, 14 to 25% of the amount wagered is taken out for track operating expenses, racing purses, and state and local taxes. The remaining sum is divided by the numbe

Scores of trainers have been suspended in the past year after post-race tests detected that their horses had been loaded up with banned substances. “With so much money on the line, people will do anything to make their horses run faster.” Some of the drugs that have been banned are highly technical performance enhancers. Like pentoxifyline and clenbuterol, which were designed to help in breathing and increase the muscle endurance.

Another instance where things went wrong is with Chris Antley. In 2000 he was one of the best jockeys in the world, with 3480 wins to his name. Two of which were Kentucky derby wins. Antley was also a recovering drug addict. Antley met a man named Timothy Tyler when he was in rehab, Tyler was also Antley’s houseguest and they often fought over money. Tyler told the police that Antley had threatened to kill his wife. On December 2nd, 2000 the police found Antley dead in his apartment. The door was kicked in from the outside and blood covered the walls. His death was ruled as a homicide and Tyler was questioned. Police discovered that Antley had fell into a wave of drugs and alcohol, and hadn’t spoken to his wife in days who was in New York. Antley had become a complete shut-in. Police later changed the cause of death to accidental and Tyler was let go. Cathy Park, Antley’s best friend and the person that found him dead, told the police that she saw Tyler outside of Antley’s place wielding a crowbar around the time of his death. But they wouldn’t re-open the investigation. A final autopsy f

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