• social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing
• controversial historical and current issues
• legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance
• the British impact on world horseracing
• history and heritage of horseracing
• links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology
• human and equine biographies
• venues associated with racing
• horseracing websites

The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.