The Tech That Changed Horseracing
Of all the sports that humanity has enjoyed over the millennia, horse racing exists as the longest standing. The earliest records of horse racing in humanity date back to central Asia circa 4500 BC, following the first time the animals are known to have been domesticated. Even since that point, the sport has been in the public eye, travelling thousands of years and tens of thousands of miles to reach the modern-day. Perhaps more impressively, the base components of horse racing have largely stayed the same. It’s still about testing the speed of the horses and man’s training and breeding skill, combined to push the limits of what can be achieved constantly. Yet, despite this constancy, the technology surrounding the game has evolved massively. From analogue roots in nature, modern horse racing has become inseparably intertwined with tech at the highest level, in more ways than we might think.
