This is the second edition of the classic on the history of British horse racing. It provides a detailed and farranging social and economic analysis of the major changes in British flat racing in particular in the period between 1830 and 1939. Four major themes are explored. Firstly the changing character and structure of the sport. Secondly the morality of racing which was a corrupt sport par excellence for much of the nineteenth century. Thirdly on four categories of participants in racing jo