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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Horse Racing"”.
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Adjustment to Retirement of Horse Racing Jockeys
… for athletes. Retirement from professional horse racing can be particularly distressful for jockeys. This thesis describes how former professional jockeys' adjusted to retirement. The participants in the present study were 72 retired jockeys, who had been retired between one and forty-one …
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A study of the status of the management of horse racing in Illinois
… policies and actions by leaders of the horse racing industry in Illinois. A review of the related literature provided the development of a profile to detail the heritage and growth of horse racing. The recent increase in popularity has lead to the creation of breeding and racing …
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Evaluating marketing strategies in promoting rural horse racing for tourism development at Umzinyathi District Municipality
… the marketing strategies in promoting rural horse racing for tourism development uMzinyathi District Municipality, such as the Dundee July event as tourism development. Rural horse racing is a historic contemporary facet of tourism in many developing countries, hence the study looked at the …
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Horse Racing During the Civil War: The Perseverance of the Sport During a Time of National Crisis
<p>Horse racing has a long and uninterrupted history in the United States. The historiography, however, maintains that horse racing went into hiatus during the Civil War. This simply is not true. While it is true that horse racing saw a decline in the beginning of the war, by the time the war …
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The Power of a Tourney: Physical Competitions in Heian Japan
… physical competitions I use are sumo wrestling, horse racing, and archery. I describe the unique facets of each competition individually as well as the greater conclusions made from their congruous impact. Some individual examples include the relationship between the Annual Sumo Tournament and …
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Racetrack Engineered Surface Project Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration
… to legal mandate by the State of California Horse Racing Board.</p> <p>The “Project” subject to documentation under CEQA consisted of removal of the top seven inches of the existing dirt surface on the Del Mar Fairgrounds horse racing track and temporary storage of the material on the …
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A study verifying the simulation of market trading with Dynamic Pari-Mutuel mechanism using Python
… various arenas that include but not limited to horse racing, casinos, financial markets and stock trading. Several market mechanisms are used in these markets to predict the outcome based on the available information and make an educated decision in an investment involving huge risks. One such …
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Gambling: Towards a sociological analysis of action and interaction in the betting shop environment.
… to gambling came through an interest in horse racing. On being brought to the races as a child I was always fascinated by the assembled bookmakers, perched above the crowd as if men of importance, and crying their odds at the top of their voices. The atmosphere generated by these men was …
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Modelling football match results and testing the efficiency of the betting market
… The football market differs from that of horse racing in that it is typically fixed odds in nature. The betting prices generally remain unchanged in relation to bettor demand. Created by the bookmakers, this added risk exposure generates ample opportunities to uncover inefficiencies in the …
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Intersection : public place in a new Jamaica
… Kingston, capital of Jamaica. It originated as a horse-racing course in the 19th century but has been transformed successively over the years. Part of it is now dedicated as a shrine to Jamaica's National Heroes - the seven men and woman who were deemed to be instrumental in the building of the …
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The Growth and Development of Sport in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880
… which they became apparent. The degree to which horse racing and hunting to hounds became an integral aspect of the social lives of the elite class is reflected countywide. The associational culture among this class became evident in summer time recreations most notably archery, lawn tennis and …
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‘Horses for Courses’: An analysis of equine sports regulation and disciplinary procedures regarding the non-human athlete
… the concept of human autonomy. The elite sport horse is now socially constructed as a non-human ‘athlete’, as it is no longer a bulk source of power for industry, agriculture, or warfare. However, the contribution that the horse industry makes to the UK leisure economy is considerable at £7bn …
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A Dual-Process Account of Reactions to General and Specific Events: The Roles of Counterfactual Thinking and Pre-Event Expectations
… Participants in Experiment 5 observed actual horse racing events, received general information about the events, or received thought-listing statements made by another participant in addition to general information about the events. In each experiment, some participants were also asked to …
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Penetration of Carcinogen Across Porcine Esophagus and Applications of Disposable Pipette Extraction for Forensic Toxicology and Food Safety by Gas and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
… steroid with accurate analytes is needed in the horse racing industry. Noninvasive, rapid DPX method applied to urine samples with detection by LC/MS/MS was used for simultaneous screening and confirmation of anabolic steroids and corticosteroids. The range of mean recovery for both anabolic …
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The Impact of Acute and Chronic Weight Restriction and Weight Regulation practices on Physiological, Osteogenic, Metabolic and Cognitive Function in Elite Jockeys
Horse racing is a weight category sport. One of the key challenges facing jockeys is the pressure of “making weight” throughout the protracted racing season. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a chronically weight restrictive lifestyle and acute weight loss practices on aspects …
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Genetic exploration of exercise associated sudden death in racehorses
… collapse occurring during or within 2 hours of racing or training in an otherwise healthy individual. It represents a significant cause of mortality in racehorses, accounting for 25% of the approximately 500 annual racehorse fatalities in the United States. Beyond its negative impact on equine …
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Marked Men: Sport and Masculinity in Victorian Popular Culture, 1866-1904
In Marked Men: Sport and Masculinity in Victorian Popular Culture, 1866-1904 I examine the representation of the figure of the Victorian sportsman in different areas of nineteenth-century popular culture – newspapers, spectacular melodrama, and series detective fiction – and how these depictions …
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An Investigation into Bloodstock as an Alternative Asset Class for Investment Purposes
… with investment in bloodstock (thoroughbred racehorses) previously suggested as a potential asset class by Lester (2006). The Thoroughbred racing industry is one of the most popular areas of sport, second only to football in the UK and watched by hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts at racing …