horse racing
equestrian sport in which several horses simultaneously race against each other
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Summary
horse racing ranks in the top 0.18% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,467 views/month, #142 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: horse race[2]
- Commons category: Horse racing[3]
- Unicode character: 🏇[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Horse racing[5]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Horse racing[6]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=horse_racing[7]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Pauly–Wissowa[10]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox horseraces[11]
- Different from: Skachki[12], animal racing[13], equestrian sport[14], horse race[15]
- History of topic: history of horse racing[16]
- Uses: horse racing venue[17]
- Practiced by: jockey[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
- P14470: Concepts/Horse_Racing[20]
- P14541: LKhL3[21]
Why It Matters
horse racing has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]