The modern hippodrome is more for equestrian and other displays than for horse racing.
Horse-racing has also come into vogue, and Boitsfort, in the bois, and Groenendael, farther off in the Foret de Soignies, are fashionable places of reunion for society.
Bull-fights have never been popular in Rio de Janeiro, but horse-racing is a favourite sport, and the Jockey Club maintains a racecourse in the Sao Francisco Xavier suburb.
He is an expert rider; horse-racing is his national amusement, and the Baluch breed of horses is celebrated throughout northern India.
Virtual horse racing is getting popular in some areas.
