<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">horse racing</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>chariot racing</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>horse races</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>horse racetracks</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>racehorses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>racing</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>horse-racing</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>horseracing</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The practice or sport of running horses in competitions of speed, in which the horse that finishes first is the winner; horses usually carry a rider astride or are pulling a conveyance with a driver. The sport is ancient, certainly predating its documentation in both four-hitch chariot and mounted (bareback) races held in the Olympic Games of Greece beginning ca. 700 BCE. ]]></note></mads>