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Horseracing and horse breeding have been an important form of revenue and recreation for the county. In the 1700s, most horse breeding took place in the areas of Greenville, Yankee Hall, and Penny Hill. Horseracing became so entrenched in Greenville's culture that the winning horse made the front page of the paper. Horseracing died out with the advent of the Civil War; however, the Greenville Pleasure Club revived it in the 1880s and 1890s.