While not all Nigerian sportsbooks offer horse racing betting, plenty do – and the ‘sport of kings’, as it is known due to its links to the British aristocracy, is often a fun way to get your bets on.

Veiled women ululated as the blare of trumpets and booms of hunting guns filled the air, heralding the approach of the emir in a huge procession of horseback riders draped in colourful robes and ...