This week I am in Toronto doing some training for work and tonight I went to Woodbine race track to watch the Thoroughbreds run. Man they are AMAZING horses. I want one!!!!
Two girls from my training class came with me and we had a great time. It was there first time ever going to see horses race. This was my second time at Woodbine and I really enjoyed it. You can get really close to the horses and jockeys. Most of the races were young fillies and mares that have never won a race or the first start of the year.
I got to talk to a trainer and ask him a few questions. Like do they run horses barefoot? If you have ever looked at a race program it list the equipment changes for a particular horse. Well one horse was listed as barefoot. The trainer said yaw a few trainers go run there horses barefoot on the poly track.
At the end of the night I started talking to this guy that works for the track, he is in charge of the track surfaces and stuff like that. I asked him about the 'dirt' tack and he told me that it is not longer just dirt, it is synthetic. He said that he would take me out to see the track after the last race. So once the horses crossed the finish line out we went. It is really neat to be standing out there with some of the top Canadian jockeys walking by. The poly track is really neat. It is made of recycled carpet, rubber, wax and sand. It prevents injuries, because it absorbs the impact of the running horse.
Yup, so it was a great night. I could really get addicted to the whole Thoroughbred racing. Maybe I could become a jockey... I would only have to lose 70lbs and shrink about 2 feet....
Jockeys are so small. I was explaining to the girls I was with how much some of the top jockeys made so far this year. Patrick Husbands made almost $3 million this year and Chantal Sutherland is almost at $2 million. That is a job they can have...
Yaw so if you are in Toronto, check out Woodbine. I had a great night!