After leaving the hotel, I took a taxi and asked the driver to take me to the racecourse. After a while, the driver took Ju An to the nearest racecourse. I got out of the car and took a look. There didn't seem to be as many people as I thought. There was a faint person at the door.
The small green house has about a dozen windows open, which is the betting station of the racetrack. Looking at these small groups of people, they don't have the momentum of the second largest sport in the United States at all. They are walking in sparse and swaying groups.
Ju An didn't plan to bet on horse racing, so he followed the crowd and walked directly to the racecourse. When he got to the gate, he found that there were people checking tickets at the gate. Didn't it say that entry to the racecourse was free, so he had to turn around
The boss came and asked a black uncle behind him.
Ju An smiled at the black uncle and said, "I'm sorry! Didn't I tell you that the racecourse is open to the public for free? Why is there still someone checking the tickets?"
After hearing this, the black uncle smiled and replied: "Hey! Boy, come and watch the horse racing for the first time. The racecourse is free, but you have to go to the door to buy a betting slip before you can enter. The cheapest one is seven dollars, which is equivalent to
It’s all about the tickets.” After saying that, he patted Ju An’s arm in a friendly manner and pointed in the direction of the betting station.
Ju An quickly said thank you, then ran to the small house, bought the cheapest ticket, and then successfully entered the racecourse.
I bought a cup of Coke at the window inside and found a seat to sit down while drinking. When looking for a seat, Ju An was a little confused. The seat in front was close to the track, but he couldn't see the entire lap of the track, and he couldn't see the entire track.
It was exposed just under Iwatani, and the seats in the back could see a shed with shade, but he couldn't see the horse racing clearly, which was something he struggled with.
In the end, Ju An had no choice but to brave the scorching sun and find a seat in front. He would watch the horse racing first and then go up to hide from the sun later.
There is a long monitor on the inside of the horse track with the number of today's races written on it, and there is a larger monitor next to it that broadcasts the live broadcast of the racecourse from time to time.
As soon as Ju An sat down, he saw an old man wearing a hat and holding a trumpet in his hand. He walked to the middle of the horse path and started playing the trumpet.
Then I saw the horse racing horses being led out from the doorway not far away. There was also a jockey squatting on the back of each horse. The jockey was not tall, and he was short and squatting on the horse.
The tall horse looks like a giant monkey. Ju An just wants to laugh. But it is understandable. After all, it is a speed horse race. The tall and handsome jockey on the horse is good-looking, but the weight is also increased, which slows down the horse's speed.
ah.
I raised my head and saw on one side of the field, a large pickup truck dragging a long starting fence into the track, and the horses were pushed into the starting fence. After all the horses entered the starting fence, the fence door suddenly
After being opened, the horses immediately rushed to the
He came out and flew past Ju An in the blink of an eye. The speed was so fast that Ju An was surprised. Even the hand holding the water glass stopped in mid-air, and then he heard people around him shouting about the horse.
Number, cheer for the horses.
Seeing that the horses had rounded the curve, it was difficult to see the situation of each horse clearly due to the angle of view. Fortunately, the large monitor showed the situation of the horses on the other side of the track. Ju An saw a black horse.
The jockey on his back was almost two lengths ahead of the second horse. Within a minute, the leading black horse turned the corner, and now it was the final sprint.
At the stage, a maroon horse behind the black horse was catching up, and the speed was getting faster and faster. When he crossed the finish line, Ju An didn't even see clearly which horse ran first.
Looking at the rankings on the monitor, I realized that the maroon horse finally surpassed the black horse. The slow motion on the monitor showed that the maroon horse was only one head ahead of the black horse.
Then he heard someone cheering and someone scolding nearby. It was a mess. Ju An then picked up the Coke and walked to the back row to find a seat with a good view to watch the next show.
There were not many people in the stands above, but there were a lot of empty seats. Ju An found a seat and sat down, then drank the Coke in his hand, waited for the next game to start, and watched the results on the big screen.
There were still more than twenty minutes left in the game, so Ju An turned his head and looked around in boredom.
Others were chatting in small groups, but Ju An was the only one sitting in the stands, turning his head and looking around, making him look conspicuous. After looking for a while, an old man with a white beard came over.
, said to Ju An: "Hey! Young man, this is your first time at the racecourse."
When Ju An saw the old man dressed as a farmer in jeans and a cowboy hat, he smiled and said: "It's my first time to watch a race at the racecourse. Everything feels new, so I took a look around."
The old man smiled and said: "You don't mind if I sit next to you?" Seeing Ju An smiling and nodding, the old man sat down one step away from Ju An and then said to Ju An: "Asian faces usually come here.
They are all in groups with tour groups. You look special just by yourself, so come over and have a chat.”
Ju An replied with a smile! "I'm not here for tourism. I have a ranch of my own. I'm more interested in horses, so I came here to have a look. I also raise dozens of quarter horses myself."
The old man was full of surprise when he heard this: "That's really rare. My name is Brad. I am a horse farm owner. I am in the suburbs of Los Angeles. I have raised some purebred horses and some horses that are stored by others. Today I have a horse farm.
A three-year-old pony comes to compete, that’s my baby.”
After hearing this, Ju An said: "My name is An, and my ranch is in Montana. I mainly raise cattle and the horses are mainly quarters used in the pasture."
Brad said: "Quarters are good for pastures. Quarter miles still have a small advantage, but they can't outrun thoroughbreds at longer distances. Racecourses are generally dominated by thoroughbreds."
"World".
Ju An nodded and said, "I looked in front just now, and the horses seemed to flash past me when they came out of the stalls. It was so fast that I almost wanted to get a purebred horse."
Brad said with a smile: "It takes a lot of time and money to raise a thoroughbred horse. Let's not talk about the price of a horse, just the daily maintenance cost. Thoroughbred horses are too delicate. Just feed every day.
The money is close to one hundred US dollars, and this is during normal times, during the competition period
It costs up to three hundred dollars a day, and not to mention anything else, the bandages on the feet of racehorses cost dozens of dollars for each game. Moreover, the skin of thoroughbred horses is very thin. Just like humans, a mosquito bite will cause a big bag at night.
Wear anti-mosquito clothing and swim several kilometers in the swimming pool every day.”
"How much money does it cost?" Ju An asked a little surprised. This was much more than his own food expenses for a day, and he would not be able to live as well as a horse for most of his life.
"Of course, if you just want to raise a thoroughbred horse for fun, you don't need such high maintenance, but if you want your horse to race on the track, you must maintain it like this. My ranch relies on reproduction most of the time.
It's really expensive to maintain a pony and foster horses for others. However, if your horse can win the championship, the value will immediately increase several times, and the prize money for the champion of the three major championships every year will be millions.
, the Breeders' Cup has a maximum prize of five million," Brad said as he looked at the field.
Ju An smiled and nodded and said: "This is a good business! It seems that I also want to get some pureblood horses for fun." After speaking, he naturally touched the beads on his neck.
After hearing what Ju An said, Brad shook his head and smiled and said: "It is indeed a good business, but in the United States alone, more than 10,000 thoroughbred horses are born every year, and 100% of them can actually go on the track.
Not even one, and the progeny of a champion horse are put up for auction as soon as they are weaned. The price is at least 200,000 US dollars, and a breeding of a champion stallion costs more than 100,000 US dollars. It is a pity that I will never have it in my life.
I’ve met a horse like this before”.
When the old man said this, Ju An really became interested. If you can't do it, it doesn't mean that I can't do it either. Don't we have helpers? The space in the beads is not very powerful against adult animals, but it is very difficult to deal with a developing pony.
It's useful to have horses. When the time comes, buy a few little thoroughbred horses and put them in. When they are three years old, they might become a money printing machine.
While he was having a sweet dream, he was interrupted by the old man. The old man started to sell his horse to Ju An: "If you want to buy a horse, you can visit my horse farm. They are all good horses.
Guys, one of my horses is going to race today, that's the next one."
While the old man and the young man were chatting like this, the trumpet in the middle of the track began to sound again, and a new batch of horses was led out of the gate.
The old man pointed to a big green horse and said to Ju An: "That's my horse, its name is Speedy Train, it's very fast." After saying that, he took out a telescope from his pocket, stared at it for a while, and then
He handed the binoculars to Ju An and pointed at the horses in the field.
Ju An took the telescope and looked at the horse for a while and then praised: "What a beautiful horse!"
The old man proudly said to Ju An: "Speed to the car is the fastest horse at my racecourse now. This is my first time participating in the race. I hope to get a good ranking. Of course, the championship is even better."
Returning the telescope to the old man's hand, Ju An watched the horses push the starting barrier one by one. When the starting barrier opened, the old man's horse rushed out of the train at high speed, but the speed was still not fast enough.
After only grabbing the fifth seat, Ju An and the old man started to refuel the speeding train. The old man kept mumbling nervously: Hurry up! Baby! You can do it, just go faster!
After one lap, the speeding train came in second place, and the old man seemed very happy. He even invited Ju An to the stables of the racecourse to watch his horse.!~!
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