Most boring sport

[junediamanti]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, rvotaw at i... wrote:
> 
> > Horse Racing... a sport... for the horses only. (Jockeys 
are just dead
> > weight, IMHO.)
> 
No... I beg to politely differ.

Horse racing (in England we just call it racing because the Horse is 
a given) is never boring. Jockey skill is most definitely required 
when you add jumps to the equation.

You can bet on it and it ain't dumb luck either.  Form, watching the 
horses in the paddock, watching the horses go down towards the 
start - you can tell if they want to run today.  

Judicious selection of winners at the right time of my life has been 
very useful.  Almost always get the winner in the Grand National 
(our most famous steeplechase race) because there is skill and 
knowledge to predicting the outcome.  I would have fitted in as a 
Ancient Roman no bother - chariot races.

Speaking of which - are there Thestral races?  Can you bet on them - 
and if so, how can you prove your horse won?

June