Thoroughbred jockeys apparently approach rodeo riders in the sheer amount of punishment dealt for the amount of reward recieved. The rare jockey who's successful, and manages to get a display at Keeneland Racetrack, is the definite exception that proves the rule.
Yeah, ages ago when I was much much younger I thought being a jockey was this wonderful job where you get to ride and race horses and it was all kind fun and amazing times. haha. It's probably one of the most brutal professions, and then, for what? I mean, what do they gain? A very limited noteriety. I guess it also has adrenaline junkie appeal, and if you ride the winning horse at one of those big races you're on top of the world. I was just reading about the horse Curlin winning the 2008 Dubai race and saw the race on youtube -- and I guess every jockey wants to be that jockey.
Now I think you have to be insane to want life.
I have less sympathy for jockeys since they choose that life, while the TB horses do not. And I didn't even get into the steroids they pump into these horses. grrrr.
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Date: 2009-02-04 05:58 pm (UTC)Yeah, ages ago when I was much much younger I thought being a jockey was this wonderful job where you get to ride and race horses and it was all kind fun and amazing times. haha. It's probably one of the most brutal professions, and then, for what? I mean, what do they gain? A very limited noteriety. I guess it also has adrenaline junkie appeal, and if you ride the winning horse at one of those big races you're on top of the world. I was just reading about the horse Curlin winning the 2008 Dubai race and saw the race on youtube -- and I guess every jockey wants to be that jockey.
Now I think you have to be insane to want life.
I have less sympathy for jockeys since they choose that life, while the TB horses do not. And I didn't even get into the steroids they pump into these horses. grrrr.