Ever since I was young enough to remember horse racing has been a big part of my life.
When I was younger my mother used to work in a TAB in Canberra, which is where I was first exposed racing industry.
I was always captivated by the speed of the horses, and Makybe Diva’s three consecutive Melbourne Cups are still etched amongst my favourite childhood memories.
There are many things about racing that I love. My favourite being the bravery that jockeys showcase every time they saddle up for a race, plenty have been injured and many have died from racing injuries.
I love the underdog story. The rags to riches story of Joe Janiak’s Takeover Target which I once saw in Queanbeyan at an exhibition gallop in Queanbeyan was truly magical.
Janiak was just a taxi driver in Queanbeyan who bought the horse for $1,250 in July 2003 only for the horse to amass an incredible $6,028,311 in prize money.
This year’s spring carnival also has that feel to it, with both Rich Enuff and The Cleaner both shooting for their own spring carnival fairy tale.
Racing creates it’s own cult heroes with seemingly everyone getting on the Black Caviar train during her incredible 25 straight wins.
Or Phar Lap, the horse with a big heart who carried the hopes of many during possibly one of the most testing times in Australian history.
Racing has the power to bring millions of people together for one day of the year, and that first Tuesday in November is always a magical time of year.
Tell me another sport where an entire nation stops everything to watch an incredible spectacle, I guarantee you will never find anything quite like our Cup.
But that’s what I love about racing and it’s ability to make us dare to dream.
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