For this years spring break my family and I went first down to Kentucky. We got there on Saturday and stayed till Tuesday morning. Was the best few days ever. If you don't all ready know this, I love horses, Since I was little, I have always wanted to be a vet, but since this past week that has changed.
Sunday April 17th 2011 (2 days into spring break) "Keenland"
That day was the day that I changed my mind about my future. Keenland is a horse track. Very famous part of the triple crown. Its where horses final to get into the Kentucky Derby. That was an experience of a life time. Watching the hoses worm up on the blind side of the track on the jumbo tron, seeing the gates being pulled out, the big green tractors straightening out the track from over night races. That is when you start to get existed, place your bets and get to your seats! When you see the horses being loaded into that starting gates, the crowd gets quiet. "SLAM" the gates open, the horses get to there full speed in a matter of 3 strides. The power of the horses is through the ground, you can hear the rumble, and feel the vibration. I thought it was amazing on how the jockeys stayed so still on the speeding horses, I wanted to learn how to ride like that. So I wanted to be a jockey!
Monday, April 18th 2011 (3 days into spring break) "Kentucky Horse Stables"
This was the day, this is where it all began, this is what I want to do! This was the most memorable part of the whole trip. It plays back in my heal like a short film. Today was so powerful, I know what I want to do with my future, and I am starting to save my money and put it into the bank to keep going with that dream and passion! When we pulled up, it didn't seem like a horse park, but when we got on that tour bus, it started to work my heart, I felt at home there. Horses all around, no highways, not factories, fresh air. I was in my own personal haven! When she started to talk about the history I actual listed, I learned. Normally I do not like that kind of stuff, I don't really like school. But this time I wanted to learn and listen. When We finally got to the Training track, I saw all of the riders riding and training the horses, The tour guide said "Theses are not jockeys, theses are endurance riders, they training and get the horses ready for the racing career that they have ahead of them. My mom asked her how much to jockeys make and how much do these riders make, what is a better life? She replayed back, these riders make more pay, $15 a head, so every horse they ride in the matter of 5 hours, they get payed. Theses horses only train for about 15-20 min. a day. So if you think of it, you could get $300 a day if you make use of your time! A Jockey on;y makes 1/5th of the winning money, you have to be good to get payed, and it is more dangerous. Don't get me wrong, this whole business is dangerous.
* That is when I knew that I wanted to be in the horse/Thoroughbred racing business!
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