Horse Racing The Sport of Kings & Irishmen

We had a very busy “locals” weekend right here in our home town! On Saturday we went to the Castleisland Horse Races. This a neighboring town, just a few kilometers away. They had the races right in a farmer’s field. They had set up a course with rails, and there were bookies there too! They had a winner’s circle where the horses also walked around and around so that you could get a good look at them before the race, and before you bet. It was fun, but we lost on the one race we actually placed money on. We only stayed for 4 races, when they decided that one of the turns was too tight and they were going to change the rails. It was organized like little league Look at the Jockeys they Must have all been under 12 BTW there is a horse betting Bookmaker on every town street.... It was the 100 anniversary for this meet.. but the 1st year they had rails for the track which last week had sheep grazing on it