Style
and speed is what I like about horses. I think the horses are very amazing intelligent
animals compared to the other animals, domestic or that the human are very
closely associating with. One of the expensive animals I guess is the horses
compared to the innocent bulls or cows or aggressive tigers and lions or
adjustable camels, incredible cheetahs.
Northern
Dancer , storm cat , the green monkey saw these amazing talents showing their
full scholars on grounds through internet. I wanted to know few names of the
female sports stars who does horse racing so they appear before me under the
tag of ‘Famous female jockeys’ here are few of them now and then; Anna Lee
Aldred, Chantal Sutherland, Clare Balding Emma Jayne Wilson
I
love horse riding and actually the style of horse riding. The games such as horse racing and other
sports activities similar gets the attention of most the people around the
world. And these are very interesting games. Especially during the Olympic
season this particular game gets attention like the running events 100 meters though
such events held not just to rate the ‘most fastest man of the earth / universe
(Ben Johnson)
I
like the style, speed the communication and understanding between the jockey
and the animal. I think the horses are ready for any road or path.
Trained horses are different from the wild
horses no need to say.
I
think when ever you see a smart horse; you can not take your eyes off from them
like when you get a chance to view a star of spot light arena. Brown, white and
dark you get various skin tones of this animals. Skin tone is not very much a concernable
feature when it comes to horses actually what matters and important is ‘their
style and speed’, the uses as well.
I
think the horses are one of the privileged animals of this earth. Apart from
the myths and folklores, stories related to horses it is interesting to watch
the creations, movies, productions based on true stories and fictions, scripted
on these animals. Horse carts are one of the very stylish types of passenger
carriages of past very before the other technological travels and tours, air
buses cars and vans came in to the day to day lives and scenes of peoples.
I
think there are horse training centers you can not just play with a horse the
way you want, especially when you are planning to ride a horse for a race.
Jumping on to a horse or sitting on a horse is not enough to ride a horse.
There are techniques to follow.
In
the war histories of very past horses are one of the five regiments attached to
old days’ war regimes. Hope I am right. Elephants, horses are two of the five I
mentioned.
Racecourse Ground Colombo Sri Lanka |
The
landlords and lords love and respect these animals more than they like and
respect their servants or the boys and girls who takes care of horses and their
shelters
Nuwara Eliya Racecourse _ Sri Lanka |
And
unlike the readers who read good English papers there are some good readers I
find read and pronounce the names of the horses and the names of the jokeys in
a brilliant way. There are songs written
on the subject of horse racing and bookies and people’s lives. How some of
these races affects lives of people id debatable. The hopes and desires that brings via the
details sheets of horse racing, horses, jokeys, price moneys in to the life
objectives of some people, often spoils their real desires to because some men
do not like to do any hard work, earn a living in other ways, other than
betting sitting on a chair of a bookie (centre) asking them to write their
destiny sheets, without working. Often such brings burdens in to family
spheres. Following song says the man who lost in the morning from their betting
do the same in the evenings as well. some of them live a dreamy life thinking
of the chances winning the first prize and building houses, buying luxury cars
etc. They dream about the bag of prize
keeping their desires and hopes of lives on the moving horses, races.
Miniseku pita negi
asaruweki
A bara gei wahalata baraki
Paandarin peradunu a
miniha hendeweth asu pitata nagee
Heta mama gedarata sura
sepa denawa
Ada rae lunu mirisen
gathawenawa
Kaasi malla sathekuge pita
yanawa
Du daruwan pedure
nidiyanawa
Iranam wisanduma sathekuta denawa
Thirisenekuta minisekeu
paradinawa
Daruwanmirindath gini
uhulanawa
Heeen numbathawa gewal
hadanawa
Games become famous because of the players and because of the
people involved. Jockeys and bookies become famous and important because of
these animals, Horses and thanks to the people who involved and giving such
games a important place in their lives.
Following names I found on internet, Javier Castellano, Joel
Rosario, Irad Ortiz, Jr., L. Ortiz, John R. Velazquez, Mike E. Smith, Victor
Espinoza, Jose Lezcano, Joseph Talamo, Rosie Napravnik. I have not heard about
them before but among the people who know the game they are heroes or they are
the ones who bring them bulks of money in their dreams of prizes, because of
races, horses.
‘
Betting’, often we see in life dealings but betting is
different within the game spheres of horse racing. For any game, a ground is important. Without a
ground no out door games can be played. For cricket you need a ground which is
suitable for a game - cricket. You can not play cricket where the ground is set
for football, similarly you can not race your horses in a cricket ground. Grounds
are as such. For indoor games the ground you need to play a game is different
to the grounds you need to play an indoor game.
Racecourse Hipodromo da Gavea |
The ground that is set for horse racing has a name. In English speaking countries the ground is identified or known as ‘racecourses’ and in America the ground become a ‘race track/s’. Following details about a racecourse, I found from the same web page Hipódromo da Gávea is located in Gávea Neigbourhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the same source it has a capacity of 80 000 with 3000 seating facilities and was built in 1926. I guess horse racing is even older than the mentioned year that the ground was built.
Horses were used for hunting in older days of mankind, as a
hobby etc.
Interesting part related to horse racing is ‘you do not have
to be in the racecourse to bet or to know who is winning. Information flows
from the grounds like a jet via various sources. I have no idea as to who has introduced these
games to the people of village, cities or towns of our country all I know is
there are bookies not only in towns or cities though the racecourse is
available with no horses visible, in rural to urban. I think colonization was
undoubtedly the partner of introducing the game in to lives of our people. I do
not say that horse racing is something bad, some have mistaken and bet their
lives through these games. I can not find a single area where there are no race
bookies and race bookies which give their customers various percent discount 10
, 15, 20%. But I have no idea how the deals are functioning within.
Actually those are easy money no sweat is sweated to earn
money depending on the money pay to bet they get money in return. If the betted
horse wins if not the person looses the money spent for betting. Some do this as a hobby but wives complains
about their husbands who spend the money that has for their other future
purposes, for betting their lives on the name of a known or unknown horse
Following song is written to
describe such situation and it revels a feeling of a wife of a man who bets on
horses though he does not know to read any alphabet but the detail sheet of
horses and jockeys. This is one of the oldest songs. This song was sung by late
artist Mrs. Malini Bulathsinhala
Mala
pothe akuru beha kee miniha
Engeerisi
paththarayak mula indala agata balanawa
Aga
indala mulata balanawa
Kohen
igena gattada manda
Mala
pothe bea kee miniha
Man
kendan aa dawase kana athsana gehuwa kena
Punchi
punchi thundu kalei ekata thiyanawa
Menna
bole engireese akuru liyanawa
Paadarama
kade gihin gena paththare balala
Muna
narak karagena niyapothu kanawa
Kahata
koppaya peththaka seethala wenawa
The man
who said ‘I know no letters’,
Reading
an English paper,
from
front to last page,
Last page
to front page,
Do not
know from where he has learned to read
The man
who couldn't signature our life,
The day
that we wedded,
Surprising!
The man writes letters,
Small,
small chits in English
Biting
nails with a frustrated face,
Reading
the paper bought early in the morning
The
morning cup of tea kept on the stool,
Becoming
cold
The man
who said ‘I know no letters’ …………………
Games
often changes lives of people. Riding a horse for a game is different to riding
a horse as a hobby. Anyways life is a game and this world we live is full of
games and players, grounds, and prize moneys. Choose what is really good for
you and better training is essential what ever race or game you play. It is not
just a one person who is racing in a competition or in a game when everyone is
racing paying less attention to their break pads, tracks the man who is sitting
on the ground betting gets better chances to win other than the riders – horse,
the jokeys.
Take
care riders!