Flying Cross Jockey Club

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Drink a green beer for us!

Due to popular demand the Junior Jockeys are back! They are super happy the track is dry again and enjoying the warm weather riding!

This is a blast from your past Roy

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Jorge Ricardo, world’s winningest jockey with over 13,000 wins. Still riding at age 59. Riding Saudi Cup day, mens/womens rider challenge.

This Date in History: February 12, 1981 Julie Krone rode her first career winner, a $3,500 claimer named Lord Farkle, in the sixth race at Tampa Bay Downs. #TheDRF

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Ever wonder what it is like to be a racehorse? Below, we have detailed a typical day, week, month, and year in the life of a racehorse. This might help clear up... some misconceptions about their quality of life on the track. A day in the life of a racehorse 4:30 AM first grain is given and tack is set out if horse is set to gallop: - horse is tied in its stall, groomed, hooves picked, toweled off, and polos are rolled on and taped - horse is tacked up if horse is not set to gallop: - horse is groomed the same as if it were training - horse is walked for 30 to 45 minutes while its stall is cleaned 6:00 AM track opens the rider arrives and horse and rider walk to the track sometimes accompanied by a pony horse on the track the horse and rider will back track or jog roughly a half mile on the outside rail opposite of the gallopers horse and rider will stop and face the traffic to find a good spot to start horse and rider will gallop about 1 mile to 1 & 1/2 miles before pulling up and jogging back to the gap to exit the track they will stop and face the inside before walking off generally a horse and rider are on the track for about 15 to 20 minutes in the morning 10:00 AM as horses come off the track in the morning, they are untacked by their rider and their polos are unwrapped by their groom horses are offered fresh water and bathed with a sponge or hose horses are then hand walked by a hot walker or put on a walking circle for 20 to 30 minutes until cool and dry horses return to their stalls, are re-groomed, and given more grain and a fresh net of hay 4:00 PM in the evening grain is mixed while stalls are picked, hay nets are hung, and water buckets are filled horses are given their third grain and tucked in for the night A week in the life of a racehorse horses typically train 3 to 5 days a week in addition to regular gallops, horses also breeze, or travel approximately 12 seconds per furlong, once a week weekly therapies and treatments vary between barns, but are not limited to cold therapy, medicated poultice, chiropractic adjustment, electrical muscle stimulation, and more A month in the life of a racehorse horses are re-shod by a farrier every 4 weeks and also receive regular veterinary care in general, horses will race about once a month on race day: - horse is walked in the morning - horse is bathed with soap - horse will be groomed and have hooves picked - about a half hour before the race, horse wrapped with bandages, bridled, and lead to the receiving barn - horse is saddled, ponied to the track, jogs and gallops to warm up, loaded in the gate and races - after the race, horse is offered water, bathed, given electrolytes, and walked for 30-45 minutes until cool and dry the day after a race, a horse will usually walk in the morning A year in the life of a racehorse total number of races varies, but typically horses will start 5 to 10 times per year most horses are given time off or a layoff which will last 4 to 8 weeks each year career longevity is dependent on the individual horse, but a horse can make anywhere from 1 to 100+ starts in its lifetime horses generally start training at age 2 and can race into their teens! We hope that you are able to put yourself in a racehorse’s shoes. Understand that this routine is not without lots of peppermints and one-on-one time with grooms. Racehorses are treated like professional athletes around the clock. When they make the transition from the racetrack, they often feel less secure. Insecurity coupled with a dramatic change in diet can lead to behaviors that many misinterpret. A familiarity with how racing barns operate can make the transition easier for both the horse and the new owner. Off-track horses can transform into willing, athletic partners when given proper understanding. #OTTBwesternINFO #OTTBwestern #OTTB

Happy Birthday to the late Don MacBeth born August 29, 1949 Hall of Fame Inductee, 1988 Jockey Don MacBeth dreamed as a child of making it into the Big Leagues.... The native of Red Deer, Alta., never dreamed it would be the Big Leagues of thoroughbred racing rather than the National Hockey League. Although he learned to ride in Western Canada, winning his first race at Lethbridge, Alta., in 1967, MacBeth was a bigger name in the United States than Canada. He would go on to win the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (1987) and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1987), where he travelled 3,000 miles to accept the honour only eight days before he tragically died at age 37 from cancer. MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund After doing a show at a racetrack near Minneapolis, Minnesota, devoted fan and sometime racehorse owner, comedic actor Tim Conway had wanted to donate his fee to help former jockeys experiencing hard times but learned that no such fund existed. In cooperation with Don MacBeth's widow, Conway became a Co-Founder, Vice President, and member of the Board of Directors of the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund to assist injured and disabled riders. As of March 2007, the Fund had assisted more than 1,800 riders. https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com//don-macbeth/ Photo MacBeth on Kentucky Derby mount Bear Hunt

Let's keep moving forward. Together. #MLK #MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #IHaveADream

***** Shannon Beauregard Update ***** She just had surgery done on one of her hands (wasnt supposed to be until February but got moved up) She has surgery on he...r other hand late next month. Shannon is at Sharon Kleparchuks place and doing good (hand is still frozen ATM tho so it will change in the next few hours ). Surgery went well! Now to heal and do the other one in FEB. she says thanks to those you have been asking That is a Million Dollar Smile.. We love ya Shanny! Also.. I should tell everyone she is walking without a walker now and has been for a few weeks.. There is still lots of pain there in the hip area especially, but that will subside with time. See more

***** They way it used to be ***** If only we can ever get back to the good old days of racing. I am not knocking anyone or any track involved with how many day...s of racing we get now, I am just reminiscing on how it was. Can you imagine 281 dates of "A" track racing a year in Alberta? This doesnt even include the Canada West Turf Dates that year which would push the numbers over 300 dates total. See more