Thursday, 30 November 2017

Goat racing.

Tobago prides itself in this sport that began 80 years ago and is still going strong.God only knows what had possessed the locals to begin this indulgence. I suppose horse racing for the rich,goat racing for the poor.The race takes place in a village called Buccoo on Easter Tuesday.The goat and its jockey,for every goat must run the race with a jockey [and no, the jockey does not sit on the poor animal]train together,they eat together, bathe together,sleep together and then on the big day run side by side to the finish line together. And God help the goat that outruns its partner! They both get disqualified and off to the cooking pot with the traitor.

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