Video: Dog racing in Santiago
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Dog racing is common fun. Especially in Santiago, where similar events have been held every week for 100 years. Owners of dogs from Argentina, USA and Ireland, as well as gamblers come to the original races. The brightest shots from the last race are presented in our review.
By the way, the first dog racing took place in England in 1774. An artificial hare was used as bait, and the participants of the competition were dogs from the "Greyhound" breed. This went on for several centuries. Today, the races are attended by such breeds as: Azawakhs, Afghans, Irish wolfhounds, Whippets, Italian greyhounds, Saluki, and Sluggi.
An artificial hare still serves as the bait, the length of the treadmill is 200 meters. Usually dogs develop speeds in a straight line up to 80 kilometers per hour, depending on the degree of training. As for the rates, they range from $ 2 to $ 1,000 per race.
But the main thing here is not money, but excitement, which absorbs visitors during the race. At that moment, when the dogs take off, the entire tribune turns into a single living organism, which in one breath monitors every movement of the participants, responds to every meter passed by the contestants and enthusiastically rejoices for the winner. By the way, in San Diego, Wiener Nationals races are held with enviable regularity with the participation of dachshunds trying to overtake each other on a treadmill.
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