Probably. I was reading recently about camel racing in the Emirates. Up until recently they used very young kids as jockeys, that is until the international outcry forced the owners to change. They're now using small robots as jockeys - and the sport apparently is as popular. Something similar could be done with horses - the tech is already been proven.
>a tyro question... > >would spectators even be interested in watching horse races without jockeys? >that would be cool, no? gates open! out shoot these awesome animals running >like mad without a whip...? heck, dogs can run a track without being >reminded of what direction to go. can't horses? maybe a mechanical carrot >zipping around a track...? notwithstanding acknowledging jockeys, it'd cut >costs for the owners and tracks. and a racer would still want to win. > >i'd pay to see that live. portage-less horses! hmmm. how long before they >started biting each other mid-race or doing other nasty tricks to win? > >i like this list. > >cheers, > >jason > >On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259856 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
