Well, let me tell ya ’bout this fella, Corey Lanerie. Folks say he’s a jockey, you know, one of them fellas that rides horses real fast. Born in 1974, so he’s been around the track a good long while. They call it American Thoroughbred horse racing, sounds fancy, don’t it?
Corey Lanerie, the Horse Rider
Now, I ain’t never been to one of them horse races myself, but I seen ’em on the TV sometimes. Lots of horses, all running like the devil’s chasin’ ’em, and these little fellas on top, like Corey, they gotta hold on tight and steer them big beasts. It can’t be easy, I tell ya. He’s based in Kentucky, that’s where they do a lot of horse racin’, so I hear.
- Horse racin’ is a big deal, seems like.
- Lots of folks bettin’ money on which horse is gonna win.
- Corey, he rides them horses, tries to win them races.
They say Corey Lanerie is a pretty good jockey. Means he wins a lot of races, I guess. I don’t know all the details, but they got websites and stuff where you can look up all his stats. Stats, that’s just a fancy word for how many races he’s won, and how much money he’s made for the horse owners. Seems like important stuff in that racin’ world.
Racing Stats and All That Jazz
You know, they keep track of everything these days. Every race Corey runs, they write it down somewhere. How fast he ran, which horse he was riding, where the race was. It’s all on somethin’ called the internet, I think my grandson told me about it. You can find all sorts of information on there, even about jockeys like Corey.
I heard tell there was this other jockey, real short fella, name of Bill Shoemaker. They said he was one of the best ever, even though he was tiny. Guess size ain’t everything when you’re ridin’ horses. And then there’s this other race, way over in Australia, called the Melbourne Cup. Just heard about it on the radio the other day. Some fella named Robbie Dolan won it, first time he ever rode in that race. So, it sounds like Corey’s got some stiff competition out there.
Jockey Life, It Ain’t Easy
Being a jockey, it ain’t just sittin’ on a horse and lookin’ pretty. You gotta be tough, gotta be strong. Them horses, they’re powerful animals, and you gotta control ’em. And you gotta be light, too. Can’t be eatin’ too many biscuits, that’s for sure. Corey, he probably has to watch what he eats, keep himself in shape. It’s a hard life, but I guess if you love horses and you love racin’, it’s worth it.
More Than Just a Name, Corey Lanerie, the Jockey
So, next time you hear about horse racin’, remember that name: Corey Lanerie. He’s one of them fellas that dedicates his life to ridin’ horses, tryin’ to win races. It’s a whole different world, that horse racin’ world. Full of fast horses, and brave jockeys, and lots of excitemnet, it seems. And Corey, well, he’s right in the middle of it all, ridin’ hard and tryin’ to win.
From What I Hear, Racing is an Old Business
They say this horse racin’ has been goin’ on for a long time. I heard somethin’ about a fella named Samuel Thrall Cooper, way back in the 1800s. Seems like he started a company that had somethin’ to do with jockeys. So it’s been around longer than I have, that’s for sure. It’s a tradition, I guess, like makin’ apple pie or goin’ to church on Sunday. And Corey Lanerie, he’s part of that tradition now, a piece of history in the makin’ every time he rides.
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