The Winner 's Circle : A Winner And A Celebration

To think this all started from a decision to race and build a pinewood derby

You get last place in your tournament. The coach walks up to you looking disappointed and hands you a trophy. You look down at the trophy confused on how you go it and notice that it reads “participation”, but why hand out a trophy if you didn’t really earn it? A popular issue today is whether or not participation trophies should be given out to young athletes. There isn’t a right or wrong answer to this debate, however I believe that it is wrong for these no good trophies to be handed out. Here are some of the reasons on why I believe this.

Selection is based on previous performance including race record; pedigree and phenotype to which play an important role when evaluating racehorses with conformation which is subjective to opinion or experience (McIlwrath, 2004). Foals in the racing industry are purchased through auction sales and stud farms and are based on their conformation, way of going and pedigree although conformation criteria differs from foal to 2-3 year old through musculoskeletal changeability. What has to be considered is the sire or dam who have produced winning progeny and has made the most prize money through races ran (O 'Mara, 2015).

Charmayne James was a shy girl that grew up in small town of Clayton, New Mexico. Beginning her way to being the Million Dollar Cowgirl she is today at the age of 3 riding from sun up to sun down. She started rodeo at a young age on a horse named Bardo. When Charmayne needed her next horse she looked to a young bay gelding that was used in her fathers feed lot. This bay gelding became Charmayne’s once in a life time horse. The pair was entered in the Rodeo Hall of Fame, and hold the record for most consecutive qualifications into the NFR for men or women.

Do you ever wonder what happens to the horses after the Kentucky Derby? Some retire peacefully after a life on the track, some are rehomed but many are sold to slaughter for the sake of a paycheck. Luckily, there are activists in the equestrian world standing ready to take these in these helpless athletes. Gallop On, a non-profit thoroughbred rescue located in northern Ohio, was founded to do just that.

How does a scrawny, bitter, and lazy horse become the champion of 33 races and holder of 13 track records? A heroic symbol to the United States, Seabiscuit was the epitome of how persistence, courage, and dedication are enough to transform an underdog into a victorious winner. During the 1930s, when America was still in the grip of the Great Depression, Seabiscuit managed to capture the nation 's imagination and unite the country. With the help of the radio, a novel invention which made live broadcasts viable coast to coast, the country was able to follow the tale of the classic underdog and discover how the little horse with a big heart overcame a career ending injury to win

Change can be seen as a form of transformation or conversion. A form of change can be seen in “Victory Lap” by George Saunders, a short story written in such a way that the events that are enrolling throughout the story are being processed and told through the minds of three main characters. Having the perspective of each character allows us, the readers to get a much greater understanding about them and to make a better character analysis. Having said that, this story is simply about a girl, Alison getting kidnapped by an unnamed kidnapper. What were really captivating were the changes spotted on characters as the conflict progresses. One character in particular is very intriguing and his name is Kyle. One of our main character, Alison

     When it came to horses and how their racetracks should look “Jack” Keene knew what it was all supposed to be about. Keene spent more than 20 years of his life, and some $400,000 of his money, in trying to build a track and combination clubhouse and stable. He never intended for his fine establishment to be used for racing but rather to be a training center for his friends and their horses. Keene and his friends conducted private races of their own and merely just enjoyed the pure sport of racing. Little did he know, this great place would soon become one of world’s greatest racetracks. With this outlook, The Keeneland Association saw Keene’s property as a start to their dream.

Do you remember what it was once like to win a trophy? Those huge, golden statues that resembled an accomplishment that you completed? How happy you were when you received your very own trophy too? Everyone should be able to recall when you were once rewarded for any outstanding achievement that they've done. What if I told you, however, that the trophy you received when you were a child wasn't so special? That it was, in fact, a participation trophy, and every other child got one. Would it be so special now? That's the problem that kids are facing now with participation trophy's, due to its lack of being "one of a kind". I believe that because of its lack of being unique, a participation trophy shouldn't be required to be given out at our

There’s a reason the Melbourne cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’ having been around since 1861 and attracting crowds in excess of 100,000 yearly, with the highest number of attendees occurring in 2003 with over 122,000 people gathering to watch Makybe Diva win her first of three consecutive Melbourne cup titles, but the Melbourne cup is not the only historically significant event in Australia with the Melbourne cup carnival total attendances being well over 300,000 people a year for the 4 events. And the horse that wins any of these prestigious events

Chad Brown is a famous horseback racer who was born right here in Mechanicville. He has broken many records, especially at the Saratoga Racetrack located about a half hour from Mechanicville. Chad Brown did an interview with wten back when he scored his 1,000th win. According to (news10.com) when asked about his most recent win which was his 1,000th he said  "I’d have to go with the 1,000th win because this is all where it came about for me,” he said. “Right here in the picnic area at Saratoga, that’s where horse racing first captured me and changed my whole life; my outlook on life and what I wanted to do with my life. From that point forward it’s been a way of life and not just a job. For me to reach this success with my team right here at my home track at the very place that changed my career ambitions it’s just a dream come

The Quarter horse breed was the first breed that people started racing. Other breeds of horses are now used for racing as well, but the Quarter horse will forever be the first breed to ever have been raced (Huggett, 2018).

In barrel racing circles, Latricia Duke, trainer at Schiller Ranch, is known for her uncanny ability to take a young prospect and turn it into a top-producing futurity horse. But her horses don’t stop after their futurity years. Many of them go on to become open and pro rodeo horses, a clear indication she trains them to be in the race for the long haul.

The science behind evaluating racehorses is deciding which faults make a direct impact to the horse’s career. The requirements needed for a horse to succeed starts at the conformation of the foal/yearling. To which conformational faults are passed down from parents, however, faults may or may not have consequences to their racing career, and therefore different trainers/bloodstock agents may have different inceptions with regard to acceptable faults (TOBA, 2015).

“The Winner Within” is about a life plan for team players and what it takes to be a successful team. Each chapter is based on one subject, and that subject is one of the many things that a team needs to be successful. Pat Riley shares his game plan for team players in all of life, not just on the court. All of the strategies in this book are very inspiring and motivate teamwork. I think that the first chapter in the book, ‘The Innocent Climb’, is one of the most important concepts you have to have on a team. The innocent climb is the surge that occurs within a team as they are accomplishing more because of the synergy that occurs within a team. Innocence means understanding that the team comes first and being carried along by that.