Jockey

Stakes Race Dept: A 112-pound jockey crouched on an animal 10 times his weight. A feathery touch atop a speeding tank, according to The Star. That is one part of what s needed to win the Queen s Plate , North America s longest continuously run stakes race and two hearts, human and equine, beating close to 200 times a minute as they work in tandem. The man s legs barely move. The horse s strike the ground more than twice a second over a mile and a quarter, a crushing load on four saucer-sized hooves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.