Everyone loves a loser. Or at least Japanese horseracing fans do.
Japan’s worst racehorse, Haruurara, attempted to break a 105 race losing streak on Monday. And with top jockey Yutaka Take on board, anticipation of a potential win sent race goers into a frenzy.
Despite the race not starting until 4:35 p.m., 3,000 people were already lined up 30 minutes before the track opened at 9 o’clock. And by 2 p.m. the gates had to be locked as the racecourse reached its capacity. A first for the venue.
And if all this wasn’t silly enough, people were queuing for up to 90 minutes to buy Haruurara souvenirs.
Needless to say, hapless Haruurara didn’t win.
テッド says
I could just imagine a movie being made about him in the style of a japanese “Seabiscut” spin.
All you really need is a energy stumped diabetic to write the screenplay and hope that a japanese “Lord of the Rings” spin dosent steal your oscar for best picture with an asian Peter Jackson clone.
And yet dispite thses new boundries.
We all know that in the end…
Everone will be thanked in New Zealand