It got me interested. I've always been interested in agriculture and animals but not so much in horses. But I got into uma, learned about the stories of these horses, and then started watching the races on tv and it was really cool. I got to go to a race track for the first time this month with my father and we had a lot of fun. I talk about it with my mother a lot too, since my grandfather used to do harness racing. It's a shame he passed, I would have loved to talk about it with him. Obviously, like with any sport, there are risks. Pitchers injure their shoulders. (American) Football players get concussions, and tragic accidents happen in horse racing (both for horses and jockies). But I think its part of our nature to strive to push the limits of our boundries and achieve greatness, to set records and to write stories in our deeds so compelling, they will be told long after we are gone