On November 21, 2023 we went on a little field trip to a tiny ranch to learn about racing horses. We were able to see four different horses. There was one horse in particular that really interested me. This horse raced until he was 11 while most horses stop racing at 4-6. Also, this horse was missing an eye since birth but was still able to race! Hearing this surprised me. This horse also raced over 100 times! One fact that we learned about race horses was that once they were done racing people wouldn’t want these horses anymore. The reason for this would be because people think these horses are defected. The reason people think this is kind of sad. When you pull back on the reigns for a normal horse that means to stop, but when you pull on the reins for a racing horse that means to go so when people do this the horse will speed up and if you pull harder the horse will speed up more because this is what they are trained to do. The reason these horses are at a ranch is for them to become like normal horses again. To sum it up this was a fun field trip.