
Ayumi Tani in Rob Pongi hat
Draft horse racing in Japan has its first woman trainer.
The sport, which is heavily in debt in Japan, involved horses weighing, in some cases, well over a tonne, pulling 500kg iron sleds in races.
The new trainer, Ayuumi Tani, 39, is determined to breathe new life into the sport, known as Ban-ei, for the sake of the giant animals that take part.
I didn't even know there was any Draft Horse Racing in Japan but I wanted to post this especially for G.B. 'cause of his 'special' admiration of horses. Besides I couldn't find anything in the news about dog racing.
