Imagine if you would a crisp autumn morning with horses lined up at the starting gate, excited and skittish. Hundreds of horses of all breeds, ages and conditions. No racing experience is required. In this event, the jockeys are blindfolded and the type of track, distance and conditions under which they will be racing has not been revealed to them. Although the event is almost guaranteed to be chockfull of fouls, the stewards are only informed of the rules immediately before the opening of the gates, or perhaps even after the race is underway.
