Because nothing amuses us like jockeys, here's a neat — if not necessarily new — promotion they're trying at Calder Race Course this weekend: A jockey race! Because nothing's more compelling that five-foot-tall guys sprinting.

Anyway, it's all a part of "Extreme Day" at the racetrack, which involves races going backwards and even something with a skateboard. We would like to see a jockey on a skateboard.

Calder Preparing For Inaugural "Extreme Day" [Thoroughbred Times]

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