Larry Attard

Yesterday afternoon we headed off to Woodbrine Race Track. During the drive, Sam was telling us that Maltese people are very famous in Woodbrine and that one of the best Canadian jockey's ever was Larry Attard who is Maltese. This made us feel very proud to be Maltese. When we entered the Race Track building, they were saddling the horses for a race. We started taking pictures and there just in front of us Sam recognised Larry, since we had knew him before when he was just a kid. Sam told him that we were Maltese who were visiting Canada for the first time. Ahhh he said mela you are family come with me. Guess what......he then gave us a super VIP tour around all of Woodbrine. Everybody knows him and we were like kings. He took us to see the jockey's room, training rooms, the VIP lounges, the colours room and finally the stables. It was amazing. There are four well known Attard brothers in Woodbrine and they train about 41 horses each. One of the horses owned by Larry and his brother raced yesterday and it won !!!!!! We ended up taking pictures with the winning horse in the middle of the race track with everybody looking at us :P In 2001 Larry Attard was elected to Woodbrine's hall of fame as one of the best jockey's ever. In Woodbrine, the final race of the triple crown is held which gives you an idea of the importance of this race track. What we admired most in Larry is that even though he is a millionaire he is a very down to earth and welcoming person. We are always proud to be Maltese but after yesterday we are so much more !!!!!! Well done Larry and thanks for everything.