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George Luna: Being part of something big

Golden Gate Fields is Home for Retired Jockey George Luna. It wasn’t his goal to be a jockey, in fact George Luna wanted to be a landscape architect, but people kept telling him “Hey, you’re small enough to be a jockey,” and eventually he became one.

His days are full. He’s at Golden Gate Fields at four every morning, seven days a week, training and exercising horses. He says, “Riding’s dangerous, a bit like going to war. I’ve broken more bones than I care to think about, but it makes life more precious; you pay more attention.”

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