33rd Annual Falmouth Goat Races...Worth the Trip!

Today we left our own goats at home and traveled to tiny Falmouth, PA for this epic event - the annual "Running of the Goats." So popular is this local tradition that we had to park in a field miles away and wait in a long line for the "shuttle bus" to pick us up. (Well worth the $3.00 fee, to be sure!!)

One thing you realize at the Goat Races - there are many different kinds of goats (as well as all kinds of goat owners!) Goats come in all sizes...

and colors...

The most interesting goats we met were Simon and Peggy - a pair of three-legged racing goats both owned by the same veterinarian. (Sadly, Peggy was eliminated early in the day, but Simon, who lost his front leg after being kicked by another goat and sustaining a severe joint injury, made it into the finals.) Simon is a black Nigerian Dwarf (like ours!) and bears an uncanny resemblance to Emerson, though slightly larger. (Peggy, missing a back leg, is the whitish goat next to him, and also shown in some of the race photos.)

And now for some photos of the actual races...

                                                          And the prize to the winners -





Maybe next year we'll take our goats!!