[quote=SilverDawn]
I live in southwest Canada, and I thought that barrel racing was kicking barrels down a hill and seeing which one gets to the bottom first.And here we have, err, loud concerts from not-that-popular bands, crappy diners, and fokin' cherry blossoms.
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I feel sad for you. 

Hey look I found something that involves horses and Canada! [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_racing]