Fathier racing

Fathier racing was the practice of racing fathiers on racetracks for sport. The fathier races were a popular event and a source of heavy gambling revenue at the Canto Bight racetracks on the planet Cantonica, though the fathiers used in the races were often abused. Historically, there had been attempts to regulate or outright ban the sport, but all failed due to the level of greed involved in it.

Betting on fathier races for high stakes was a popular practice in Canto Bight, using the the gambling currency Cantocoins. Each fathier participating in a race was given odds of winning, and those with lower odds carried higher risk, but a correspondingly higher payout for a winning bet on that fathier. Sometimes races were so close that the length of two competing fathiers' noses could be the deciding factor.

Paige Tico dreamed of someday watching one of these races.

Racers who rode in the fathier races were known as jockeys.

Rael Averross mused in 40 BBY that fathier racing would become obsolete if the galaxy as a whole discovered the joys of Pijal varactyls, however as of 34 ABY, this had not happened.

As early as 382 BBY, having "a fathier in the race" was a slang term referring to having a stake in something.

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