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Chatelaillon has a small race track and they have around 18 meetings each year. Theres a restaurant and a bar that sells snacks etc. Here they call the jockeys 'trotteurs' it's not the same as in the UK, they sit behind the horse on a small one man cart and if the horse canters it is disqualified it has to run in a certain way. It's well worth a visit and the next meetings are;
Sunday 12th April 2009,
Friday 1st May,
Monday 1st June,
Monday 22nd June,
Tuesday 14th July,
Monday 10th August,
Tuesday 18th August,
Wednesday 19th August,