In Marathon, the Stuffed Pig Restaurant hosts pig races during the "National Pig Days" on Feb. 26-28, 2010. We ate some tasty BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches and peanut butter pie. Then we watched some pig races, which was legal to bet on some pigs like horse races. We didn't bet anything, but we did enjoy watching the pigs run or in the last race, walk to the finish line. I had never seen anything like it before and I don't foresee I will again. The track was very small, but enough for some interesting entertainment. I was surprised to see the crowd of people that came out to watch the pig races, but then again not much goes on around here so maybe I am not really all that surprised about the turnout. I don't think I have seen this many pigs (15) in one place, but then again I have never visited a pig farm. :) This was definitely an interesting event that I never would have imagined I would attend. The pot-bellied pig race shown in the pics was completely unpredictable with No. 3, The Admiral, the largest pig (350 lbs. or more) taking the lead towards the end of the race and then out of nowhere No. 5, the smallest pig in last place for the entire race ended up winning! FYI, there were cookies for the pigs at the finish line and I believe there were some sprinkled on the track to keep them moving in the right direction. It was pretty funny to see when the pigs would just stop and block the traffic as they ate whatever they found on the track or to leave some "debris" (poop) on the track. Hehe. :)
pig races during the 
"National Pig Days" on Feb. 26-28, 2010. We ate some tasty BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches and peanut butter pie. Then we watched some pig races, which was legal to bet on some pigs like horse 
races. We didn't bet anything, but we did enjoy watching the pigs run or in the last race, walk to the finish line. I had never seen anything like it before and I don't foresee I will again. The track was very small, but enough for some interesting entertainment. I was surprised to see the crowd of people that came out to watch the pig races, but then again not much goes on around here so maybe I am not really all that surprised about the turnout. I don't think I have seen this many pigs (15) in one place, but then again I have never visited a pig farm. :) This was definitely an interesting event that I never would have imagined I would attend. The pot-bellied pig race shown in the pics was completely unpredictable with No. 3, The Admiral, the largest pig (350 lbs. or more) taking 
the lead towards the end of the race and then out of nowhere No. 5, the smallest pig in last place for the entire race ended up winning! FYI, there were cookies for the pigs at the finish line and I believe there were some sprinkled on the track to keep them moving in the right direction. It was pretty funny to see when the pigs would just stop and block the traffic as they ate whatever they found on the track or to leave some "debris" (poop) on the track. Hehe. :)
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