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.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
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.The Last Jedi: Bomber Command
Racers who rode in the fathier races were known as jockeys.Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
Rael Averross mused in 40 BBY that fathier racing would become obsolete if the galaxy as a whole discovered the joys of Pijal varactyls,Master & Apprentice however as of 34 ABY, this had not happened.
As early as 382 BBY, establishes that The High Republic: Path of Vengeance begins during the Battle of Jedha, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 382 BBY. having "a fathier in the race" was a slang term referring to having a stake in something.The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Path of Vengeance 
*Master & Apprentice 
*The Living Force 
*Doctor Aphra (2020) 8
*Star Wars Outlaws
*Age of Resistance - Rose Tico 1 
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*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition 
*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel 
*The Last Jedi storybook 
*The Last Jedi: Rose and Finn's Secret Mission 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
*The Last Jedi: Bomber Command
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
*Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
*Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small
*Star Wars 100 Objects
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*Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Racing sports