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.^[1] Historically, there had been attempts to regulate or outright ban the sport, but all failed due to the level of greed involved in it.^[2]

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.^[3] Sometimes races were so close that the length of two competing fathiers' noses could be the deciding factor.^[2]

Paige Tico dreamed of someday watching one of these races.^[4]

Racers who rode in the fathier races were known as jockeys.^[5]

Rael Averross mused in 40 BBY that fathier racing would become obsolete if the galaxy as a whole discovered the joys of Pijal varactyls,^[6] however as of 34 ABY, this had not happened.^[1]

As early as 382 BBY,^[7] having "a fathier in the race" was a slang term referring to having a stake in something.^[8]

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Appearances

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• The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
• The High Republic: Into the Light (Indirect mention only)
• Master & Apprentice (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The Living Force (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) (On a map provided in Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition)
• Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (Mentioned only)
• Doctor Aphra (2020) 8
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Age of Resistance - Rose Tico 1 (Appears in hologram)
• "Rules of the Game" — Canto Bight (and audiobook)
• "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" — Canto Bight (and audiobook)
• "The Ride" — Canto Bight (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Last Jedi storybook (depicted in picture window)
• The Last Jedi: Rose and Finn's Secret Mission (depicted in picture window)

Sources

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• 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
• Star Wars Outlaws: Behind The Scenes – Navigating the Underworld on the official Ubisoft YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
• Fathier in the Databank (backup link)
• Fathier jockeys in the Databank (backup link)

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