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The pigs race for vanilla cream cookies and David says they 100% love to run. The Rosaire’s Royal Racers put on a show last week at the Sarasota County Fair. David Rosaire, a self-described swine master behind Rosaire's Royal Racers, has been putting pigs on racetracks since his father founded the company in 1987. Now, nearly four decades later, David is getting ready to take the reins...while the pigs take the track. Hundreds of biggie fans fill the stands to cheer on their favorite. The best part to putting on the show, for David, is the generations that come back year after year.
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Pig racing has been a Sarasota County Fair staple for nearly 40 years. The family behind it is just getting started.

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This week, Sarasota Opera is again performing four operas: Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah” on Wednesday and Saturday; Giuseppe Verdi’s“Il Trovatore” on Tuesday and Sunday; Giacomo Puccini’s “La boheme” on Thursday and Saturday; and Franz Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” on Friday. In addition, in a show called “Winter Concerts,” its apprentice and studio artists perform operatic arias, duets, and ensembles for the public on Thursday, March 26.
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