Sarasota Pig Racing Goes 'Hog Wild'

>> SPECTATORS ARE GOING HOG WILD FOREST STYLE OF RACING OF A DIFFERENT BREED FOR OVER 30 YEARS. ONE LOCAL FAMILY HAS BEEN ORGANIZING PIG RACES. IT'S BECOME A FAN FAVORITE AT EVENTS ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. WGCUS CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS. REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE LEARNED THAT, WELL, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE KENTUCKY DERBY. IT'S WORTH A TRIP TO SEE WHAT'S CALLED PORK CHOP DOWN THE LOUDER YOU MIGUEL CHAVEZ SCREEN FOR THESE THINGS BUT FASTER THEY WILL GO. SO EVERYBODY LET THAT BE EASIER. >> AND MY PIGGY BUSINESS WELL, TO SIMPLIFY IT. >> AND THE WINDS WERE THE RICKY BOBBY. I LIKE TO MAKE HIM GO FAST FOR RICKY BOBBY FROM THE MOVIE TALLADEGA NIGHTS, NEVER SPECIFIED THE SPECIES. >> DAVID ROSE SARASOTA NATIVE AND SELF-DESCRIBED SWINE MASTER IS BEHIND ROSE. THERE'S ROYAL RACERS >> AND HAS BEEN PUTTING PIGS ON RACETRACKS SINCE HIS FATHER FOUNDED THE COMPANY IN 1987. >> NOW, NEARLY 4 DECADES LATER, DAVID IS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE REINS WHILE THE PIGS TAKE THE TRACK KIND OF GOING THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL PHASE OF MY DAD IS GETTING READY TO RETIRE. >> AND THEN MEANS GETTING READY TO STEP UP AND KIND OF TAKE OVER THE BUSINESS AND KEEP HIS NAME GOING AND WHAT HE'S BUILT. >> MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES RETURNED FOR THE RACES YEAR AFTER YEAR. APPARENTLY WHAT SOUP WATCHED A PAY RAISE OF FEARS. WE'LL TO DOESN'T HIT THE SAME. >> AND WE STARTED OUT. IT WAS JUST A SMALL TRACKING AN UMBRELLA, YOU KNOW, AND BACK THEN WE GET LIKE MAYBE 15 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT NOW ALMOST EVERY SHOW ARE PACKING AT LEAST SOMEWHERE IN THE HUNDREDS, EVERY SINGLE SHOW. AND IT'S A REAL BLESSING THAT THERE'S STILL THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. >> ARE THESE PIGS LOVING EVERY SECOND OF THIS OR QUIETLY PLOTTING THEIR ESCAPE THAT TO THEIR FARM AND MYAKKA CITY. THE PIGS. >> 100% LOVE WHAT THEY DO. I COULDN'T MAKE THEM DO IT. IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE SWINE MASTER. >> AND TO KEEP THOSE PIGS HAPPY AND FAST. >> THE ANIMALS TRAVEL AND INSULATED CLIMATE CONTROLLED TRAILERS WITH MISSED SYSTEMS AND FANS THAT RUN ALL DAY. >> ROSE THERE SAYS THE REAL SECRET WEAPON ISN'T THE AMENITIES. IT'S THE BRIBE. >> WE ACTUALLY IS THE CREME FILLED COOKIES. WHAT WE USE BECAUSE THEY LIKE THAT SWEET STUFF. YOU KNOW, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT RACE TIME IS COOKIE TIME. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THEM BECAUSE IF I GOT A COOKIE PROBABLY RUN PRETTY FAST, TOO. >> BUT THEY ARE LEANER, MEANER ICING MACHINES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BLACK AND WHITE LETTERS IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. THE OPERATION RUNS. 25 FAIRS A YEAR. >> UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA TO VERMONT. >> THE THING THAT REALLY DRIVES ME TO KEEP GOING WITH WHAT MY DAD STARTED. YOU KNOW, AS I WANT THE PASSION OF THE AUDIENCE TO STAY, YOU KNOW IT, IT WILL BE REALLY A SHAME FOR ME LET THAT DIE OUT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST PUSH TO KEEP GOING. MY FAVORITE PART. >> LAST TIME I GO TO THE U.S.