The alarm rang throughout the horse racing guild of Southern California due to the death of equine number 23 in the oval of Santa Anita and next Friday, April 12, in a session of the Racing Commission of that entity, the future that remains this season of one of the most emblematic scenarios of the American Union.
The incident we had the opportunity to see on several occasions and as in the great tragedies, any replica is more over the trauma of the first impression than the magnitude of the event in question, so are coaches and owners perceiving at this time.
Everything was developed according to what is a horse race, that is, we did not see or we did not notice any anomaly until the participants crossed the strip of sand that the 6 ½ furlongs do not cover in pasture races. This peculiarity is eternal in Santa Anita so we can not consider that the steeds and riders who act regularly on that track do not know how to handle that situation. However, that was the impression I took when I saw how the tordillo was tripping on the sand and could never keep the vertical rolling on the surface and causing the trip that cost the life of Arms Runner, who could not dodge the fate.
There are two options to move the rest of the season. The first one is Del Mar, whose directors have commented that it would be very difficult to grant the space because their previously acquired commitments would not allow them to coordinate in time and form something so immediate.
The second option is 33 miles from Arcadia, its name: Los Alamitos and is currently the promised land where all the circumstances would be given to be able to fulfill the remainder of the Santa Anita season.
Meanwhile, groups will be defined tomorrow for the gala functions that will be offered at Keeneland, Aqueduct and Santa Anita.
We will know the groups and we will abound in the subject.