[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5260″ img_size=”large” style=”img-frame-small”][vc_column_text]Next Friday, April 12, there will be an amazing event in Santa Anita: None of the participants of the eight scheduled races be using a crop.
The measure, desperate, is in order to prevent the continuation of the injury streak in the Californian oval, something totally contrary to what we are used to seeing in a horse race, marking the first time in the history of North American .
These “innovations” only applied to riders who made their debut in official races, according to the regulations of the National Racing Commission in our country, to be exact the boys had to meet five races so they could carry the tool that is indispensable in the development of any sport competition that we are passionate about.
Do not go so far, if we review the results of last Saturday, I do not remember a single race where the boom had not been used, here are the examples:
Thunder Snow, winning the Dubai World Cup Classic; Roadster, winning the Santa Anita Derby; Tacitus, winning at the Wood Memorial; Vekoma, taking advantage in the Blue Grass; Mind Control, beating Much Better at the Bay Shore. Honestly the victory of all of them would not have been possible without the “motivation” of the strong and the cardiac end offered by McKinizie and Gift Box would have been impossible.
On Friday a wizard will be needed to predict the winners of the afternoon, a task that will not be easy because everything will depend on the “desire” of the steed to cross the finish line first, there will be no way to correct the road if a horse decides to go to greet the stands or take the easy way to the stable. We will see the development of each of the tests.
After the results of the weekend in Santa Anita, the waters calmed and the clouds began to clear. The threat of change of venue for the remainder of the season seems to be diluting with the passage of time, wishing that everything normalize in the legendary scene of Southern California, home of the Breeders’ Cup 2019.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]