Plagued with regrettable incidents, almost 30 equine deaths, as well as an abominable suspension of almost a month and the “expulsion” of Jerry Hollendorfer by the owners of the Stronach group, were the most relevant events that marked Santa Anita Park in this 2019.
How can we qualify the winter-spring season of the oval of Arcadia, California? As a rehearsal of what should not happen in a racing scenario.
The issue of discussion is not the importance of the Pure Blood for the development of this beautiful sport of horse racing and have almost 30 deaths is not encouraging, but this fact has caused the closure for almost a month, put in interred the security of the track and mainly the capacity of those in charge of it, without noticing that this equestrian center offers thousands of jobs directly and indirectly, standing out the huge Latino community of horsemen and galloppers.
Not only did the normal activity of a racing season stop, but the owners and coaches looked for other horizons where their steeds had action and logically went down the number of runners in each match, including the most important races that did not have the appeal of previous years and if this were not enough, they took out the red card to coach Jerry Hollendorfer, from the owners of the Stronach group who do not want to have it in any of the five scenarios where they own.
If in fact it were Mr Hollendorfer harmful to this show, then simply and simply all the doors would be closed, but the winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest recognition that everyone involved in the equestrian environment dreams of wearing in their showcases, is already They opened other options. The NYRA (New York Racing Association) has no problems and will accept the prestigious coach’s contest in all its scenarios (Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga), the same happened in Los Alamitos and the circuit of the fairs in California, where his executioners have no power.
We will see in what this chapter ends that will be part of the story that nobody will want to tell.