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U-Ed Moger Jr. uke waba ngumqeqeshi iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane, futhi amahhashi akhe anqobe imijaho eminingi, kodwa awukho omkhulu kunoMgqibelo weBanga loku-1 $500,000 Santa Anita Handicap. Stilleto Boy wagijima wehla intandokazi Kubuyiselwe imali bese ebamba uMmeleli oshajayo ukuze awine ngentamo.
“Mhlawumbe kuyo yonke imijaho yaseCalifornia, lona umjaho omkhulu kunePacific Classic [at Del Mar],” kusho uMoger. “Kufana neKentucky Derby yaseCalifornia.”
Ihhashi lathengwa ngumfowabo kaMoger, uSteve, ngo-$420,000. USteve akazange afune iseluleko kumfowabo lapho ethenga.
“Bengizomtshela ukuthi kuningi kakhulu,” kusho uMoger. “Kuvele kwaba wumnyakazo omuhle. Sesiwine naye imijaho emibili kuphela kodwa sishaye into ecokeme. Kubukeka sengathi sesinqobe imijaho engu-100.”
UStitleto Boy ukhokhe u-$29.80 ukuze awine. Ummeleli walandelwa yi-Defunded, Hopper, There Goes Harvard, Tisquantum, Newgrange, Warrant kanye ne-Heywoods Beach.
UMoger ucabanga ukuthi umjaho olandelayo wengane eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala kungaba yi-Oaklawn Handicap noma iMetropolitan Mile.
Ukuwina bekuyingxenye yokukhululwa kukajokhi we-Hall of Fame Izindawo zokuhlala e- Kent Desormeaux, ovunyelwe ukuqhuba lo mhlangano e-Santa Anita ngemuva kochungechunge lwezigameko ezimenze wavinjelwa futhi wamiswa eBhodini Lomjaho Wamahhashi waseCalifornia. Uvumile ukuthi unenkinga yotshwala kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
“Kimina, ngemuva kwempilo yami yezinkulumo ezingezinhle ngaphandle komjaho, kukhombisa ukuthi ngizele umbuthano ogcwele futhi singakulalisa lokho futhi ngiqhubeke nomsebenzi wami,” kusho uDesormeaux. “Kuzoba kimina ukuthi ngihlale ngihlanzekile.”
Bekuyiwini yesithathu kaDesormeaux kuBig ‘Cap, nokunqoba okwedlule ngo-2002 (Milwaukee Brew) nango-1992 (Best Pal).
Kweminye imijaho yesiteki esesigabeni, i-Gold Phoenix ($23.60) iqhamuke phakathi kwamahhashi futhi yakhipha i-Du Jour ukuze iwine iBanga loku-1 $500,000 u-Frank E. Kilroe Mile enkundleni ngentamo. Umqeqeshi owinile u-Phil D’Amato unikeze udumo olukhulu kujokhi u-Kazushi Kimura, osanda kuhlanganyela e-Santa Anita jockey colony.
“Le ngane ingigibele amahhashi amabili manje futhi sobabili bayawina,” kusho u-D’Amato ngoKimura, 23. Walondoloza wonke amasentimitha omhlaba, walinda, wahlukanisa amahhashi futhi wenza konke engangimtshela kona. …Ngeke ngikwazi ukusho okwanele mayelana nokugibela okuhle.”
I-Quattroelle ($8.60) iwine iBanga lesi-2 i-$200,000 ye-Buena Vista Stakes kuma-filies amadala nezinsikazi, ihamba ibanga elingamamayela ku-turf. I-mare eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala yenza umnyakazo onamandla ekujuleni kwe-stretch ukuze iwine ngesigamu ubude kumqeqeshi u-Jeff Mullins kanye nojokhi u-Hector Barrios.
