Cuando un jockey se equivoca de distancia - When a jockey misses away
(Please look for the English version below)
Los jockeys son unos grandes profesionales que arriesgan diariamente su integridad física y que consiguen sacar lo mejor de cada caballo para que logre la victoria.
Como cualquier persona, están sujetos a equivocaciones que constantemente son comentadas por los aficionados : no ha sabido "tapar" al caballo, no le ha braceado lo suficiente, no tiene sentido del paso, le ha sacado en punta y este caballo debería ir atrás, etc ...
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La carrera que traemos hoy a este blog se celebró en el hipódromo australiano de Mooney Valley, de Melburne, el 24 de Enero de 2.002. El jockey Rhys McLeod montaba al caballo Mystic Outlaw en el handicap Quantas Frequent Flyer sobre la distancia de 3.000 mts.
El recorrido consistía en 3/4 de vuelta al perímetro del hipódromo para pasar por primera vez por la línea de meta y luego otra vuelta mas para completar los 3.000 mts.
Nuestro protagonista, el jockey Rhys McLeod, salió de los cajones convencido de que estaba participando en una carrera sobre la distancia de 1.800 mts. así que su forma de montar fue muy distinta a la que debería haber adoptado.
Cuando se destacó del resto de los participantes y abordó la supuesta "recta final" con unos cuerpos de distancia sobre el resto de los competidores. En la curva ya fustigó a su caballo, lo braceaba con fuerza y se distanció 8 o 10 cuerpos braceando sin cesar y enseñando la fusta al caballo para que no dejara de emplearse y pasó la línea de meta con una gran ventaja.
Todo el mundo en el hipódromo sabía que esa no era la meta de la carrera porque faltaba toda una vuelta mas para acabar la carrera; todo el mundo menos él, que pensó que acababa de ganar; ¿todo el mundo?, no. Además del jockey, el cámara que filmaba la carrera también pensó que se había terminado, paró la imagen al pasar los caballos por primera vez por la línea de meta, pero luego siguió a los participantes en su recorrido por la cuerda del hipódromo.
Todos los jockeys, sin duda desconcertados, siguieron montando a sus cabalgaduras menos Rhys que intentaba parar a Mystic Outlaw para regresar a las tribunas como "ganador" de la carrera.
Es curioso observar como el caballo es superado por el grupo de perseguidores que siguen montados por sus respectivos jockeys mientras nuestros protagonistas (jockey y caballo) se relajan y contemplan como los demás incrementan su esfuerzo en pos de una meta que, según ellos, ya han superado.
La carrera acaba con una emocionante recta final en la que un caballo acababa muy descolgado en última posición. Supongo que todos sabréis de quien se trata.
Sigue a continuación el vídeo de esa interesante carrera que, supongo no habréis visto ninguna igual o parecida, por muchos años de hipódromos que tengáis a vuestras espaldas :
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The jockeys are great professionals who risk their physical integrity every day and who manage to get the best out of each horse so that they can win.
Like any person, they are subject to mistakes that are constantly commented on by the fans: he has not known how to "cover" the horse, he has not braced him enough, he has no sense of step, he has pointed him out and this horse should go back , etc ...
But what is not very common is that a jockey is mistaken in the distance that he must face in a race with his horse; that is, in addition to being unusual, unforgivable.
The race that we bring to this blog today was held at the Australian Mooney Valley racecourse, Melburne, on January 24, 2002. The jockey Rhys McLeod rode the horse Mystic Outlaw in the handicap Quantas Frequent Flyer over the distance of 3,000 meters.
The race that we bring to this blog today was held at the Australian Mooney Valley racecourse, Melburne, on January 24, 2002. The jockey Rhys McLeod rode the horse Mystic Outlaw in the handicap Quantas Frequent Flyer over the distance of 3,000 meters.
The course of the race consisted of 3/4 of a turn to the perimeter of the racecourse to pass for the first time through the finish line and then another lap to complete the 3,000 meters.
Our protagonist, jockey Rhys McLeod, came out of the starting boxes convinced that he was participating in a race over the distance of 1,800 meters. so his riding style was very different from what he should have adopted.
When he stood out from the rest of the participants and tackled the supposed "final straight" with a few lengths away from the rest of the competitors. At the curve he hit his horse with the whip, braced his horse hard and distanced himself 8 or 10 lengths braced incessantly and showing the horse the whip so that the horse did not stop working and passed the finish line with a large advantage.
Everyone in the racecourse knew that this was not the goal of the race because there was a whole lap left to finish the race; everyone except him, who thought he had just won; The whole world ?, no. In addition to the jockey, the cameraman who filmed the race also thought it was over, stopped the image by passing the horses for the first time on the finish line, but then followed the participants on their tour of the racecourse.
All jockeys, no doubt bewildered, continued to ride their horses except Rhys trying to stop Mystic Outlaw to return to the stands as the "winner" of the race.
It is curious to see how the horse is overcome by the group of pursuers who are still mounted by their respective jockeys while our protagonists (jockey and horse) relax and watch as the others increase their efforts towards a goal that, according to them, have already overcome.
When he stood out from the rest of the participants and tackled the supposed "final straight" with a few lengths away from the rest of the competitors. At the curve he hit his horse with the whip, braced his horse hard and distanced himself 8 or 10 lengths braced incessantly and showing the horse the whip so that the horse did not stop working and passed the finish line with a large advantage.
Everyone in the racecourse knew that this was not the goal of the race because there was a whole lap left to finish the race; everyone except him, who thought he had just won; The whole world ?, no. In addition to the jockey, the cameraman who filmed the race also thought it was over, stopped the image by passing the horses for the first time on the finish line, but then followed the participants on their tour of the racecourse.
All jockeys, no doubt bewildered, continued to ride their horses except Rhys trying to stop Mystic Outlaw to return to the stands as the "winner" of the race.
It is curious to see how the horse is overcome by the group of pursuers who are still mounted by their respective jockeys while our protagonists (jockey and horse) relax and watch as the others increase their efforts towards a goal that, according to them, have already overcome.
The race ends with an exciting final straight in which a horse finished far behind in last position. I guess you all know who it is.
Follow the video of this interesting race that, I suppose you have not seen any similar or similar, for many years of racetracks that you have at your back :
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