horse racing

Horse racing oddity: jockey misjudges distance

Category: Sports
Author: andtheyreoff
Published (on YouTube): 2007-07-05
Published (here): 2012-04-18
Rating: 4.5219126; Votes:251

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For some reason I find oddities like this May 16, 2004 race very entertaining. The Hasta la Vista Handicap at Turf Paradise in Arizona is run at what today is an unusually long distance of 1 7/8 miles. This requires two full circuits of the course, rather than the usual one time around in most races. Unfortunately for jockey Jorge Carreno, he forgets that minor detail, creating a very unusual sitation. On a personal note, in the early 1980s, I recall Hall of Fame jockey Jorge Velasquez falling victim to the same mental lapse in the 2 1/4 mile Display Handicap at Aqueduct. My father and I got a big kick out of the fans watching the replay cheering "come on Georgie" the first time around, as he was furiously whipping and driving despite having a mile left to run.

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Comments on «Horse racing oddity: jockey misjudges distance»:

horseylea99 on 2012-04-11
poor horse ): s/he ...
poor horse ): s/he was a fast runner and was determined to win but was under a strong whip, only to lose because of the stupid jockey ):

bayridge0329 on 2012-03-28
Funny but bad for ...
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Adriangrosvenor on 2012-03-13
he was probably ...
he was probably thing the other racers were mad when they passed him. Now that shit Cray

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mollypeachharley on 2012-01-24
It's all about the ...
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mollypeachharley on 2012-01-24
Sure If I was a ...
Sure If I was a horse racing wouldn't be my first choice even If some are treated with royalty but some people don't understand most of the retired racehorses and show horses get sent to the slaughter house so the owners can make a few final bucks of em it's sad that for some it's all about the money not how hard the horse worked for you and how much money he made for you and you can't even give them a good ending?!?! How sad!!! These people have mo respect for these animals it's all about the

futurejockey8 on 2011-12-31
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THANK YOU. Spread the word, brother. We must stop the idiotic stereotypes of racing.

DrDance2323 on 2011-12-31
Some people have no ...
Some people have no idea about horse racing. The "it's cruel" brigade have no understanding of whips, and the way horses are treated. Horses die at pony club, horses die at the Olympics, horses die eventing, horses die at gymkana's. Horses die. A horse feels a whip like you feel a fly on you. The whip has a flat leather end designed to make a cracking sound. A horse is a flight animal, it hears the crack and feels it brushing against his hide. He runs faster, because of flight response. End of.

xXeMokiDXxMCRXx on 2011-12-25
Woops silly Jockey ...
Woops silly Jockey xD Whips don't hurt as much as you'd think, a friend who had a proper racing whip whipped the hell outta me one day with it, right across my backside and I got ready for the worst remembering being hit with normal crops, didn't hurt at all, sure it will hurt if used enough like anything would, but that is why they have rules for the amount of times you can use them (yes I know people still do it anyway) racehorses are mostly treated like kings, but some aren't, minority cases

BlindMagSoprano on 2011-12-19
And really, those ...
And really, those whips are designed just to make noise if used correctly. They don't hurt the horse.

afleetalgebra on 2011-12-11
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afleetalgebra on 2011-12-11
horse: OMG WHAT IS ...
horse: OMG WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS JOCKEY jockey: oh i though that was the finish line me: hilarious poor horse wanted to finish at the right time darn it! LOL

carlykaiser on 2011-12-09
That poor jockey ...
That poor jockey probably thought he had the next Secretariat.

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LoveMyHorseShazam on 2011-09-13
Poor horse gave it ...
Poor horse gave it his all, for nothing. Dumbass jockey. Did you notice him celebrating, making an ass of himself when he thought he smoked everyone for a win? Pooooor dude.

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