UGerald Bennett weqe isithombe sendingiliza yowinile ngemuva komjaho wangoLwesithathu eTampa Bay Downs.Akukhona ukuthi ukuwina imijaho sekuphenduke isigqoko esidala;ngenkathi ingane yakhe eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala ezalwa ekhaya uPrincess Livia ethola udumo, u-Bennett wabheka omunye owayengenele umjaho, i-mare eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala u-Rattlesnakerose, ophume ekugcineni kweyisithupha.
”(UJockey) uDanny (Centeno) uthe kuqhamuke ingquza ngaphansi kwakhe ngemuva – mhlawumbe ezama ukubaleka ngokushesha,” kusho u-Bennett ngemuva kokuhosha u-Rattlesnakerose futhi eqinisekisa ukuthi akakabibikho kulokhu.
Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Princess Livia uhoxisiwe, efunwa u-$10,000 emncintiswaneni ngumqeqeshi ongumnikazi u-Victor Carrasco, Omncane. Ithegi yentengo engu-$10,000 yayiyi-Princess Livia ephansi kunazo zonke ake ayigijima.Bobabili abagijimi bebengabanikazi benkampani kaBennett iWinning Stables, iRattlesnakerose ngokuhlanganyela.
“Abanikazi abaningi bayesaba ukulahlekelwa amahhashi abo (ngebhokisi lezicelo), kodwa igama lomdlalo ukunqoba imijaho,” kusho uBennett, onqobe umjaho wokuqala namuhla nelinye ihhashi iWinning Stables, eneminyaka emibili ubudala. I-Fred Foreman efuywayo yaseFlorida.
U-Bennett uyalazi igama lomdlalo.Ngokunqoba okungu-15 kulo mhlangano, uhlezi phezulu endaweni yokuqeqesha futhi ungumqeqeshi ophumelele umklomelo we-2020-2021 Salt Rock Tavern Womklomelo Wenyanga.
U-Bennett unobudlelwane namahhashi abaqeqeshi abambalwa abazuzayo.Njengoba edabula inqolobane yakhe e-Tampa Bay Downs ngamahora angaphambi kokuntwela kokusa, omunye u-nicker ehlonishwa, kuyilapho abanye besondela ngokwanele ukuze bashukunyiswe abathemba ukuthi bazoklonyeliswa ngoswidi we-peppermint.Bonke baqaphile, balalele futhi bamagange ukulalela izimfundiso zale ndoda.
“Uyawathanda amahhashi.Uyalithanda ibhizinisi,” kusho unkosikazi wakhe, umqeqeshi uMary Bennett.“Ungene kwi-trailer (ngosuku lwakamuva) ezoyisa amahhashi e-Ocala ukuze abekwe, futhi uma ekhona uzobuka amahhashi eziqeqesha ukuze abone ukuthi angathola yini elinye elihle.Uthanda yonke into ngakho.Umjaho ukujaha kwakhe i-adrenaline,” kusho yena.
Abalandeli bakhe abaningi bavame ukuthola ukuxhamazela emafasiteleni okubheja.Ukuguqula amahhashi ashayiwe kuwuphawu lokuhweba luka-Bennett, futhi labo ababanjwe bengalindele bavame ukuzikhahlela endaweni yokupaka - njengangoNovemba 28, lapho amashothi amade ambalwa aqeqeshwe u-Bennett ehlangene nenkokhelo ephindwe kabili ka-$2 yansuku zonke engu-$181.40.
U-Bennett, umkhiqizo oneminyaka engu-76 ubudala wase-Springhill, e-Nova Scotia, useqale kahle emzamweni wakhe wokuthola isicoco sesithupha esilandelanayo se-Oldsmar nesicoco sesikhombisa sesisonke.Ngu-Jamie Ness kuphela owine ngaphezulu (ayisishiyagalolunye ngokulandelana, kusukela ngo-2006-2007 kuya ku-2014-2015).Ngokunqoba okungu-15, uBennett usezuze Umqeqeshi Wokuqala Womklomelo Wenyanga we-Salt Rock Tavern womhlangano ka-2020-2021.
“Sihlela lo mhlangano unyaka wonke, sigcine amahhashi ethu esemasha futhi ngethemba ukuthi konke kuzohamba kahle,” kusho uBennett, onohide lwabagijimi abangu-45 lapha.“Lapho ugcina amahhashi akho ejabule, azokugijima.Amahhashi ajabulile ayawujabulela umncintiswano.”
Kuzoba nezihibe - amahhashi ayagula, alimale noma afunwe omunye umqeqeshi kungazelelwe.Ukulahlekelwa kokuphothula izithombe nokuhoxiswa kuwukwehliswa, kodwa u-Bennett uhlala ebuyela emuva ngamandla.
"Uma ezinye izinto zenzeka, kufanele uqhubeke, uqhubeke nokusebenza kanzima," kusho uBennett."Uzama ukugcina izinto zilingana futhi wenze umsebenzi ngendlela efanele."
U-Bennett ugijimisa amahhashi akhe amaningi njengomnikazi ngaphansi kwe-Winning Stables, Inc., isibhengezo, futhi ngesizini edlule wathatha isicoco sakhe sokuqala sabanikazi be-Tampa Bay Downs ngokunqoba okungu-24.
U-Bennett angase abize uTampa ekhaya, kodwa uye wajabulela izinsuku eziningi ezinkulu namahhashi amahle kakhulu kwenye indawo.Amahhashi akhe ahamba phambili ahlanganisa ophumelele iBanga 1 kanye nosozigidi uBeau Genius, iSecret Romeo, i-Banker's Jet, i-Fast Flying Rumor no-R Angel Katelyn.
U-Bennett unabaphumelele emisebenzini abayizi-3,935, ongowe-14 ohlwini lwasikhathi sonke lwaseNyakatho Melika.Ulandela kuphela umufi uFrank H. Merrill, Jr. (izinqola ezingu-3,974) phakathi kwabaqeqeshi abazalelwa eCanada.Bese, ngethemba, ingqopha-mlando yokunqoba okungu-4,000 kanye nesinye isikhumbuzo sokuthi kwenye indawo ku-backstretch yase-Tampa Bay Downs kukhona i-Bennett's Fountain of Youth yangasese.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-09-2021