ʻO ia ka manawa o ka makahiki no ka heihei lio mua o ʻApelika Hema – ka Durban Iulai. Ma loko o ka mōʻaukala, ʻo kēia hanana ka mea kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokō equine ma ʻApelika Hema mai ka makahiki 1897. Ua piʻi ka mamao kumu o hoʻokahi mile ma 1970 i kāna huakaʻi 2200 mika. Mālama ʻia ka heihei i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka Pōʻaono mua o Iulai ma ke kahua heihei ʻo Greyville (i kēia manawa ʻo Hollywoodbets Greyville).
Ma ke ʻano he hemahema o ka lele lele ʻana, ua hoʻokipa ka heihei i ka creme-de-la-creme o nā thoroughbreds ma ka ʻāina. ʻAʻole lanakila mau ka lio maikaʻi ma kahi kīnā, no laila ʻo wai nā lio i kaupaona maikaʻi ʻia?
E nānā kākou i ke kahua ma ke ʻano pili pili a e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea hakakā mai ka lio ʻeleʻele a me ka poʻe ʻaʻohe hope.
5-2 Loaʻa i ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo - ʻO ka lio i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa, Loaʻa ka hopena o Greenlight e like me ka 2021 Durban i kākau ʻia i nā hōkū. Ke piʻi nei i ka manawa kūpono a lanakila i ka hoʻopiʻi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāna helu ma 2 mau helu ma hope o kona lanakila hope loa (ma muli o ka ʻenehana), me he mea lā ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻōki i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o kēia keiki Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) 4 makahiki i aʻo ʻia. na ka hoʻokele lio kahiko ʻo Joe Soma. ʻO ia… a hiki i kona huki ʻana i ka puka pā 14 no ka heihei. Ma ke ala paʻa o Greyville he mea hoʻololi pāʻani kēia kiʻi abysmal. Akā, me Muzi Yeni, he jockey e like me ke ʻano o kona mauna, ʻaʻole lawa paha kēia mea hina e hoʻōki i ka mea i koe i ke kukui alakaʻi no ka lanakila.
7-2 Linebacker - ʻO Maestro Vaughn Marshall ka mea i loaʻa i lalo o kāna kuleana ʻoiai ʻo Linebacker i hoʻopaʻa koke i ka poʻe hoʻohewa ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ʻekolu mau lanakila ma ke kaʻa - kūʻē kūʻē kūʻē. Inā hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka nīnau miliona miliona. A, pehea ka maikaʻi ma mua o kāna helu o 124 hiki iā Linebacker? 7-2 Linebacker - ʻO kēia Kāpena o All gelding he 3 mau makahiki me he mea lā ʻo ia ka wahine mare mau loa ma ka pae kiʻekiʻe ma hope o ʻehā mau kekona. Manaʻo ka poʻe Pundits ʻo ia ka lio e noho pū ai, akā naʻe, me ka nui o ke kākoʻo e hiki mai ana ma hope o kona huki ʻana i ka pale 7.
11-2 Alahaka Anuenue – ʻO ke ʻano o ka kūlike. E ʻōlelo paha kekahi mea hoʻomāinoino, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hele ʻana o kēia Ideal World he 6 mau makahiki ma luna o kona ʻumiʻumi ma mua o nā pu. Akā, ʻike ka poʻe pā maoli o ka heihei i kahi hana papa ke ʻike lākou - a ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻo Rainbow Bridge i nā hōʻailona o ka lōʻihi o ka niho. He akamai ʻo Eric Sands i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia moku kahiko i ka manawa kūpono, no laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia mai kahi huki hoʻokahi. Eia nō naʻe, me kāna mau hoʻokō hanohano, hiki mai ka helu nui o 134, e ʻike ana i ka Rainbow Bridge e hāʻawi i ke kaumaha i ke kahua holoʻokoʻa.
15-2 Hana hou - Ma hope o ke kau ʻana i kahi gallop maikaʻi loa i ka lā aʻe, nui ka poʻe e ʻōlelo nei e hana hou kēia 6-makahiki Twice Over (GB) gelding a lanakila i kāna ʻekolu Durban Iulai. E kūʻē iā ia he kaha kiʻi o 16 a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā hōʻike stellar hou. Ma kona makemake, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe ʻo Richard Fourie, ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa akamai ʻo Justin Snaith a me kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa kuʻemaka nui loa.
9-1 Rascallion - He koho o ka nui o ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa lima - hele mai ʻo Rascallion i ka heihei me ke kaumaha haʻahaʻa o 53 a me kahi papa inoa lōʻihi o nā moʻolelo paʻakikī. Ua loaʻa i kēia mea lanakila ʻelua i nā manawa he nui nā poʻe pāʻani i ka makahiki i hala - e ʻoliʻoli ana i kahi kaula o nā wahi i nā hanana kahi āna i ʻike ai i ka mea ʻōlelo maikaʻi. ʻO kāna holo mua naʻe, kū i waho. I kēlā lā ua holo ʻo Rascallion ma luna o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia no ka hoʻololi ʻana a hāʻawi i kāna hoa kūpaʻa kaulana ʻo Linebacker i kekahi mau manawa hopohopo ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana i ka lua. Ua kūpono ʻo Rascallion i ka pila ma ke ʻano he lio e lanakila nui ai ke loaʻa kona lā i ka lā.
12-1 Belegariona - Ma kāna maikaʻi loa, hiki i kēia Dynasty gelding 5 makahiki ke lanakila i kekahi hanana heihei lio kiʻekiʻe. I ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā Justin Snaith i kahi lanakila lanakila o nā heihei ʻeono, e hoʻopau ana i ka Green Point Stakes. Ma hope o ka holo kokoke ʻana i ka Queen's Plate and Met, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Belgarion i kahi hoʻomaha nui. ʻO kahi holo hoʻihoʻi hoʻohaʻahaʻa a me ka huki ʻana o 11 i waiho i nā mea he nui e hoʻokuʻu i ka manawa o kēia poʻokela. He hewa paha kēlā…
14-1 Kommetdieding – Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia heihei ka 'fairy tale ending', a ʻo Crawford/Rix 3 makahiki i aʻo iā Elusive Fort colt lanakila ʻo ia wale nō. He kūʻai maʻalahi, lanakila ʻo Kommetdieding i kāna mau heihei mua ʻehā mai 1200-1800 mika me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hou. Mai ka neʻe ʻana aku i Durban no ka manawa, ʻoiai, ua nalowale ʻo ia i kēlā nani. ʻOiai ʻo kāna mau holo ʻelua ma ka ʻāina ʻaʻole ia he mea e honi ʻia - ʻo nā hapakolu maikaʻi ʻelua - ʻaʻole ʻo ia he lio hoʻokahi. Eia nō naʻe, i kāna mau lanakila 'freakish' mua, hiki ke ulu ʻo ia i poʻokela maoli a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia, ʻoiai mai ka huki 18.
20-1 He kahu ʻo ia – ʻO ka mea lanakila o ʻelima o kāna mau hoʻomaka ʻeono, ua lilo kēia Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) piha ʻehā makahiki i ka lio kamaʻilio o ka heihei. Akā, ʻoiai he 52 kilo liʻiliʻi ma luna o kona kua, aia nō ʻo ia ma lalo o ka ʻeha nui ma kēia hanana. ʻO ia, i hui pū ʻia me kahi kiʻi he ʻumi, e hoʻokaʻawale loa i kāna mau manawa o 20-1.
25-1 Uhane Moi - ʻO ka lio ʻeleʻele o ka heihei, ʻo kēia Dynasty gelding 5 makahiki i ʻoki ʻia ma lalo o ka maikaʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ia hoʻi, a hiki i kona kolu ʻālohilohi i ka Met kahi āna i kuʻi ai ma luna o kona kaumaha. Hiki ke hoʻokolokolo ʻia ka lio ma ka holo hoʻokahi? Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, he lanakila ʻole, akā ma ka hana hou ʻana i kāna hana maikaʻi loa, kūpono i ka mahalo.
40-1 Lei Alii - Ma lalo o ka ʻeha, e hana ʻo Crown Towers i ka mōʻaukala inā lanakila ia - no ka mea ua haʻalele nā pilina i ka lio, e koho hou iā ia ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana o ka Papa 3. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa e manaʻolana ai no kēia 5 mau makahiki mua e holo ana i ka gelding, ʻo ia ka hele ʻana i mua a kau ʻia no kahi māka liʻiliʻi.
35-1 Nexus - I kēlā me kēia manawa, ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano ʻo Dynasty gelding he 5 mau makahiki he maikaʻi loa, akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea i loko o ka formbook e manaʻo e piʻi aʻe ʻo Nexus ma luna o kāna helu o kēia manawa, e kūʻē i nā pilikia a lanakila. Ua hiki mai nā mea ʻē aʻe, akā paʻakikī ke kau kālā ma lalo o 100-1 - ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole mai kahi huki 12.
50-1 Cirillo - ʻAʻole ma lalo o ka ʻeha a me kekahi mau hoʻololi koʻikoʻi kūpono, ʻo kēia Pomodora 5 mau makahiki āpau e hōʻike nei i kahi waiwai nui. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia e ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa poʻokela ʻo Sean Tarry, e lele ana mai kahi kiʻi ʻeiwa me nā lawelawe a ka jockey champion Lyle Hewitson, ʻo Cirillo ka wehewehe pono ʻana o ka lio ʻeleʻele e pono e penikala no ka pili. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau mea liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā hana stellar peppered ma waena o nā holo kiʻekiʻe, akā pono kekahi e nānā i ka holo ma hope o ka punahele o kēia manawa kahi i hahau ʻia ai ʻo Cirillo ma lalo o ʻelua mau lōʻihi. I ka lā Iulai, ʻike ʻo Cirillo iā ia iho ʻelua kiloka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka lanakila huki.
66/1 Shah Akbar – ʻO kekahi lio kamaʻilio ʻana, maikaʻi, ma kahi o ʻeono mahina i hala. Ma hope o kēlā, ʻaʻole i ola maoli ʻo Shah Akbar i ka hype. ʻO ka holo hope loa, ʻoiai, i ka wā i emi iho ai ʻekolu mau lōʻihi ma hope o Linebacker e haʻalele i kēia Sean Tarry i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo Quearari colt 3 makahiki i paʻa ma ke ʻano, akā ʻaʻole me ka loaʻa ʻole. ʻOiai ma lalo o ka pilikia ma nā paona, e holo maikaʻi ʻo Shah Akbar ma luna o ka helu.
66/1 Holo Koa - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kona inoa - ʻo kēia wahine wahine ʻo Brave Tin Soldier (US) he 5 mau makahiki, he ʻano puʻupuʻu a ʻuhane i ko lākou hele ʻana mai. Hiki iā ia ke kāhāhā i kona lā maikaʻi loa, ʻo Running Brave he moeʻuhane e hiki mai ana no ka mea hou i ka pae hoʻomaʻamaʻa Fanie Bronkhorst. Akā naʻe, me he mea lā he alahaka mamao loa ia no ka lio i pau i hope i kāna mau hoʻomaka ʻelua.
75-1 Johnny Hero - I ka nānā ʻana, huki ʻia ʻelua a ma ke ʻano maikaʻi loa, ʻoliʻoli paha ka poʻe pāʻani ʻike ʻole i ka wā lōʻihi o kēia Gimmethegreenlight (AUS) 4 makahiki. Akā, auē, ua mamao loa ʻo Johnny Hero i nā paona o kēia hanana.
75-1 Expressfromtheus - Akā naʻe e hana i ka huakaʻi 2200 mika, ua hōʻino ʻia kēia 4-makahiki What a Winter gelding i ka manawa i hala. ʻOiai he mea lanakila ʻole, Expressfromtheus he ʻekolu mau mea maikaʻi i kona makemake:
Hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi hou i ka huakaʻi.
ʻAʻole ia ma lalo o ke kaumaha ma nā paona.
Lele mai ka pale ʻehā.
75-1 Matterhorn - ʻO kahi kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai, ʻo Marchfield (CAN) gelding 4 mau makahiki he lio ʻē aʻe, i ka nānā ʻana no ka poʻe hou i ka pāʻani, he lōʻihi loa ka lōʻihi. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ko mākou naʻau me ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻōpio ʻo Alyson Wright e huki i kahi hana mana, ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Matterhorn i nā paona e holo ana i ka helu kūpono o 101 wale nō.
75-1 Tristful – Ua mau ka uku o Tony 'Rivallands ma lalo iho o ka drawer kiʻekiʻe, a he mea paʻakikī ke ʻike i ke ʻano mai ka huki ʻana he 17, e holo koke kēia Trippi gelding 5 makahiki ma luna o kāna helu a kūʻē i nā kaupaona.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokipa pilikia
I ka wā e ʻoki ai ma mua o nā ʻōlelo hoʻolaha hope loa i ke kakahiaka o ka heihei, e ʻike ʻia nā lio ma ke kahua:
Hoʻokipa kālā - ʻO kahi noho i hōʻoia ʻia, ʻoiai ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, loaʻa i ka Silver Host ka ikaika a me ka puʻuwai, akā ʻaʻole paha ka hiki ke huki i ka mea nui.
ʻO Shango – Ua like ke Kapena o All gelding he 4 makahiki o Sean Tarry i ka wa mua aka aole nae i hooko maoli i kona hiki. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole paha e holo koke ʻo Shango ma luna o ka helu.
ka Verdict
ʻAe, he heihei lio – inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi tikiki, hiki iā ʻoe ke lanakila. No laila, ma ke ʻano ʻenehana e huki ʻia e kekahi o kēia mau lio. Akā, i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano paona, huki, a me ke ʻano o kēia manawa, ʻo kā mākou koho:
Loaʻa iā 1 ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo
2nd Rascallion
3 o Cirillo
4th Linebacker
Akā, kaulana ʻo Iulai no ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kupanaha nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No laila, e aʻo i ke ʻano, e hele mai i kāu manaʻo ponoʻī a hauʻoli i ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū nui loa o ʻApelika Hema.
