http://womenofageridinghorses.com/2017/10/forrest-gumps-got-nothing-on-this-guy/
Shades of Broad BrushâŠ
And the jock is whipping and driving in the stretch? Whatâs up with that? Maybe he was âenhancedâ as well.
The whole site is weird. What does Forrest Gump have to do with horse racing? And that so-called âjockey camâ is so obviously a simulation âŠ
Just weird.
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I think theyâre playing off the horseâs name âRun Rhino Runâ because of the whole âRun Forrest, Runâ thing. The stuff at the bottom just appears to be loosely racing related sidebar type info. (Although it says Forrest ran across the country at 54 mph which seems a bit impossible⊠Google shows it should be .54 mph which I think most people could crawl that fast.) I think the jockey cam is just supposed to show what it looks like to be on a galloping horse, but it appears to be actual video and not a simulation.
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Just saw the video.
Is there a follow up?
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I havenât seen any information posted about the post-race inquiry. Comments on this article blame the other jocks: https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2017/10/run-rhino-run-greyville-sunday-22-october-2017/
Now I am interested in this horse.
Apparently he was racing at least two years ago so if I were a trainer I would ânotâ blame a horse that has been around the track hundreds of times between training and races.
Imagine what this old soldier could do with the right trainer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5k9qVP9E-c&t=30s
I do not follow racing as a rule but I would like to see the stats on this horse if someone would be kind enough to post a link,
What caught my eye at the end of the race - it looks like the winner has a rope halter on under his bridle. Just the one set of reins, but the horse clearly has extra headgear on and I donât think I have ever seen that before.
Still photos show that yes, thereâs a rope halter under there.
The rein also appears to pass through a small metal ring of some sort but I canât tell what, if anything, thatâs connected to.
http://kznbreeders.co.za/news/kzn-bred-run-rhino-run-shocks-with-21-length-win/
Some context in South African racing.
Run Rhino Run is by one of the countryâs best stallions, the late Silvano. He was a class act who sired horses who like to go long and run hard. Run Rhino Run going fast in a 3000m race isnât a surprise there.
The race was a Benchmark 79 handicap, meaning that horses with a speed rating of 79 were at the tabluated weight. Horses with a higher rating were weighted higher and lower rating lower. Run Rhino Runâs previous top form had been a BM 92 and placed in Listed stakes company, so him even at a lower level of, say, BM 87 (5 points less) is still like having a consistent Gr-2 performer drop into Allowance company. He was in this race because he was first off a layoff and it probably seemed like a decent spot. Yes, he could have had some drugs, or he could be a class better AND fit to run AND on drugs, or simply a class better and obviously fit to run.
As for the jockeysâŠwhat on earth do you do in a situation like that? Ignore him, like folks would ignore Shining Copper when he was being a rabbit for Big Blue Kitten? Ignore him, because what the heck? Try to chase a horse who was running all over the track? Keep up, when you donât even know where he is (the jockeys behind the first few in the pack surely had no possibility of seeing him)?
Finally, back in 2003, there was a filly named Queen of Rein running at Durbanville track near Cape Town in their winter meet. She was a maiden with a reputation for being difficult until one day she had no *ucks left to give and bolted for the outside rail at the final turn. She won that race by a clean set of heels while looking the trackside audience in the eye. When questioned after the race, the trainer, who was as confused as everyone else, shrugged his shoulders and said, âI guess she just likes the outside rail.â
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