. There are no fans or owners cheering them on. No photos in the winner’s circle. No bets placed at the track's windows.
Baffert compared Santa Anita’s stable area to a hospital with a similar level of disinfecting that goes on. “I don’t see anybody not wearing a mask back there, I don’t see anybody congregating. That’s not so everywhere else,” Mandella said from behind a white mask. “We’re leading a pretty good example. I just think racing should get some credit.”Jockeys aren’t allowed in the stable area, so they don’t interact with trainers, who used to give them a leg up on their mounts in the paddock. Now the horses are led by grooms from their stables to the receiving barn.
They reside in plush trailers — the same ones used for actors on television and movie sets — located in a parking lot next to the regular jockeys’ room. They’re divided by a wall, allowing two riders to share the same trailer but with separate entrances, living areas and bathrooms. Veteran rider Aaron Gryder shares a trailer with Triple Crown-winning jockey Mike Smith.
“I feel like I’m on vacation,” said Victor Espinoza, who rode American Pharoah to the Triple Crown in 2015.
Why aren’t the horses wearing masks?
The horses can sense it too
Just more horses dying!!!
Run horsies, run. Hope they run at Saratoga this year.
Well at least the horses get to run. Funny. They don't seem to be wearing masks.
Disgusting business.
How many more horses will die at Santa Anita?
close it down. it is a death trap for horses. found out why.
No horses dying?
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