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| Horse racing oddity: jockey misjudges distance |
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http://www.horseracegame.com
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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| Amon Tobin - Rhino Jockey |
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Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin was born in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. He acquired the surname Tobin
from his Irish stepfather. After travelling back
and forth between Brazil and Portugal, he
eventually relocated to England at an early age,
where hip hop, jungle, blues and jazz caught his
interest. He released four EPs and an album,
Adventures in Foam, under Cujo moniker which he
borrowed from a Stephen King novel, before he
signed with Ninja Tune in late 1996. He has since
released six critically acclaimed albums under his
own name. He is well known for his song
"Saboteur", which was featured as the main theme
for the 2003 movie The Italian Job, along with the
opening credits theme 'Slowly' in éS Footwear's
2000 skateboarding epic Menikmati.
After a three-year hiatus from releasing any major
original work, he was contracted by video game
company Ubisoft to compose the soundtrack for Tom
Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, released in
2005.
Tobin is perhaps best known for his creative use
of sampling. He uses everything from old
recordings to motorcycles (Foley Room) and even
the acoustics of buildings (Out From Out Where)
and stretches and skews them often beyond
recognition. Resonances, delays, reverbs and a
wide variety of sound effects also contribute to
transform what was once familiar into something
grotesque and unnatural. Psychedelic ambiences are
frequently blended with retro-jazz beats, creating
a barrier of apparently incoherent sound layers.
This uniqueness and complexity make the task of
categorizing his music a difficult one. Each of
his albums introduces new polyrhythms and
soundscapes.
Peace
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