Ukubukela uCordell Anderson eqhubela ihashe phambili phantsi kwezibane ezikhanyayo ze-Keeneland yokuthengisa idokodo, kwaye nabani na owaziyo ukuba bajonge ntoni, kuyacaca ngokukhawuleza - lo mntu Ulunge kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe.
Phezulu, ingqikelelo yomntu omi kwelinye icala lehashe ayivakali ngathi yintsebenziswano enzima, kodwa uAnderson unokwenza umntwana ominyaka yonke okanye ancede inkwenkwezi ukuba ikhululeke kwaye ikhululeke.Iinkwenkwezi ezinkulu zifana nemidaniso echongiweyo.Ukuba kukho isithuba phakathi kwamaqabane, uya kuzalisa ngaphandle komthungo.Xa efuna ukwazisa ihashe ngenombolo yakhe yodwa, unokuma kwincam yespotlight, kwaye okoko nje enamalungelo awoneleyo okulawula, unokulawula iqabane lakhe.
Njengawo nawuphi na umdaniso olungileyo, inxalenye yobuchule kukwenza iintshukumo ezintsonkothileyo kunye nonxibelelwano olungelulo lwelizwi kunye neqabane libonakala njengesiqhelo.Le yitalente kaAnderson.Amandla awadlayo adla ngokubonakala kumahashe awaqhubayo, ngoko uye wavelisa isakhono esingaqhelekanga esinokuhlala sizinzile kuyo nayiphi na imeko.
UAnderson wathi: “Ukuba ubani ukulungele ngokwenene ukuphulaphula nokufunda, unokufunda, kodwa le ikwayinto uThixo ayinikileyo.”“Kum esi sisipho.Kuninzi endikwenzayo ngamahashe, kwaye kubonakala ngathi abakhathali.I Ungalibamba ithole lakho uhambe nam kunye nabo phantsi kwezisu zabo.Bema apho njengam kwaye babangenise. Iyamangalisa.Ndiyawathanda amahashe kwaye bendisoloko ndiwathanda.”
Ukuphatha kukaAnderson amahashe kuyindalo kuye, kodwa akusuki kwizizukulwana zembali yamahashe.Intsapho yakhe yakhula izilwanyana zasefama eJamaica-iibhokhwe, iihagu, kunye neenkukhu-kwaye wafundiswa ukubaphatha ngobubele ukususela ebuntwaneni, kodwa ukwaziswa kwakhe ngamahashe kwavela kwifama ekufutshane awayedlula kuyo yonke imihla.Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, waya kusebenza apho.
Ifama lihashe lika-Eileen Cliggott, omnye wabaqeqeshi bekona baseJamaica, kunye novulindlela wobume beenwele elizweni.Umzi-mveliso wakhe ngumzi-mveliso owenzelwe ukunceda abathathi-nxaxheba abaphumeleleyo kwihlabathi lomdyarho esiqithini nakweminye imimandla, kubandakanya ijokhi uRichard Depass, ophumelele abaqhubi benqanaba lesithathu eUnited States amaxesha amaninzi.intshatsheli
Uthe: “Njengomyeni eJamaica, kufuneka ukhwele ihashe lakho.Ufika kusasa, ubakhwelise, ubakhwelise, ubase ebaleni, ubabethelele.Xa kufika impepho Maxa wambi, babecela iijokhi ukuba zibakhwele.”
Ngexesha lakhe ehasheni, u-Anderson waqala ukusebenza kunye ne-Distincly Restless, imazi yehashe eyayithuthwa isuka eNew York, eyathi yamazi ngokukhawuleza.Ihashe elimazi liphantsi kukaJohn Munroe nenkosikazi yakhe.Baye baqaphela ukubunjwa kweebhondi kwaye baqaphela ukuba uAnderson kufuneka abe namandla okuqhuba amahashe.
[UNkskz.. [Monroe] wandicela ukuba ndibambe iponi ukuze akwazi ukufota, waza wandixelela ukuba ndenze ntoni na—umlenze omnye ngolu hlobo, omnye umlenze ngolu hlobo, ngoko ndiye ndayenza.”Wathi uAnderson.“Umyeni wakhe wayethetha nomqeqeshi owayelapho, waza wakhwaza, 'John, John, John.Jonga kulento.Jonga indlela aligona ngayo eli hashe ngokugqibeleleyo.Uyazalwa.
Uhlabela mgama esithi: “Ingonyamakazi yabaleka yaza yabetha le nkwenkwana kumdlalo wokuqala eyayinenxaxheba kuwo, baza bagqiba kwelokuba bayibuyisele eUnited States.”“Umlotha wayenamathele kum, bathi, 'Kungcono ukuba ube nawe.'
Ngelo xesha, uAnderson, owayemalunga neminyaka engama-21 ubudala, akazange ayifumane i-visa esisigxina kwangethuba ukuze alandele inqanawa yokubuyela eNew York, kodwa wawulandela umsebenzi wemazi yehashe.Xa imazi yemazi yathatha umhlala-phantsi kwiFama yaseTaylor Made eKentucky (Taylor Made Farm), waya kuyithelela ngo-1981.
UAnderson wathatha izakhono zokulwa zikaTaylor Made wazisa kwinqanaba elitsha, ngenxa yokufunda kwakhe phantsi kobunkokeli bukaDuncan Taylor kunye nabazalwana bakhe.Emva kokuba iqela lokuhlola lendlu yefandesi elinonyaka ubudala lifumanise izakhono zakhe zokukhwela iihashe, ixesha lakhe apho ekugqibeleni lamkhokelela ekubeni asebenze njengentshayi eKeeneland.Kwifandesi ngoNovemba 1988, wazibandakanya neKeeneland.
Ngokuqhelekileyo, oku kuthengiswa kukuthuthunjiswa kokudubula ngokukhawuleza, kunye nesekisi yabantu ababini ebaleka ukuthenga amahashe.Abathengisi abanethemba elikhulu banokufumana ingxelo yophando kumthengisi, kodwa kwiimeko ezininzi, uAnderson noogxa bakhe bayangcangcazela ngalo lonke ixesha ihashe lingena kugqatso lomdyarho.Emva kokuba etshilo, uAnderson uye waphuhlisa izakhono zokumnceda ukuba ajongane nocelomngeni olutsha.
Wathi: “Amaxesha amaninzi, ndiba nemizuzwana embalwa yokufunda eli hashe.”“Ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndime kumnyango ongasemva ndibabukele ndize ndibabone ukuba banjani.Ndizobabona nangaphandle Beqhuba kunye.Bathe babamba isandla sam, yaba lelinye ihashe.Ndandinabantu abaninzi ababesiza kum besithi, “Eli hashe alilawuleki kakhulu.Nje ukuba uzikhuphe, ziya kutshintsha.Ingaba wenze ntoni?'”
Andinaxhala, ibiyindawo yokuqala,” utshilo uAnderson.“Ihashe liyakuva, kwaye konke ukungcangcazela kuphuma kuwe, ke ndiyazama ukuba kungaphumi.Ngapha koko zange ndoyike kangaka umntu ngaphandle kokuba umkhulu nyani ufuna ukukubetha.Abanye abafuyi abaphili kakuhle, kodwa amantshontsho anonyaka alula ngokwenene.”
Iqela likaKeeneland labakhweli abangamadoda nabasetyhini bahamba ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi kunye nabaphathi bamahashe abakumgangatho ophezulu, kwaye abantu bexesha likaAnderson baqaphela isakhono sakhe esikhethekileyo sokwenza amahashe abonise okona kulungileyo.
"UCordell yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo," utshilo uRon Hill, osebenze noAnderson uninzi lwamashumi amabini eminyaka.“Unendlela eyahlukileyo kweyam, kodwa iimbono zethu ziyafana.Umsebenzi wakhe uyazithetha.Akukho mntu uphilayo onehashe lezigidi ezininzi zeedola njengoCordell Anderson.Itsho yonke loo nto.“
Ngodumo olunjalo, umntu unokucinga ukuba amahashe asixhenxe ekugqibeleni aya kuzisa ukungaqondakali kuAnderson, kodwa oku kuya kuba yimpazamo.Kwinkqubo ukusuka kwisithembiso ukuya kwinzuzo, ithuba lokuchitha ixesha kunye namahashe lingekavuthwa, kodwa endaweni yoko wamnika elinye ithuba kwaye wamfaka kuluhlu lwakhe lodumo.
Ngokukodwa, u-Anderson uthe ukhumbula ngokunyanisekileyo ukuthengisa umsebenzi we-prospector Fusaichi Pegasus edibeneyo kunye nokugunyaziswa ngu-Arthur Hancock III "I-Stone Farm", eyenziwa kwi-1998. I-Keeneland ithengise i-4 yezigidi zeedola kwifandesi ngoJulayi.Uqhubekile waphumelela i2000 Kentucky Derby Championship kwaye wagqiba okwesibini kwiPreakness Stakes.
”U-Arthur wandixelela ukuba eli hashe liza kuthengiswa kakuhle, waza wathi, ‘Xa ulifumene, qalisa ukuncuma kuba uncumo lwakho lusebenza ngokwenene,’” watsho uAnderson.“Ulihashe elikhulu.Ndandicinga ukuba uza kundifakela inkathazo encinane, kodwa akenzanga nto.Amaxesha amaninzi, babengena apho baze baqina.Baqala ukuthandabuza kwisandi esiviwe ngasentla kwentloko yomthengisi.Zisuka phi izinto.”
Kuwo onke amahashe exabiso eliphezulu athe wawakhokela uAnderson, inkumbulo yakhe yomelele ngokulinganayo kumahashe anexabiso eliphantsi awathi kamva agqitha ixabiso lehamile.
Yintoni ekhangayo yi-Curlin, i-pony ye-Smart Strike eyathengiswa ku-Kenny McPeek njenge-arhente kwifandesi ngoSeptemba 2005 nge-$ 57,000.Kamva waba yiHolo yoDumo, waphumelela iHashe loNyaka kabini, wafumana ngaphezulu kwe-10 yezigidi zeedola, kwaye ungomnye wootata bezoshishino abaphezulu kwimarike namhlanje.
Wathi: “Xa ndabona uCurlin ethengisa ngexabiso eliphantsi ngolo hlobo, ndancamathelisa intloko yam, ndathi, ‘Yiza, awufuni kulithenga eli hashe?’” izinto endizithandayo.
Ixesha lokuthengisa elinonyaka owodwa lihluke kuyo nayiphi na ixesha kwimemori kwaye lidlulela ngaphakathi kwindandatho.Bobabini uKeeneland kunye noFasig-Tipton bagqibe kwelokuba bangasebenzisi iRingmen ukunciphisa utyhileko olunokubakho lwe-COVID-19.Endaweni yoko, abadlali abanomthumeli ngamnye banyanzelisa ukukhwela amahashe ngalo lonke ixesha ebaleni, ngelixa umkhweli oqhelekileyo waseKeeneland wayemi ecaleni kwakho ukuze akunike isikhokelo, ukuba kuyimfuneko, okanye ukuba amantshontsho anonyaka akalawuleki kakhulu kwaye angena.
KuAnderson, ohlala nonyana wakhe uWilliam eLexington, eKentucky, lo nguSeptemba owahlukileyo, kodwa unemali eninzi yokumgcina exakekile esebenzela umninimzi kaJim McKinville.Emva kokuphumelela esinye sezandla eziphambili zokuphumelela ibhaso le-Eclipse Grand uRunhappy, wafumana udumo lwesizwe, emva koko wasebenza kunye nombungu wokuqala we-Runhappy ophethwe nguMcIngvale.
UAnderson, oneminyaka engama-64, ulazi kakuhle igama lakhe kwaye unefuthe elikhulu lokuthomalalisa amahashe.Uthe abantu basambuza ukuba lihashe njani.Noko ke, ingcambu yale ngxaki itshintshile ekumangalisweni kukwazi impendulo emva kwento enkulu ukuya kwimpendulo abafuna ukuyazi ukuze bakwazi ukuyixelisa nabo.Wabonisa ukuba, njengomlingani kaKeeneland u-Aaron Kennedy, ungumfana osemtsha kwishishini kunye nekamva eliqaqambileyo kwaye unokusetyenziswa "njengento enkulu" yokujongana namahashe amakhulu.
Kuba nabani na ofuna ukulandela emanyathelweni kaAnderson, wathi izandla ezithambileyo kunye nokuziphatha kukaTeflon kubalulekile.Njengeqabane elilungileyo lomdaniso, eli hashe liya kulandela ekhondweni lakho.
Wathi: “Into omele uyenze kukuba nomonde, uhlale uzolile, uncume, yaye ungavumeli nantoni na ukuba ikuphazamise.”Ukuba uvumela izinto zikukhathaze, iya kuba yeyona nto ikuphoxa kakhulu.Umphathi wakho angathetha into kuwe.Ukuba ikwenza ube nomsindo, ke yonke into iba anachronistic.Nje ukuba i-adrenaline yakho iqale, yonke into yonakele, ke awuyifuni loo nto.Kufuneka uyiginye kwaye uqhubeke.”
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