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Delta Downs “ Fog Race “ Jan 6 1990
I just read about this. Back in 1990 at Delta Downs it was so foggy one race day that Jockey Sylvester Carmouche never ran his horse Landing Officer after he broke from the gate and instead just sat and waited for all the other horses to run around the track and than we he heard them coming around the far turn he crossed the finish line for a 24 length secretariat like “victory”.
They actually didn’t catch on right away to what had happened and made the race official but apparently when the vet examined the horse a few minutes after the race he noticed the horse was not breathing hard at all and said that no way a horse could have just ran a mile and cooled down that quick and he also pointed out that the horses wraps were spotless. Than I guess they started putting two and two together about how could a 2500 claimer that was 23-1 in the race just almost equal the track record lol.
Jockey ended up getting suspended for 10 years.
That is the wildest thing I have ever heard. I was just wondering if anyone happened to bet on that race or even remembers it happening ...
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