ANNOUNCER DEFENDS NAKATANI\Denman, foe of whipping, says jockey did not act maliciously.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Trevor Denman Trevor Denman (24 September 1952 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa) is an American sportscaster and announcer specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing. A part-time jockey and exercise rider, he started as a race caller in his native South Africa in 1971 at age 18. , the Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
The 2-year-old colt Tillie's Joy broke down seconds after Nakatani struck him about 100 yards past the wire of a Dec. 29 race and had to be destroyed. The owners went on television a few days later and suggested Nakatani's action caused the horse's death. "I'm very sorry for Nakatani," Denman said between races Sunday. "He was in the wrong place at the wrong time." He said it's ironic Nakatani is the rider involved because "he is not abusive of horses. If everybody rode like him, we wouldn't have a problem." Denman, who has watched videotape of the incident, thinks Nakatani struck Tillie's Joy on the neck, not in the head or face. "In the actual incident, he did not abuse the horse. He broke a rule," Denman said, referring to the California Horse Racing Board rule against whipping a horse after he has achieved his "maximum placing." "But it was more like a tap . . . not malicious." Denman said that more important than the accusation against Nakatani is the allegation by the jockey's attorneys that Tillie's Joy should not have been racing because of an existing injury. "In the long term, maybe this is going to be positive for racing," he said. Denman was one of the racing personalities who fought for 1992 rule changes that gave California the nation's toughest prohibitions on abusive whipping. He thinks that since then, "incidents of abuse are down 80 percent." He said he would like to see further rule changes, prohibiting a jockey from raising his whip above his shoulders, and restricting the number of hits. A stewards' hearing on the Nakatani case is scheduled for Jan. 19. The investigation continued Sunday. CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana) CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board investigator Mike Kilpack said state veterinarians Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons (vets) are medical professionals who operate exclusively on animals. Well-known and notable veterinarians include:
nec·rop·sy n. See autopsy. necropsy examination of a body after death. See also autopsy. on Tillie's Joy's corpse. Nakatani rode Lit de Justice In France under the Ancien Régime, the lit de justice was a particular formal session of the Parlement of Paris, under the presidency of the king, for the compulsory registration of the royal edicts. to victory in the El Conejo Handicap The El Conejo Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run each year at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses of either gender, four year olds and upwards, willing to race five and a half furlongs on the dirt. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $100,000. on Sunday, and in an intertrack television interview, said, "I'd like to thank the fans for sticking by me." |
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