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It hasn’t taken very lengthy for jockey Mychel Sanchez to fall for Tampa Bay Downs.
Sanchez – whose first profession victory in 2012 at age 16 in his homeland of Venezuela got here aboard a horse named Sunshine Park, which was additionally the identify of the Oldsmar oval from 1946-1966 – rode two winners Saturday, each on the turf. He has three winners from eight starters in his first two days on the Florida observe, with three seconds and a 3rd.
On the verge of stitching up his third driving title at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania, the place he’s nonetheless driving three days per week, Sanchez is squeezing each little bit of sunshine and orange juice he can out of his new environment, though it has been on the cool aspect for locals.
“It is a new expertise for me, and it is good as a result of I get to study a bit of extra day-after-day,” Sanchez stated. “I actually prefer it. I simply wish to hold doing higher day-after-day.”
After profitable the fifth race at a mile on the garden with a well-timed stretch rally aboard 3-year-old filly Tres Maria’s Dream for house owners Morris E. Kernan, Jr., and Jagger Inc., and coach Jamie Ness, Sanchez entered the beginning gate for the seventh, the featured Lambholm South Race of the Week at a 1 1/16 miles, feeling assured regardless of being on a 13-1 shot, coach Jose Francisco D’Angelo’s 4-year-old filly Sensitivity.
The daughter of 2007 Tampa Bay Derby winner Street Sense responded willingly to Sanchez’s entreaties all through, posting a 1½-length victory from fellow longshot Irazu within the $53,000 allowance affair. Sensitivity, now 2-for-8 lifetime, is owned by Tami Bobo.
After the race, Sanchez rang the bell within the winner’s circle (signifying his donation to Thoroughbred aftercare packages for retired racehorses in Florida) with the vigor of children signaling the ultimate day of the college 12 months.
Sanchez stated he obtained a close-to-perfect journey aboard Sensitivity.
“I wished to be near the pace early, and I had a superb beginning place (publish 4) and was capable of save floor all the way in which round,” Sanchez stated. “I waited and waited and when the time got here, she simply exploded.”
As a 27-year-old newcomer to Tampa Bay Downs, Sanchez stated he tries to look at such established observe standouts as Samy Camacho, Antonio Gallardo, and Pablo Morales when potential. “They’ve been right here for therefore lengthy and gained so many races right here, and it’s a must to observe the great riders,” Sanchez stated, referring to each their journeys and their examples. “You already know they will get a superb journey and so they provide help to to get a superb journey, and after that it is simple,”
Sanchez then shifted into Chamber of Commerce mode when requested his opinion of the Tampa Bay Downs turf course, though he would not have a lot time presently to grow to be an official spokesman.
“It is wonderful. They (the observe upkeep employees) do a wonderful job with it, and the horses all get a superb maintain of it,” stated Sanchez, who’s eleventh in North America this 12 months with 196 winners. “It is good for everyone.”
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