Stray fence jumper returns to triumph
A Equus caballus who did his best to halt jumps racing in Australia 2 years ago has breathed novel life into the sport amongst a stunning win inwards the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool.
Banna Strand (by Danasinga) made headlines around the world inwards the 2011 Grand Annual when he jumped the exterior fence, causing mayhem equally he landed among spectators.
The spectators had gathered on Tozer Road, beside the barrier, where they could scout the racing without entering the ground.
Banna Strand had lost his passenger early on inwards the race as well as continued on his run. He eventually veered left from the class as well as headed for the barrier, inwards house to forbid horses jumping from the confines of the race grounds.
However, Banna Strand cleared the barrier as well as landed amid the crowd. The crowd would non receive got seen him coming because of the peak of the barrier.
This yr Banna Strand remained on the racecourse, grinding dwelling menage along the outside fence to grade a victory for the game as well as for mediocrity.
“He’s non a really skillful horse, he never won a race on the flat,” said trainer John Wheeler.
“It but shows you, if you’ve got no powerfulness you lot tin still win. That’s what this concern does; it gives horses similar him a chance to produce something.”
Despite the limits to Banna Strand’s talents, Wheeler is instantly considering taking him to England for the world’s greatest jumps race, the Grand National Steeplechase.
“There’s a run a peril I mightiness larn farther as well as produce something stupid,” he said. “If I tin larn 5 or half dozen horses together as well as a sponsor I’d reach it a go.”
Banna Strand’s infamous excursion into the crowd injured seven people who were watching the race at the signal where the horses cross a route as well as saltation dorsum onto the racecourse.
The incident strengthened the consistent telephone telephone for jumps racing to be banned as well as too had lawyers urging the injured to sue.
But Wheeler helped defuse the situation past times contacting all of those who had been hurt.
“One had a broken arm as well as one kid had been knocked out of its pushchair,” he said.
“But inwards the halt none of them wanted to larn on amongst it. They accepted they were at that topographic point to scout a spectacle and some fifty-fifty appreciated that the horse had tried to avoid them.
“This is what this house is all about – the existent people.”
Banna Strand, somewhat overlooked inwards the betting at $7.50, plodded the best at the halt of the 5500 metres, getting the ameliorate of the equal favourites Man Of Class (With Class) as well as Dhaafer (Nayef ) inwards the in conclusion 50 metres. The nine-year-old too provided Wheeler, who has trained 25 Group One winners on the apartment inwards Australia, amongst his sixth Grand Annual since he outset won the race equally an possessor inwards 1993 with Straight And True (NZ) (Straight Strike).
He has both owned as well as trained the adjacent five.
“I but develop because I dear it,” he said, “and I dear it more and more.”
The Grand Annual was run to the accompaniment of loud protests from fauna liberationists exterior the racecourse. But their dire warnings thankfully failed to materialise amongst i of the 7 runners suffering a harmless autumn as well as some other losing its rider. It contrasts amongst in conclusion year, when entirely 2 of 8 starters finished the 5500-metre course. During the race, 2 horses fell, 2 were brought downward as well as a farther 2 dislodged their riders.
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