Word: braulio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nose. With win bets only allowed, Graustark broke in front and flashed to a six-length lead. Everyone expected that to be it. Jockey Braulio Baeza eased up, and suddenly from dead last, there came Willie Shoemaker on Abe's Hope. The horses were neck and neck at the top of the stretch-then Abe's Hope drew out to a half-length lead. Baeza went to the whip, and Graustark came on hard. But not hard enough. Abe's Hope won by a nose...
...Sure, I plan my races," says Braulio Baeza, 25. "The trouble is that 80% of them turn out differently than I plan...
...Newsreels. The stepson of a former jockey turned trainer, Baeza was 14 when he rode in his first race at Panama's Juan Franco track. He finished dead last, and after the race the stewards suspended him for being "inept." Vowing "Some day I win the Kentucky Derby" Braulio took to haunting movie houses that showed newsreels of U.S. races ("Eddie Arcaro always won. He was a beautiful hand rider"), worked hard to earn his spurs in the hell-for-leather scrambles that are typical of racing in Panama. Between 1956 and 1960 he won 912 races-about...
...almost any other top rider. He does have his idiosyncrasies: he wears his stirrups somewhat longer than U.S. jockeys do, sits straighter in the saddle, uses his whip only as a last resort-a fact that does not escape the notice of trainers, who dislike having their horses abused. "Braulio treats 'em kinder," Willie Shoemaker once commented, "and they run kinder...
Guided by Jockey Braulio Baeza, Graustark breezed to a five-length victory. Owner Galbreath could undoubtedly recoup his $1,350,000 investment by selling Graustark right...