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Mike驭马有道

Smith

名人堂骑师史文夫似乎有着一种特别的魔力，能让开局不利的赛马后
来居上，从“信达雅”、“御皇三角”到如今的“擅取”、“探险家”，全无
例外。他从16岁就已考取骑师执照，可说是天才型骑师。

文 / 包杰菲 BY BOB KIECKHFER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX EVERS & COADY

Driving into Roswell, New Mexico, at night can Justify’s heady rise. Smith has guided him in each of his
be a disorienting experience. The small town’s five career starts and will not part company from a colt who
streetlights emit an eerie glow and feature painted seems to have untapped ability.
eyes that make them look like the heads of space aliens.
驱车进入新墨西哥州的罗斯维尔市，夜间在曲曲折折的道路上
It’s a reference to the town’s main claim to fame – the legend 行驶有些 恼人 。小镇中的路 灯照射出怪 诞的风格，就像 是 给 这
that a flying saucer crash-landed nearby in 1947 and that 座曾传言发现过外星人的城市笼罩上了一层神秘色彩。相信这
the US Air Force hushed it up, hiding the bodies in a secret 座城 市的 传奇已 经 无需 详述 ——19 47年媒体 报 道飞 碟 坠落 事
facility called Area 51 in nearby Nevada. 件让 这 里名声大噪，美国空军 藏 起 外星 人 尸体，存放 在临近内
华达州的神秘“51区”更是街知巷闻。
But if the alleged UFO is Roswell’s top tourist attraction,
arguably its most successful export is not an alien but, 虽说U F O 是罗斯 维尔最 大的旅 游“特产”，但当地 最瞩目的
rather, Mike Smith – one of the world’s top jockeys and “出产品”并非隐藏在51区的“天外来客”，而是那位享誉世界
the pilot of the China Horse Club’s star filly, Abel Tasman 的顶级骑师——史文夫，正是这位在赛马界名声响亮的骑师，
and its champion colt Justify. When Abel Tasman won 策骑着CHC杰士俱乐部的三岁明星雌马“探险家”及“正义”，
America’s most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies, 赢得了2017肯塔基橡树大赛及2018肯塔基德比大赛和必利时
the Kentucky Oaks, in 2017 it was Smith who was her 锦标赛。
navigator.
在 三岁母马的顶级 舞台 —— 橡树 大赛中获 胜 之 后，“探 险 家”
Abel Tasman, of course, went on to win the Acorn Stakes 持续发威，相继在贝尔蒙特收获橡树果锦标赛和马车会美国橡
(G1) at Belmont Park and the Coaching Club American 树赛双料冠军。夏日的“完美三连冠”也奠定了“探险家”当选
Oaks (G1) at Saratoga that summer – a ‘trifecta’ that would 日蚀奖2017年度“最佳三岁雌马”的基础。而今年的“正义”，
see her named Champion three-year-old filly for 2017. All 也完美地完成了三冠王的首两场赛事，作为他们“最佳拍档”
wins came under Smith’s hand. The same can be said for 的史文夫，也成了最热门的话题。

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