Ayizukuza njengesityhilelo sokuba umnini wehashe onokutsala inqabileyo yeCrown Triple kwinyanga ezayo uyonwabele ukubeka i-wager okanye ezimbini. Kodwa mhlawumbi eyothusa ngakumbi luluhlu olukhulayo lwabantu abavela kumzi-mveliso wokungcakaza abatyhola u-Ahmed Zayat ngokwamkela amatyala.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, indoda yaseFlorida egama linguHoward Rubinsky — naye owafunyanwa enetyala lokugembula. wamangalela uMnu. Zayat , esithi kwii-aught zakwangoko, walungiselela ikhredithi kuMnumzana Zayat phantse i-2 yezigidi zeedola kwiikhasino ezingaselunxwemeni kwaye uMnu Zayat wamshiya ephethe ibhegi. Umnumzana Zayat uzikhaba ngaw 'omane izityholo, kokubini kwiinyani (kubonakala ngathi akukho bungqina bubhaliweyo bokuba wayekhe walityala uMnu.Rubinsky) kwaye ukwalatha kumgaqo weminyaka emi-6 yemida yokuthatha ixesha elide kwityala.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba le suti yavela ngesiquphe nje emva kokuba u-American Pharoah ephumelele iKentucky Derby kunye ne-Preakness kwaye uza kuzama ukuba yiTriple Crown yokuqala kwiminyaka engama-37 eBelmont Stakes kwinyanga ezayo. Kudliwanondlebe noMbonisi, uMnu. Zayat wakhomba kwixesha lesimangalo njengelinge lomntu odume ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba enze unothanda ngephanyazo. U-American Pharoah ungumnini wentsimi ngexesha le-141 lokubaleka kweKentucky Derby eChurchill Downs ngoMeyi 2, 2015 eLouisville, eKentucky. (Getty)
Ezi (izityholo) zibuqhetseba. Ndilixhoba layo. Nawuphi na umntu onesiqingatha sobuchopho unokuyifunda kwaye athi akukho ndlela umntu endikuyo anokutyala umntu ngayo imali ukusukela ngo-2003, kwiminyaka eli-12 phantse eyadlulayo. Uyakuphika ngokupheleleyo ukubeka nakuphi na ukubheja kwalo naluphi na uhlobo ngoMnu Rubinsky, exelela uMqwalaseli, Uthetha ngam ndibheja phesheya kweCosta Rica. Andizange ebomini bam ndiseCosta Rica. Umgca wekhasino wetyala, ngokungathi yintsomi. Khange ndibekho nakwishishini. Ngamanye amazwi, ndaqala iZayat Stables ngo-2006 okanye ngo-2005. Uthetha ngo-2003. Ndaye e-Egypt, njenge-CEO yenkampani yotywala. Ndandisebenza iiyure ezili-18 ngosuku. Kukuphambana. Akukho nto idibanisa.
Umbonisi ngoku uthethile nababini abongezelelweyo kumzi-mveliso wongcakazo otyhola uMnu. Zayat ngobuqhophololo bezemali, kwaye uvavanyo lwabo luxhomekeke kumaxwebhu malunga nomnini wobuhle obunemvakalelo ebomvu kunye nesihlwele esinamehlo anemibala emdaka. entliziyweni kaMerika.
U-Angus Hamilton uyathanda ukubizwa ngokuba yiGambling Globetrotter, kwaye uza ngegama lesiteketiso ngesizathu esithile, ngokuseka i-Sporting Index, egxile ekusasazeni ukubheja nelawula intengiso e-UK. Ngoku ubonakala njengonobhala osasazwa kunomathotholo eNew Zealand.
Ngokuka Mnu. Hamilton, u-Rubinsky wayengumntu ophakathi phakathi kuka Mnu Zayat kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo apho wabeka i-wager kwaye zonke zazingaselunxwemeni. Ngoku ezinye zezi zinto zibhaliwe, iingxaki ebenazo eNew Jersey, kodwa ezinye izinto, ezinye izinto ezenziwayo okanye ukuthengiselana okanye ukubheja kwabekwa kwiincwadi ezingaselunxwemeni. … UZayat ngumdlali. Ungumgcini. Nguye ogqobayo, uqhubeke, esebenzisa isitsotsi saseBritane ukubheja. U-Howie uzakufumana iindawo zokuba u-Zayat abheje. Ke umzekelo ukubheja kunye nenkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiPinacle Sports, ngelo xesha eyayiyinkampani enkulu kwimidlalo yezemidlalo yase-US. … Ngoku uMnu Zayat ebesoloko eyonwabela iflutter [ukubheja] kwaye ngokusisiseko wagqibela ngokudlala ngeencwadi zemidlalo ezingaselunxwemeni, kwaye kuyaziwa kolu shishino ukuba usatyala iincwadi zemidlalo ezimbalwa kakhulu, kubandakanya leyo yavela kumhleli okanye kumanqaku oMoya woRhwebo kunye neCosta Rica. Kodwa kuyaziwa kwaye ngenxa yokuba bendibandakanyeka kolu shishino, okanye ndibandakanyeka kolu shishino ukuba usenetyala lemali elijikeleze indawo. U-Ahmed Zayat e-Churchill Downs nge-1 kaMeyi ka-2012. Ihashe lakhe u-Bodemeister wagqiba kwindawo yesibini kwi-Kentucky Derby ne-Preakness Stakes yonyaka. (UMichael Heiman / imifanekiso kaFetty)
Umnumzana Hamilton ubonakala eyithatha le nto ngakumbi kunomntu ojonge ecaleni. Uye wathatha ixesha lokuseka iZayat-bashing iwebhusayithi . Ebuzwa ukuba kutheni ekhathalele ngokwaneleyo ukuba aye kule ngxaki, uMnu Hamilton uchaza umdla wakhe njengowokujonga ishishini. [UZayat] akandityali nayiphi na imali. Andizi ngekona ... Ndothuka kancinci ukubona iwebhusayithi enegama lakhe ikhona kwaye ndacinga ukuba le inomdla kakhulu, kuba kwinqanaba lobomi bakho kufuneka ume. Ngendlela ethile kukuma kokuziphatha. Ndicinga ukuba uza kujonga amanani nezigidi zeedola.
UChris Costigan nguMseki we Gambling911.com , Yeyona nto isondeleyo kwicala lomdlali kwishishini lokubheja elinokupapashwa kwezorhwebo okuthembekileyo (ngokuchaseneyo neshishini lokudlala, elinendawo eninzi yokugubungela, kubandakanya nabahlalutyi kwiibhanki ezinkulu). Njengo Mnu. Zayat, UMnu Costigan ungumfana waseJersey, nangona ngoku ehlala eMiami Beach. Uxelele uMqwalaseli, ndiva ngaphezulu komntu omnye ukuba lomfo uZayat unamatyala amaninzi. Bendihleli naba bantu ukusukela ngo-97 kwaye ndibazi kakuhle, kwaye abathethi nabantu abaninzi ngenxa yoko bandixelela, 'Jonga Chris, lo mfo usityala imali eninzi . ' Umnumzana Costigan wayephantsi kwengcinga yokuba uMnu.Zayat wayengabhejeli nje amahashe kodwa nemidlalo. Ndifuna ukuthi ezemidlalo kodwa ungandibambi. Andiqinisekanga nge-100%.
Umnumzana Zayat uyayiphika loo nto, exelela uMqwalaseli, andikaze ebomini bam ndibheje kwezemidlalo. Ndibheja amahashe kuphela. Ndiyithatha kwakhona, ndikhe ndibheje kwi-Super Bowl. Ngokubhekisele kwityala elilethwe nguMnu Rubinsky, uMnu Zayat uyacaca. Sacela isigwebo sesishwankathelo. Ayilunganga, ukuba uphoswe phandle. Inkunkuma. Yinkunkuma. Andikwazi ukuxelela abantu ukuba bangabhali ntoni, kodwa nabani na onesiqingatha sobuchopho unokubona ngale nto. Akukho namnye - ongatshatanga - ongatshatanga, nantoni na yobungqina kule nto. Akukho khontrakthi. Akukho ncoko. Akukho bungqina. Yintsomi epheleleyo.
Ngeli xesha, ezinye iimpawu zokunyaniseka okungaphelelanga ziye zavela malunga noMnu. Zayat. Inkqubo ye- Rekhoda yeBergen ixelwe Ngo-2013 iZayat Stables zakususa ukukhankanywa kukaMnu Zayat ngokuya kwiHarvard Business School kwiwebhusayithi yayo emva kwemibuzo ephepheni. I-MBA yaseHarvard ikwacatshulwe lushicilelo oluninzi kunye noMbutho weSizwe woMdyarho oManyeneyo kunye nengxelo yonyaka yenkampani yotywala kaMnu Zayat, inkampani ephethwe ngurhulumente, iAl Ahram Beverages Co, inkampani kaMnu Zayat yathatha indawo yabucala kwindawo enkulu Ibali lempumelelo eMpuma.
Igqwetha lika Mnu Zayat, uJoseph Zann, uxelele i Rekhoda Ngelishwa, ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe kwabakho ulwazi olungelulo olwaxelwa ngemfundo kaMnu. Zayat… Ezi ngxelo ziphosakeleyo azizange zilungiswe kwaye zaphindwa ngamanye amashishini. Ngokwe- Rekhoda , Isikolo seshishini saseHarvard sixelele iRekhodi kule veki ukuba ayinangxelo yokuya kukaZayat kwesi sikolo.
Kodwa nasemva kokuba kususwe ireferensi yeHarvard kwiwebhusayithi yakhe kunye negqwetha lokuchopha kumcebisi wangaphandle, uMnu Zayat ngokwakhe akakwazanga ukumelana nokulahla igama likaCrimson. Ngomhla ka-Meyi ka-2014, unyaka emva kokususa ireferensi yeHarvard kwiwebhusayithi yakhe, uMnu. Zayat wanikezela ngesifungo ngokubambisana nomthetho. Nantsi i-chunk exelayo:
Umbuzo: Ngaba uye waya kwikholeji okanye eyunivesithi yemfundo ephakamileyo, ngamanye amagama, into engaphaya kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo?
A: Ewe.
Umbuzo: Ubukhe waya phi?
A: IYunivesithi yaseYeshiva, iYunivesithi yaseHarvard kunye neYunivesithi yaseBoston.
Ngokumangalisayo, le ntatheli inamava athile noMnumzana Zayat otyhile umlingane onomtsalane kodwa mhlawumbi ongaphantsi.
Ngo-2007, ndandisebenza kwiphulo lika-Rudy Giuliani lobumongameli. Umsebenzi wokufumana iinginginya zabaxhasi bengxowa-mali eNew Jersey, ndaziswa kuMnu Zayat, owayevuya ukuba litshantliziyo. Sincokole kaninzi kwaye ndikhumbula ndithetha ngendlela engaqhelekanga ngayo ukuhlangana nom-Orthodox ongumJuda owayekwangum-Egypt ogama lingu-Ahmed. Umnumzana Zayat wahleka wandixelela ukuba iyamnceda kwishishini lakhe leziselo. Andisikhumbuli isicatshulwa esichanekileyo kodwa ibiyinto ethi, Xa ndijongana nabathengi abangamaJuda, ndinguEfrayim wase-Englewood; xa ndijongana nabathengi baseArabhu, ndingu-Ahmed wase-Egypt.