tapos ensayo po, may ensayo kami sa katawan namin, na parang sundalo.” Now, he lives in one of the facilities in Metro Turf where he still wakes up at 4 a.m. “Parang sundalo kami,” he says of his time at the jockey school. Ana closed down, he went to a training school in Naic, Cavite, and trained to be a jockey for two years. Ana (which is now Circuit Makati) as his father was one of the caretakers of some horses. GV Mora, a 22-year-old jockey at Malvar, says being a jockey has always been his dream. He also says that most jockeys in the Philippines come from a line of jockeys, dating back to when it first started as a sport during American rule in the 1900s. They have mastered the art of riding horses.” “The aerodynamics of it is already mastered. It's gonna hurt a lot and you'll have no chance of winning also,” he explains. ‘Yung butt touching the back of the horse, no one does that. He explains how jockeys have to remain light and small because they crouch on top of a horse, with nothing but their rope and saddle. Antonio says owners of horses can spend millions just for the maintenance of a single horse.Īdditionally, during races, Antonio shares that the importance of the well-being of the horses is just as important as the training of the jockeys. Each owner usually has a designated area where the horses are fed, groomed, and taken care of. The horses are housed in stables just a few kilometers from the race track. The Metro Manila Turf Club, a horse racing facility that spans 45 hectares, located in Malvar, Batangas. Aside from Lipa, here are other towns in Batangas that are worth exploring. Lipa, in particular, is only an hour away from Alabang, through the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR). It’s a welcome surprise to discover a place like this, more so that it is in Batangas, a province ideal for those in Metro Manila who are looking for a quick weekend escape. The entire house, which is over 130 years old, still has the same Machuca tiles, wooden floors, and solihiya accents that were common during that time. The house, now called Casa Segunda, has the familiar exterior of the Spanish-era architectural style: extended timbered upper-story with balustrades and a concrete base usually made of cement or adobe. “If you see photos, para kaming nasa Marawi,” she adds. She recalls being three years old at that time, seeing fire and chaos, and having to leave and hide in the mountains. “But unfortunately, during the second world war, the most devastated is Lipa,” says Malabanan. Photo courtesy of STAR TOLLWAYĪccording to Malabanan, during the Spanish colonial era, wealthy families in Lipa, whose money mostly came from exporting coffee (kapeng barako), would have a whole block of lot unto themselves, where they built massive structures of the classic Bahay na Bato. Malabanan recalls how her and her cousins were told stories about how Rizal visited this house to solicit money for the Philippine revolution, as the Luz’s had been known to be one of the most prominent families in Lipa.Ĭasa Segunda has the familiar exterior of the Spanish-era architectural style: extended timbered upper-story with balustrades and a concrete base usually made of cement or adobe. This was the home of Segunda and Manuel Luz, the man who she was arranged to be married with. “Ayun sabi sa libro, nagkacrush daw si Rizal kay lola,” says Lileth Dimayuga-Malabanan, the great great granddaughter of Segunda, who now maintains their ancestral home in Lipa called Casa Segunda. The subject of Rizal’s diary was later revealed to be his first love, Segunda Katigbak, a member of a well-to-do family in Lipa, Batangas. In Spanish, Rizal asked a rhetorical question: “Do you know that it is very painful for me to lose you after having known you?” Succeeding entries divulge that the woman was already betrothed to be married to someone else. Manila (CNN Philippines Life) - In one of the entries of Jose Rizal’s diary (titled “Memorias de Un Estudiante de Manila”), he recounts being enamored by a woman he names “K.” He wrote: “She was not the most beautiful woman I had ever seen but I had never seen one more bewitching and alluring.”
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