Oscar Rébora leaves his character as a legacy, the hardest one to conquer

After winning the Dupuy in San Luis with Tamarisco Cat, a traffic accident on the way home took the life of the notable professional

Oscar Rébora, this Sunday in La Punta, after winning his fifth / HIPÓDROMO LA PUNTA / JOSÉ MALUF

SAN FRANCISCO, Córdoba (Special for Turf Diario).- Every time this chronicler crossed paths with Oscar Rébora, a greeting was inevitable. There was a great respect toward a good, polite, capable, hardworking, and gentle man. Because if there was something that distinguished the professional, it was his qualities as a person, even above the many he possessed to carry out his passion as a racehorse trainer.

Fate, so often unjust, took a cruel turn this time with Oscar, taking him away too soon, just hours after he had enjoyed an unforgettable moment at the Hipódromo de La Punta, winning the Gran Premio Vicente Dupuy (G3) for the fifth time with Tamarisco Cat (Southern Cat), his last great horse.

Returning home to San Francisco, Córdoba, where he was based, Rébora suffered a traffic accident at kilometer 101 of Route 158 (as mentioned on Facebook by A Ganador y Placé), on the outskirts of the town of Pozo del Molle. Unfortunately, he collided with a truck and the impact was too strong to withstand; Oscar Antonio, his son, was accompanying him and is currently hospitalized at the Hospital Regional Pasteur with various injuries.

Oscar Damián Rébora was a perfect example of what horse racing and horses synthesize. A man who built himself from the ground up, humble, who learned the trade by observing masters like Juan Esteban Bianchi, for whom he was a groom for a long time.

First a jockey, he won 109 official races, but many more in the interior of the country, where he was one of the most respected trainers. The aforementioned Tamarisco Cat, Fuerte Señal (Storm Surge), Honor Charrúa (Honour and Glory), Early Boy (Intérprete), Vitaminado (Not for Sale), Uomo In Frac (Scrimshaw), Gallileo's Town(Speightstown), English Dib (Rule Britannia), and Salamemingue (Our Emblem) were some of the horses he was in charge of and with which he shone.

With Oscar Rébora, an excellent professional is gone, one who knew what he was doing, who knew how to forge an important place for himself with his talent and humility. But, above all things, a unique, top-notch person is gone. That will be what is missed the most.