Racehorse TALK

Ouch, was my biggest bet of the carnival         

Kerrin could ride the 1st four winners on Saturday 

I think he's dangerous

Watched his ride on  on Stifle Saturday, on heels  cramped up tight ,wobbling about  off balance either in trouble or causing it and Denman yesterday turned it sideways nearly clipped heels and could have hurt the horse probably has and might be slightly sore after this.

Yeah mate he's not one of the best at getting a big fella balanced up.

reckon snowden would be happy to leave mcevoy in melb for a while - the snowden team with bowman aboard - would be pretty scary

Scary for the bookies.
Mac has slaughtered at least a dozen that I have seen

leave the bloke alone you get on them  so we can have a good look at you. i bet when you go to work every day knowone calls you a spastic or are you. if you are i will spread the word and se how you like it.

Jock,
I know what you mean, but the very nature of a jockey's job means that they are open to Brickbats and Bouquets from hundreds of thousands of people.

The same as other highly paid sportsmen and women, politicans, businesspeople etc.

If they don't want that scrutiny, they can give away the job, and the money that comes with it.

 

exactly as JWH said - i don't mind him as jockey - but at the same time i don't think he compares to bowman - reckon the european style prob suited him better and think he rode well for godolphin

He doesn't hold a gun too anybodies head to back his horses so who are the silly ones he is only doing his job to the best of his ability and if that is no good for anybody don't back him.

Thats all well and good jock until he starts getting them beaten when they shouldn't be

Are you suggesting we should never be critical of a bad ride?

No body is perfect we all butcher one from time to time we don't go out there and do it on purpose. the riding instruction's are what you people don't take into account.

Doesn't the nature of any professional sport demand performance levels?

If a footballer missed 5 tackles a game he gets dropped.

I have never seen a jock get things beaten as often as KM

Nobody expects perfection and sometimes bad luck is simply bad luck  but he stuffs up more than any jock I've seen

I agree with Jock. It is a very dangerous sport and these people dont go out of their way to slaughter them on purpose. Often it is a split second difference to a good and a bad ride. Sure some are better than others and some make less mistakes but Darley are happy to put him on and you all have the choice to back them or not. I have a lot of friends that have been or are jockeys and I say give them a break.

How was Rocky Jock ? 


Cheers


The-Kid

Must be a soft lot today's jocks if they take offence at being bagged by people on a forum. Back when racing was king, it was common for jocks to be abused and pelted at after a Barry...and that was without the help of video replays to be able to confirm if the irate punters had cause.

The old time jocks would be pissing themselves if they read this thread.