No doubt....that was a pitiful ride by Bailey and if not for utter incompetence she would never have been in the position where it took a herculean effort for her to win. She was tons the best that day.

I imagine that privately Bailey probably had a laugh at the ridiculous false praise he recieved for a ride he supremely butchered.

i miss jerry at gulf....his 1/9s that run for the first 1/4..made many a nice score...........

I miss the good riders. Bailey, prior to his last couple years, was a brilliant rider.

Baily have a laugh at being overrated? Did you read his homage to himself a/k/a autobiography? A more self-absorbed creature never walked - even his accounting of his rampant alcoholism and the effect on his marriage is self-absorbed. Although he shares plenty of colorful, "minor" stories, he completely skips his stint at the Ascot race meet riding Dubai Millenium, most likely because their turf press wasn't impressed with him. He twists himself into knots justifying his losing ride on Cigar and choice to chase that suicide ride by Nakatini. His reasoning falls apart because a sensible rider would have known Nakatani's horse was going to back up, not run away with the thing, and with what Baily knew of Cigar's diminishing powers, letting Nakatani self-destruct was the only option. Cigar probably would have lost that day anyhow, per Baily, but his rationale for pressing the issue is absurd.

You're probably right....he isn't the most self-critical and introspective fellow out there.

Think of it this way, had not Bailey given that very bad ride on "You" the first part of the race, we would have not seen that amazing heads bobbing on the wire finish between her and Carson Hollow.

That finish needs to be seen to be appreciated. What a race.