Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I'm 100% sure about it.

Pincay wasn't named to replace C-Nak on GC until about 25 minutes to post.

Originally Posted by ELA

Yes. Again, I didn't want to open a Pandora's box or instigate anything, so like I said, I was just kidding. All I remember is the overwhelming great majority of people saying that EB was the one who made a mistake, Joe Talamo made an intelligent business decision, EB was wrong, Joe was right, how could EB not stick with Joe, Joe is a superstar, and so on. I certainly don't want to oversimplify it, however -- this was not reall a case of Joe pissing people off; as much as it was more people realizing (ex post facto) that Joe was getting himself into the spots he was, and it was EB who got him into those spots. There's an entirely different dynamic there.

Anyway, as I said, there is a lot more to that side of the game than meets the eye. There was a drastic shift in Joe's "spots" from before and after. Tyler was the beneficiary of that as well. EB got Tyler riding more than before, and while that was by design, Tyler ended up riding big price horses. You were dead spot on -- Tyler rode almost 20% more than any other top 10 jock. If you very closely followed CA racing, there was money to be made here.


From DRF --

Gomez G K 274 63 38 49 22.99 54.74
Bejarano R 292 61 59 38 20.89 54.11
Baze T 372 51 55 53 13.71 42.74
Rosario J 314 45 40 44 14.33 41.08
Flores D R 311 44 42 35 14.15 38.91
Solis A O 246 41 22 35 16.67 39.84
Baze M C 319 37 49 23 11.60 34.17
Espinoza V 255 34 24 33 13.33 35.69
Garcia M 308 34 33 33 11.04 32.47
Talamo J 316 33 26 37 10.44 30.38


Eric

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

Joe made the right choice when the opertunity come to sign with Scotty and if Joe sticks to his word and shows up to work in the morning he could move to the top.

The top 10 in So Cal could ride anywhere in the country and do well, with the right agent.

P.S. Solis needs to find another line of work. He ain't never coming back

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I wouldn't call the jocks Allen Jerkens sometimes rides "up and coming" - in most cases more like "down and going" or "professional excersize riders"

Originally Posted by ELA

I guess we'll soon see what "direction" Joe goes in and if there is a change in direction. Scotty is without question a good agent and he picked up a hot commodity. This is not a function of Scotty however and I am sure Joe's work habits are not behind the recent results. His work habits are his work habits, and he'll either work in the morning or he won't. I don't think EB was a better babysitter than Scotty could prove to be, not that a babysitter is needed here, but we are not talking about rookies here either.

Time will tell.

Eric

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Her name was Candace in Paris, and she was a tremendously talented daughter of Theatrical that Simon Bray trained for Paulson.

I believe Nakatani had the mount on Generally Challenged in the Pacific Classic that same day - and lost it to Laffit Pincay Jr. because of the injury he suffered in the spill.