Western Deed is an horrific hanger. I don't think Arcaro could get him to pass a horse.

its the same old song because people bitch when they lose, that simple. the guy won at least 10 races in 3 days but thats not good enough. i have to laugh, when someone comes even close at aqueduct, i'll listen. its horse racing, like i've said a million times, they don't have engines with gas pedals. the horse will do whatever it wants at times. to say a guy "didn't try" when he's winninmg races off the charts is a joke. are you people trying to tell me , he only tries when he wants? say that to his face...this is a joke.

said by someone that has a brain in their head....thank you

I call that Tuesday.

agian i have a respected DT'er on here saying another top jockey would not have quit on the ride and still would have lost .....that fine , as a bettor that is at least acceptable , what is not acceptable is quitting before the wire when your horse has even a 1 % chance of winning the race ......what is wrong with that logic???

as for the 10 races in 3 days crap , when you are on the best horses mostly everyday of course you are going to win a lot of races , how many superbowls would bill belichek have won without tom brady???

note - he had 8 mounts on sat , he was the favorite 5 times and almost a co-fav on a 6th mount , only a blind squirel would see that he is not going to win a lot or races

Scavs could have ridden No More Stress , what does he get credit for in that race?

He gave good rides on Stud Muffin and 49george.

What was he doing on Wild News ???

What the heck was so great about his ride on Stud Muffin? He got him home but wasnt he fairly logical in this race given the amount of speed signed up?

you make a good point ,i thought he avoided a little traffic trouble

There were 6 horses in the race. He did what he gets paid to do. He was on a horse who many (including myself) thought was extremely overbet, but still very logical and the classiest horse in the race. I think he did a good job but I wont remember this ride 1 week from now.

Ramon is a great rider.

what do you think of the ride in question? whether or not he was a winner , should he have quit riding?

:tro: :tro: :tro:

job security for you.

I just watched a replay (twice) of this focusing on Western Deed and I dont see how he could have done anything more that would have added value to his job in this instance. 2nd place is as good as he could have gotten and its not like he got nailed for 2nd or even ever made it close for 2nd. I dont have a problem with this. Its no different to me than the ride Chavez gave on Eightfiveinafifty when he stopped urging the horse at the 1/16th pole when he was leading by 15 and still drawing away, winding up winning by 17.

but timmy why quit riding when the horse in front of you is going backwards?

even gpk said borel would have ridden the horse out , he still wouldn't have won in gpk's opinion , but explain to me why he would stop trying and in gpk's opinion borel would have kept trying .....shouldn't you always ride out even if the chance to win is less than 10% ????

I dont agree that the winner was going backwards. The rider knew where the line was and knew he had enough to win the race. Not by a whole lot but a comfortable enough margin. Sure he was getting tired, but there wasnt enough race track left for it to be a concern. I think the chance of him winning this race at this point was a lot lss than 10% and it would have taken a fall down from the winner for him to win, in which case he would have won because he was clear for 2nd. Ramon did his job.

Marty, Jocks quit riding early every day. I just don't understand why you keep harping on this one particular ride that didn't affect anything. It looked like he stopped with less than 50 yards to go when it was clear he wasn't getting to the winner. Plus he held on to second, so I just don't understand why you keep on harping on this particular ride (other than having a beef with Dominguez).

i had let it go , someone with a brain decided to ressurect it this am

I kind of feel like as long as the guy doesnt cost the horse the best possible place finish, I could care less about his lack of trying or body language. I also never understood everybody's beef with jockey's who pump their fist a few yards beefore the finish line or point to the stands and stop riding..."showboating" I think its called. I could care less as long as the horse wins. I have yet to come across a jockey who by showboating caused his or her horse to lose.

Well, the worst ride of Solis' career was on Aptitude in the Belmont. Solis didn't ride for Frankel after that ride for YEARS.

Ever head the phrase "beating a dead horse? Maybe THAT was the situation with Dominques?

as well as this thread.

It's a conspiracy!Money was exchanged,promises were made,worlds collided,dogs and cats living together,Total anarchy!!!!!

what was great , was he burned me , i loved executive search (A Serpa), who was stuck on the rail and got second.....put it this way, if ramon was on MY horse it would of been a closer race! he gets the best mounts because he rides the most consistantly...that simple. people say this about every great rider...what do you think, the owners and trainers are idiots? of course they are going to give their best contenders to the best jock. this logic is a lack there of. HE GETS THE BEST HORSES BECAUSE HE RIDES THE BEST RACE AT AQUEDUCT. again, if you think hes not trying..i think you are crazy. i wish 90 % of these guys tried like ramon.........:zz: you are right ..hes a great rider. i don't know what others are thinking.