Yeah, I like Bailey because he tells the truth and says what is on his mind....as a viewer, I want the full story and not the sugar-coated version...Bailey has always been a cut-throat business man and that was fueled by his competitiveness - which made his the best rider in the country from the 90s - mid 2000s IMO...he not only had good ability and a good clock, but he was a very cerebral rider...the only thing I didn't like is that he would 'cadillac' cheap horses in when he thought the couldn't win the race, which as an owner i hated but can occasionally understand..

Stevens was a great big-race rider....was at the top of his game when it mattered...gotta admire him for that..

What does this phrase mean? I haven't run across it before.

This is a good point. I think the ABC/ESPN casts of the Breeders Cup will be better than the NBC cast with the relatively tiring act of Hammond, Costas, Battaglia, and Neumirer.

He would wrap up on them and not try hard to get 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th place money for the owners when he thought he couldn't win the race at the top of the stretch....you've probably seen jockeys who you thought could have gotten 3rd or 4th if they dropped down and rode hard but gave up and just galloped the horse in to finish oyt of the purse money....some of these a*sholes do it all of the time and it pisses me off because I'm an owner..

It is like thgey are too good to try to get you 3rd-place money when they realize they can't win, and you are the one paying them $50-$100 for the mount!!!....crazy...some of these guys with egos don't care because they know that thgey don't need your business anyway....

As long as I dont have to look at that overheating, fat slug, "The Hammer" Hank Goldberg, I am VERY happy. I do prefer Bailey by a little bit over Gary, but I'd rather listen to what either have to say that to listen to Hank Goldberg give his "stone cold" pick of the horse that ultimately finishes 5th...

Yeah, I;ve dealt with him several times in the Fair Grounds press box...he is a terrible handicapper...just hopeless, but so are the bozos on NBC's coverega....Bob Newmeyer and Mike Battaglia couldn't pick there noses...has anyone ever seen them give out a BC winner in any of the 8 races in the many years they have telecasted it on NBC?..Boy, I sure can't...they're as bad as it gets...I wonder what the casual horse watcher that just watches horseracing on big days whe they are on natioanl TV...they probably are thinking, "Damn, these blowhards are supposed to be professionals?"