Shoemaker, Bailey, Pat Day :rolleyes:

Pincay , Eddie D. and Cordero , those guys would make monkeys of most the "good" riders right now.

The Iceman.

by far and away, and i mean this as sincerely as is possible for a post on a message board, the best ride i ever saw was the ride the jock gave the first time starter named MOBO to a second place finish in the third race saturday at Santa anita.

he was trained by oneill, and if it werent for the fact that there was another oneill fts in the race, he for surely would have won with that remarkable ride!

of course, the charts wont tell you the whole story, so it's best to have seen it, or go to calracing to watch it.

P Val over any of them

You want to see a great ride. Watch the one Evening Attire got on Sat. Textbook.

Jacinto Vasquez ....if he was live...

Yes but Ruffian would be his most famous mount. Rode Onion when he beat Secretariat at Saratoga. Had this little issue in that he occasionally would set up betting coups

Rode Pval in a grade 1 stake, got left. My luck....

Battle Won in Bing Crosby. Honestly the horse had a bad habit of breaking slow and I figured P val may be able to get him out of there quick. But did not work out .

Fallon, with PVal a close 2nd.....

I rode him in a grade 1 stake and he got left too!

Frankie Dettori!!!

Isn't Jorge Ricardo ahead of Baze now?

I hate to say that I might see a pattern here. I hope not, LOL.

Eric

Battle Won....didnt he win a stakes race on Derby Day a couple years ago?? Smarty's Derby maybe?

I think it was chuck's first Graded Stakes win too, correct?

Hooray for Chuck!

As I've always said...Julie Krone!

Yes I do. The owner of Battle Won had an $80 triple. Made way more gambling than on the purse check. Level Playingfield always ran well at CD.

I remember that....it was the first Pick 3 I ever hit. America Alive, Battle Won and Half Ours. If I remember right it paid about $318 for $1 that day.

I dont remember because I was pretty drunk by posttime for the next race

shocker.....:D

Remember I pretty fat so it takes alot.

IM a professional....so it takes alot for me too:D

Well,your horse(once he broke poorly) could have gotten in more trouble,or been quickly rushed up to the front.Pat got him forwardly placed as soon as he could(without rushing him,and emptying him.) He got him to draw away nicely from some nice horses. Greg's Gold was just too good that day(108.04.) With a slow start,Pat and your horse got a what? 108.20,or 108.25 ?? Here is what I know.If Pat had ridden your horse in the Forego,Mass Media wouldn't have gotten by.Greg's Gold was probably too tough that day at Del Mar,but Pat would have found enough late to get that Forego.If you keep using him, you will get that Grade 1. Hey,this is the guy that use to drive Pincay nuts(he admits Pat would beat him on lesser horses.) The 2nd or 3rd best horse may be all you need.

1. Eddie Arcaro
2. Willie Shoemaker
3. Issac Murphy
4. Laffit Pincay
5. Chris McCarron
6. Jerry Bailey
7. Earl Sande
8. Bill Hartak
9. Steve Cauthen
10. Tod Sloan

no v bush?...............lol

1-Julie Krone,we will never know how great she could of been but nobody could get a horse to relax like she did.
2-Angel Cordero Jr.-People disliked him for being too aggressive.I say Poppycock to that.The greatest ride ever in my opinion is the one he gave Bold Forbes in the Belmont.Riders today would have grabbed leather with him and the horse would have finished up the track.Cordero knew the further they go the more they hang.
3-Braulio Baeza-Ice water in his veins and a master at pace.

Add Chris McCarron, But Shoemaker was the best.

Atta Boy. The proper way to celebrate a win.

Wait'll Sumwon wins one, you'll have small army of people to get drunk with...

Top ten not in any specific order:
Arcaro
Winkfield
Shoemaker
Pincay
Cordero
Krone
Antley
McCarron
Bailey
Day

I would include Braulio Baeza & Angel Cordero Jr. on my short list of great jocks.

Anybody remember Robyn C Smith...she might have been one of the best looking..and she got a few mounts from AG Vanderbilt..

And Mobo's rider met the dirt about 3 jumps out of the gate, while Mobo ran on without him, gaining second, no less. O'Neill's other entry, Try To Fly, by Trippi, got to the wire 5 ahead of him, earning a Beyer, I believe, of 98.

Angel Cordero Jr.