the worst jockeys ever
 

mike smith

any meche brother

chantal..

iggy puglisi

shane sellers.........

Deodat Singh - from the mid to late eightes on the NYRA circuit.

Dennis Cayo.It seems this jock has been around forever.

the fridge

gary bain

He may not belong on a worst ever list...but Rudy Rodreguez(?sp) has never been one of my go to guys....

Is Dale Beckner still riding...he had a great Saratoga meet as a bug boy but went downhill fast afterwards

1. mike luzzi
2. jose valdivia
3. jose espinoza
4. tyler baze
5. manoel cruz last Saturday

Eddie Martin JR.

Darlene Braden.

She always goes like zero for ten billion.

At Portland Meadows....

In MD - Frank Douglas

Couldn't ride a bicycle.

Punchie Gohberdahn

Worst Jockey the last year
 

Jorge Chavez, at monmouth last summer, we called him Rip Van Winkle, because it literally looked like he was falling asleep when he got on the horse in the paddock.

Some of the Illinois folks might be able to elaborate, but I think Uriel Lopez might be the worst rider in the history of the game. I've never seen a guy go unnecessarily wide that often. That's why he's usually about 2 for 76 after a couple of weeks.

Also, I think it was 1999, but Inosencio Diego was still a bug and he went 0 for Saratoga with something like 90 mounts I think. I'm not saying he was one of the worst jockeys ever, that was just one of the worst meets ever. It definitely deserves mentioning in a topic based on futility.

NT

Clive Beetch at the Finger

Billy Wilson at the Mountain

Ronnie Franklin

He surely makes my list of worst riders. Totally ineffective, seems to not have a clue about how to work out a trip. The thing is he will occasionally have live mounts but he is very adept at keeping them out of the winners circle.

Tony Farina. We at my other board figured he must have pictures of Biancone with an owner's wife or something of that sort. Otherwise there was no way to explain why he kept putting this guy up on good horses.

He's on my good jockey list for a little while after riding a $20
winner for me last week in the 1st race at the Thorne

Another good one, did he end the career of Pincay after he came over
on him in turf race in So. Cali. and dropped Pincay.

Phil Teator

Donna Barton

Kent D., I just don't trust him on any of his mounts these days.

He's number 2 on mine!

Not sure if he is one of the worst jocks ever, but Jose Espinoza is one of the worst on the NYRA circuit now

I've had him at a price on the turf in the past...there are a lot worst than him right now @ the Big A.

I completely agree... had him at 100 to 1 on a Scott Everett horse at the Spa a few meets ago...NY Bred on the weeds third off the layoff. Scott told me a week in advance to watch for the horse

I predict a short-lived stay on that list.

Its the kiss of death for me if I like the horse and then I see Lopez has the mount? I want to immediately toss him but I know there does exist the possibility that one of these days a horse will drag him to the line first despite his best efforts.

clean out your inbox, fool.

okay, sheez. some people!

Sad, but true there are jocks worse than Espinoza at Aquesduct this winter. But over the past two years in 647 starts he has had only 32 wins.

The worst by far has to be Martin Escobar, he is god awful...after him has to be Mike Smith.

Filiberto Leon-much better cook
Taylor Hole-barred for life

I have never seen a jockey put other riders in as much danger as Miss Chantal Sutherland....Wow, shes ceases to amaze me with some of the rides that she gives..If i notice it, how dont these trainers, that opt to put her on their charges...

Don't think there is enough bandwidth here to fit my list. Since I play Tampa every day, I can start there with my bottom five in no particular order:

Liz Cedeno
Craig Faine
Walter Llagas
Roger Moore
Tom Foley

I could go on and on...

Any of those five could wear the crown of worst ever.

I hate Joe Bravo, can't win with him or against..Wish he'd retire and join Pat waitallDay....

Yeah, but she's a great looker, should go into modeling full time.....

Eddie Arcaro, rode 250 losers before finally winning a race, however, he recovered pretty good winning 4778 more after that

:)

I know..I was astounded by her beauty when I saw her at Philly pARK.. it was then i realized the trainers were probably trying to throw it in her...how else could you explain her getting mounts??

The worst jockey ever is....................1982 Eclipse Award Winning Apprentice Jockey Alberto Delgado, but I am biased. He screwed us once when he was our jockey at a time much later in his life. I think he averages about 100 mounts a year. I think he was struggling to pay his rent. He shouldn't be screwing anyone he works for....PERIOD. That midget, who by the way is bigger than the trainer we had at the time, rode the first two races at Laurel then left before our race.

He only informed the trainer in the Paddock before the first race. The trainer was so pissed he didn't have words. Apparently he had committed to another evening mount at Penn National???? He was our regular exercise jockey in MD and I had personally spoken to him every morning about the upcoming race. He failed to mention the Penn thing on any of the mornings he spoke to me or the trainer. So while the second is being run the trainer informed us of the jockey's new priorities.

The trainer said to "give him an ear full" when he got off his mount after the second. My partners and I gave it to him from the moment he got off the horse, until he was in the jocks room. Needless to say, he neither exercised our horses or rode them ever again.

Therefore, I have sour grapes and he is the worst jockey of all time.

Wasn't it Filberto Leon who was involved in and/or caused the bad spill that busted up Julie Krone at Saratoga several years back??