Got an email today...
 

stating that KY jockeys will now set individual mount fees. As bad as the riders are at Turfway there should be a reduction in price.

Or maybe they should pay for their mounts???

agree if bad the jock should pay or a lower rate.

There should be a lot of these if Kent D. comes back to Churchill this summer...

amazing how little i know about this sport. the amount of information needed to grasp all the subject matter in horse racing is beyond my intellect.

it's going to take me years.

Shane Sellers
 

But that's why we play this game instead of pulling slot machine handles. It's worth the effort.

Thats a very interesting concept

or how bout the agents. Just call em jockey brokers.

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/48671.htm

Johnston complains that the fee in NY is $100 and the KY fee is $45. Now maybe the KY fee needs an adjustment but maybe he should compare the purse structure between NY and Turfway before he starts comparing the fees. And if the jockeys dont want to ride on Saturday that is fine because I will just use Cherie. She is better than at least 1/2 of the riders there and her fee is reasonable.

U r better than half the jocks at TWP.

Yeah but I just cant make the weight anymore

#7 Rampillion +160 pounds over :D :D

Cannon and I need to race on Clydesdale's.:wf

That is about right...maybe 165

Or elephants

:D

I don't think even bad jocks should have to pay for their own mount.

they need practice

Do mean to say jocks shouldn't pay for their mounts, period?

Im actually looking for a Clydesdale/draft to ride.

Yeah. Well it's their profession, so it seems kind of harsh to make someone pay money for the opportunity to put food on their table. It's like you or me paying a fee to go to the office everyday.

But the thing about them needing practice makes sense. So I don't know.

You must like not labor unions either:)

Then will a jockey's fee schedule be posted in the program (or made public)? So the public can tell if a trainer is using his "high priced hired gun" or just a "run of the mill jock".

Do you think this could cause some resentment among the jockey colony? The guy making more money for his riding fee, who also is currently riding a lot of winners, suddenly finds himself in tight during races.

Just a couple of thoughts of what might come from indiviuals setting their own fees.

I'm thinking the cost of living is twice what it is in Ky also

Strippers have to pay to work in the "classy" places

You are giving them far too much credit. They probably deserve a raise and supposedly thy will all go to $60 "for now". Of course most of the current jocks will be riding in parts unknown in a few months so what difference does it make to them.

It isn't like they eat much...

that was mean

Churchill should pony up some cash to get Caroline's beak trimmed.

Who needs the classy places? We have mad hackey sack action going down on the outdoor padio of the one I like the most up here.

naked hackey sack! Is it like Naked twister?

Never played naked twister.

and even the trashy ones. Think most of the girls are missing for a reason

Gotta love the names though

http://www.showpalace.biz/girls.php

Is Foxxie the "waitress" that Scavs brags about pickup up all the time:eek: