[horseofcourse]

I don't know enough about the situation to make comment, but I will anyway. The facts are that the jockeys risk lives every single race they ride...period. I will never come home from my job in a full body cast as Jose Santos did the other day. If a jockey's poor ride costs you money and you dont' like it...simple solution to that...don't bet. And perhaps it is their own faults that they don't have a better system set up to insure themselves in case of horrific injuries that do occur, such as the wealthiest jockeys putting a small percentage of their winnings, or more into an insurance fund which will be self supporting with the lower income jockeys at bush tracks not having to foot as much of that.

All these forums incessantly bash the jockeys, so I assume that what is going on with the union is wrong which is fine, but nonetheless the sport doesn't exist and cannot exist without them. And they are the ones in the sport in by far the most danger daily, as the latest from MR Santos verifies.

What do those of you who criticize and bash them think is the solution to whatever the problem is? I write this stupidly and really don't know what is going on and what the real controversy is with is it Manley his name?? Is it insurance?, is it pay? Is it who foots the bill?? thanks for the info, whomever provides it!!