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Originally Posted by Pillow Pants
Yeah I have a point.
About Gryder...
Between 1998 and 2001, he won four riding titles at Aqueduct, three of them at the inner-track meets. In 1998-’99, he took the title with 53 wins despite missing the last six weeks of the meet due to injuries from a spill. He repeated in the 1999-2000 meet with 94 wins, 32 more than his nearest competitor.
I can't find any stats for him at Belmont and Saratoga but it seems to me like Gryder was one of the top 10 jocks in New York and now is about 10th in California. I'm going to be fair about this and call it a wash.
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Now there are some misleading stats. If you know anything about NY racing, all of the good jocks are down in gulfstream during the "frozen dirt" meeting at Aqueduct. When they open the big track, half of them are travelling between gulfstream, ny and kentucky.
Winning a Frozen Track meet in NY is akin to winning the riding title at Fairplex. Arroyo has also won a couple of titles there.