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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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During the period when Gryder was doing really well in New York, he did well at the big meets too. I don't know if he ever was leading rider at Belmont but he definitely came in the top 5 a few times. I think he even did better than that. I think he finished 2nd or 3rd a few times.