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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Mike Smith gave a better ride today than Borel could have.
Today's race proved, once again, that horses win races and not riders.
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Originally Posted by CSC
add to that I would say horses win races, whereas riders lose races.
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
So would I.
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Do you agree that some riders are more likely to "lose races" than others?
If you do agree that some riders are more likely to lose races than others, then whether you say riders win races or riders lose races is only a matter of whether you prefer insulting riders or praising them. Either way, you'd rather have one rider than another on your horse and either way, you will be adding some rider factor into your capping, right?
I guess I don't get the amount of disparagement heaped on the jockey's contribution to the race outcome.
--Dunbar