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Originally Posted by stonegossard
It's annoying an unprofessional when a guy who represents a jockey does this kind of thing. It's one thing to do it during a race with Easy Goer....Zenyatta...or a "big star " involved. But to pander to a claimer being ridden by his guy is a bit much.
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I find myself agreeing with you and Blackthroatedwind on this one, I have nothing against Vic or Joel, but the optics are 'strange'(maybe not the best adjective) when an announcer is calling a race where he has an invested interest in it and for us to believe everything is on a level playing field. To me this discussion is not about character or if Vic is being impartial or not, it's the optics that Hollywood Pk would allow this, which frankly I am surprised that they did.
To quote Zito years ago, when asked about Bertrando returning to run after a yr of stud duty to the connections..."If you are going to be stallian be a stallian, if you are going to be a horse be horse". you can't be both.