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Originally Posted by eajinabi
Who cares about setting win records. Russel Baze does it year after year. Do you consider him one of the better jockeys today???
Just take a look at the Money Earned and Races Won list on the DRF page. Dominguez is third moneywise not because of Graded Stakes but because he racks up Claiming MSW and ALW wins. Gomez, Leparoux, Garcia, Desourmaux
are on the list because they rack up graded stakes. Dominguez is by no means a horrible jockey but he is not a top tier rider yet.
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Dominguez is on the top of that list because he wins a lot of races. That's because he's good. He also rides on the best circuit in America. Comparing him to Russell Baze is ludicrous.
He had a good Derby mount this year in Desert Party and hopefully his Derby mounts will get better going forward (although staying in NY is not gonna help).
He didn't have a great deal of good BC mounts because he doesn't have a big barn for which he's a 1st call rider. He had a chance with a horse like Dublin but he flopped in the Champagne. He's also in NY full-time for the first time.
He's absolutely a top tier rider. Without question.
NT