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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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You are so far off on this. Baze is not racing at the top tracks. Dominguez is. So that's a non-comparison.
Dominguez's wins in Claiming races are at least as significant and maybe more significant than big stakes wins, because the claiming structure puts some kind of cap on how good the best horse in the race is. The skill of the jockey becomes relatively more important. The fact that Dominguez has dominated other jockeys at top level tracks in those races says it all, IMO.
DrugS's ROI figs show that Dominguez has been hugely underrated as a factor for years.
--Dunbar