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Originally Posted by kgar311
Im not saying take it all as gospel, she also says he is a dear friend. But she make some good points of why type of jockey and person he was. What types of money he made lifetime 51million and this is before purses hit the roof. Not every better that lost 2 dollars on the guy can offer an opinion about who he was. Hes an ambassador to the sport and gave his all while he was in it.
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All of which is nice but Hall of Fames should be for the best of the best and Cruget wasnt really ever considered one of the best riders in NY, in some circles he was thought of as a negative.
(a pretty wide circle i might add)
Answer the question honestly. If he did not win the TC on Seattle Slew would you have ever heard of him?
There are too many jockeys in the HoF as it is. Hell there are about 1000 times more jockeys per capita than horses.