Geez.
More stuff like "the owner wants to win a race on derby day".
Jockeys don't jump off horses, their agents do. An agent might ride one horse over another because of many reasons.
In this case Scavs contention and reasoning(as reported by his buddy GPK
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is so awful that I'm embarassed for him. I can't believe people actually believe in things like this without exercising some minor degree of common sense.
Were Scav to have looked a bit closer, Scav would have noticed that there has been a trainer change on Conrad Crossing since his last race. His former trainer Phil Hauswald has retired from training to become the jockey agent for Mike Smith.
The owner of Conrad Crossing decided to give this horse to trainer Angel Penna Jr. Trainers use jockeys on horses that theylike or have a relationship with(including their agents). Gee Scav, since Penna often uses Espinoza(his agent is hall of famer Jorge Velasquez) and Penna is the NEW trainer, isn't it just common sense that this was not a "choice" that was made by Luzzi or his agent? They simply weren't ever given the choice. I've never seen Angel Penna ride Luzzi, not even once.
Luzzi also gave this horse one of the worst rides at the entire Saratoga meet the last time he rode him, he steadied and choked him for over one mile straight, he should have been castrated, the little gnome.
He switches to a better trainer, is working well, and is coming off a NIGHTMARE trip and two great efforts.
Please don't take handicapping tips from guys telling you to bet a horse because "the jockey jumped off him" when he doesn't have the slightest clue what he is talking about.