It makes sense for the Mig to try this. Anderson is THE power broker out there amongst agents. Hes also always tried to book two riders at once so as to maximize his earning potential. he picked up Kieran Fallon one winter at Gulf in addition to Bailey but that was short lived when Bailey asked him not to book for anyone but him. In NY the rule is that agents can book one jockey and one apprentice, maximum. Anderson was part of a group that tried to fight that rule so that agents could carry two jocks.
Everyone knows that Ron and Gomez are returning to Cali for the winter. A jock out there would be reluctant to dump his agent for Anderson knowing he will be taking off again at Keenland's opening next spring.
So Anderson needs a guy who just wants to winter there as well and obviously asked the Mig. Mig's star has fallen quite badly in NY and he no longer is a regular rider for any powerhouse stable other than Hushion, who doesn't run vast quantities of horses.
As Mig gets closer and closer to retirement age for jocks, he needs to bank as much loot as possible. The two jock system out there makes it possible to use a star jock as a commodity to trade for riding your lesser jock. Lets suppose so and so wants to ride Gomez in a stakes race coming up, Anderson can say I might take that call if you put my other rider on a few, etc. It also makes it possible to put him on another horse at the last minute when both barns are trying to get Gomez and he can only ride one, agent can say, I gotta ride another one in this race with Gomez but I can give you the call next time if you put Mig on this one today. Picking up the scraps of the leading rider out there can be very lucrative.
Ny will be a tough colony this winter, there are always good bug boys, Dominguez should be back, and Coa made a fortune there last winter and I can't see him leaving and screwing up a good thing. The purses money in NY is higher than Gulf's is on a daily basis and riders and agents will behanging around. Better to be cold and making money every day, then to be warm and not.