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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Solis was probably a very hard worker - and certainly seems to have a great personality. He also rode a lot of short prices in cheaper type races. He'd even ride Fairplex a little.
I always viewed Chavez as sort of like an east coast version of Nakatani and Solis.
Chavez:
* leading rider in New York for 6 consecutive years from 1994 through 1999
* Won 12 riding titles at NYRA meets
* Leading rider at Gulfstream in 1989, 1999, 2000 and 2001
* Eclipse award for years outstanding jockey in 1999
* 2001 Kentucky Derby win on Monarchos
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Chavez was more the guy that was winning a lot of cheap races with short prices. All of those years he was leading rider in NY he never earned more than $10 million in purses with the exception of his monster year in 1999.
Solis was a $10 million plus guy every year from 1996 to his monster year in 2003.
Chavez is well behind Solis in wins and earnings, but he was pretty solid rider for a long time. If Borel deserves to be in, so does Chavez.
And Solis owes me something for how much I have stuck up for him the past few days.