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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
I'd love to see him get a shot in the Belmont Stakes.
There were some truly terrible jocks in the Preakness. Luis Contreras and Julien Pimental...they have piss-poor ROI numbers on weaker circuits.
I'm leaning towards Wicked Strong in the Belmont. Rajiv Maragh is a good sprint jockeys.
Dirt Sprint: 640-for-4,428 (15% wins) $1.72 ROI
Synthetic Sprint: 14-for-75 (19% wins) $1.95 ROI
But his numbers are piss poor in route races...
686-for-5,798 (12% wins) $1.45 ROI
Dirt Routes: (13% wins) $1.48 ROI
Turf Routes: (10% wins) $1.45 ROI
Synth Routes: (7% wins) $1.27 ROI
27.5% loss on a dollar from a sample size of close to 6,000 races is pretty brutal. It's close to double the takeout, from a very large sample.
He's been fine riding Wicked Strong in the past, but I'd rather have Maragh on a sprinter.
If Ride On Curlin runs -- and Rosario has to choose between him or Tonalist -- a guy like Paco should be considered for the open mount. He won't be, but he should be.
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Curious whether you have stats for likely jocks of Belmont stakes. Dirt races at Belmont over 9F?