If he wins - will they put him in the Hall of Fame?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Solis has racked up over $220 million in purses by being the 5th-12th best rider in So Cal? I laughed.

Current Hall of Famers - from the So. Cal jockey colony who accomplished more than Alex Solis while riding many years against him:

Kent Desormeaux, Gary Stevens, Eddie Delahousse, Chris McCarron, Pincay Jr. (even as old man he was much better) - Mike Smith (even as a wash up - he's accomplished more than Solis since he's moved out there)

Non Hall of Famers - from the So. Cal room - who are better than Alex Solis:

Pat Valenzula, Garret Gomez, Joel Rosario, Victor Espinoza, Rafeal Bejarano, Corey Nakatani - all unquestionably better.

Hell, Julie Krone was doing better than him when she went out there.


I know it might seem I have a prejudice against Solis for being a below takeout ROI guy for his entire career - he was always massively overrated... but he sure did have a nice personality and kept in great barns.

It's not like I'm a fan of Jorge Chavez - but he was a better jockey than Solis day-to-day. He won the sports biggest event. And he won the biggest honor a rider can get (eclipse award for outstanding jockey that year) - if Solis is deserving - why not Chavez?

If it was up to me ... there would be about five jockeys in the Hall of Fame total.