Lawyer Ron Goes to Pletcher..

Originally Posted by Honu

How can you expect a jockey to change a horses demeaner in the 14 minutes he is on him for the race, its not like he goes by and gallops the horse everyday and works with him. I agree with Oracles assesment of the situation, very much the same as comparing the Rock Hard Ten change, some trainers are more capable of getting thru to the horse than others and for this owner he had a right to try something diffirent.

Honu,
First of all congrats on another job well done. Perhaps if people realized that its the work of exercise riders like yourself, who follow instructions from the trainer in regards to the morning programs, that they would know that a jockey can't just make a rank horse relax.
Jockeys weigh about 115 pounds, horses weigh at least 1000 pounds. Doesn't matter what the jocks skill level is if the horse is rank, the horse is always gonna win.
Its the trainer and his crew whose work in the mornings give you the product in the afternoons. I just can't blame McKee.
It was indeed time for a change. And I still don't think this was anything personal.