Jara

[Handicappy]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Not really.
You guys defending him are simply wrong.

Yes really. A number of jocks currently in the Hall had reached stardom and then quickly fell from grace only to emerge once again. I am not saying he is ALWAYS a great rider but he has great hands, usually knows his horse really well and is a very strong stretch rider.

It sounds like he made a mistake in judgement in the 4th yesterday as Fat Man suggested. There are alot of top jockeys out there who do the same thing (ie: Smith on MTB and Desourmaux to name just two over the weekend). But don't knock a guys ability on the basis of some possibly subjective understanding of his career thus far. You probably didn't know he was the leading rider in Dubai during the last meet. He is now starting to ride for some top barns again. I have followed his career from Randy Romero on. He has done what he has so far without a real agent who works the backstretch. He now has someone working for him. He has the skills, has matured and gotten some distance from all that quick success he received in 2006 and 2007.

He is far from "horrible" as you suggest. And if I was the Fat Man and lost some money on him in that race, I'd be pissed as well.