Dunkelberger Ties Record for Consecutive Wins

[3kings]

You would think he would get more mounts.

Maybe he'll make the move to Mediocre Downs now.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by 3kings

You would think he would get more mounts.

He's very selective with his mounts.

He and his agent are more concerned with riding horses with real chances to win (as evidenced by the very low odds of all the horses he won on) and having a higher win percentage. He splits time between Laurel and Charles Town and as his one-time personal chauffeur I'll say that it's not a particularly fun drive to make if all you're hoping for is the mount fee.

[cakes44]

Is there an Eclipse for highest winning % for a stunningly mediocre jock?

[slotdirt]

Go bet a race with Dunkelberger on it at CT. He's virtually always on the favorite, so yeah, he's pretty darn selective with the horses he rides.

[docicu3]

It wasn't that long ago that people were posting asking where he was after an injury? Good for him he has figured out how to be relevant in night time east coast racing again. All the good jocks have to start somewhere before riding the big circuits. He's not a kid but he wouldn't be the first jockey to come out of WV/MD/Del to go on to doing better things in New York or So Cal.

[randallscott35]

A lot harder to do at tracks without nags.

[slotdirt]

Is there really a track going these days that is completely devoid of nags? I think not. Plus, CT gets some pretty salty customers in most of the races Travis is riding. You rarely see him on the 5k/4500 claimers if ever.

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

He's very selective with his mounts.

He and his agent are more concerned with riding horses with real chances to win (as evidenced by the very low odds of all the horses he won on) and having a higher win percentage. He splits time between Laurel and Charles Town and as his one-time personal chauffeur I'll say that it's not a particularly fun drive to make if all you're hoping for is the mount fee.

i get it, but i don't get it. Selective yeah thats fine, but i guess he makes a solid living being so selective? i rarely see him ride anymore, and i remember him bursting on the scene in like '95 when i was in high school, and he's still on the MD/WV circuit still just taking a lot less mounts, granted on horses who have a solid shot at winning. Not a doubt in my mind he would be leading rider at CT if he took regular mounts, with his connections and skills he would clean that place up like in the old days


-bt-

[MISTERGEE]

I remember Eddie Castro winning 9 races one day at Crc. I guess he had more than 9 mounts?

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by -BT-

i get it, but i don't get it. Selective yeah thats fine, but i guess he makes a solid living being so selective? i rarely see him ride anymore, and i remember him bursting on the scene in like '95 when i was in high school, and he's still on the MD/WV circuit still just taking a lot less mounts, granted on horses who have a solid shot at winning. Not a doubt in my mind he would be leading rider at CT if he took regular mounts, with his connections and skills he would clean that place up like in the old days


-bt-

His earnings are down this year, but usually he makes a decent living - probably a few hundred K.

He did well in NY earlier in his career and then had some problems. . . he has kids and family now in WVA, so I doubt he's going anywhere and I'm not sure he's too ambitious at this point.

[Gander]

He would get his clock cleaned at Aqueduct. Better off staying there in WV. Big fish in a very small pond as opposed to being a guppy in NY.

[cakes44]

Do the same people who think that a one-turn mile is a sprint think that 7 furlongs at CT is a route?

[Gander]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Do the same people who think that a one-turn mile is a sprint think that 7 furlongs at CT is a route?

Funny. But I dont remember making that statement, more so asking the question seeing how one mile races have been used in arguing for certain horses getting the sprint award, ex Aldeberran in 2003.

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

His earnings are down this year, but usually he makes a decent living - probably a few hundred K.

He did well in NY earlier in his career and then had some problems. . . he has kids and family now in WVA, so I doubt he's going anywhere and I'm not sure he's too ambitious at this point.

where did he originally come from? i wanna say some place in the mid-west. Thought the story on him was he hooked up with an older rider who ventured away from CT ( i wanna say glen reeder, but i know thats wrong), when he came back he brought travis with him, the name slips me though, Dupius, Duppy, Kirkandawl, Cornwall, etc.. He was winning on anything out there at CTwhen he first started, and i didn't take long for the public to make him chalk in pretty much every race after first couple of months.


-bt0

[hockey2315]

He's from South Dakota - started riding in Canada