Deshawn Parker

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by philcski

?

Explain further.

Hook, line, and sinker.

[lemoncrush]

There's still a lot of G1s and G2s left to run in July. I'm sure you were set up to do well, but it may be a little early in the month to claim victory in a contest that has 24 racing days left to go.

That being said, I think choosing Jockeys is the single toughest part of this contest. A ton of stables have G. Gomez, but do you really want a jock who is running 3 days a week at Monmouth, and is going against 12 horse fields all day long?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

There's still a lot of G1s and G2s left to run in July. I'm sure you were set up to do well, but it may be a little early in the month to claim victory in a contest that has 24 racing days left to go.

My entry called "Freddy Mo" had Awesome Gem and a killer week - and my entry called "The Fat Man" is in 4th place and set up incredibly well for the rest of the month even though it's been deprived of over 1K points because of the Parker injury.. and will continue to be deprived going forward.

It's kind of lame that a single jockey can earn over 4k points in one month under the current scoring system - but a horse gets only 2K for a Grade 1 win.

If not for the Parker injury ... I'm convinced my FreddyMo and TheFatMan entries would be in a stretch duel and finish a clear cut 1-2.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

My entry called "Freddy Mo" had Awesome Gem and a killer week - and my entry called "The Fat Man" is in 4th place and set up incredibly well for the rest of the month even though it's been deprived of over 1K points because of the Parker injury.. and will continue to be deprived going forward.

It's kind of lame that a single jockey can earn over 4k points in one month under the current scoring system - but a horse gets only 2K for a Grade 1 win.

If not for the Parker injury ... I'm convinced my FreddyMo and TheFatMan entries would be in a stretch duel and finish a clear cut 1-2.

What place is your RockHardTen1985 entry in?

[randallscott35]

This is a free contest, yes? This is not a tough 10k beat. You lost nothing. Time maybe.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

This is a free contest, yes? This is not a tough 10k beat. You lost nothing. Time maybe.

He has ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

This is a free contest, yes? This is not a tough 10k beat. You lost nothing. Time maybe.

10 bucks an entry is all.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

What place is your RockHardTen1985 entry in?

1,575th place.

[Alan07]

Jockey Tyler Pizarro has suffered a broken collar bone and will be sidelined four to six weeks, according to his agent and sister, Kerry Beauclaire. Pizarro, who stands seventh in races won at the meeting with 30 and ninth in money won with $1.3 million, was involved in a spill during Saturday's 10th race at Woodbine.
http://drf.com/news/article/114722.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NyaHca2Sg&fmt=18

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I still don't see anything written anywhere about Parker's injury.

The guy had won 177 races and wasn't even riding in Jan or Feb.

He was a 1/20 favorite to lead the nation in wins by a jockey.. and he's black.

Who is the last black jockey to lead the nation in wins?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Hook, line, and sinker.

What?

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by philcski

What?

Watching that replay, it is amazing that more jocks were not busted up horribly.
The #9 acted like dead wood on a candlepin bowling lane taking out 4 others.

You know it's pretty bad when your race call goes quiet with "Ohhhh.....that can't be good there....."

[OldDog]

Any word on the horses?