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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Outside of maybe turf routes, I would not rate Dominguez the best jockey in the country.
Guys like Rosario, Dominguez, Gomez etc. are a different type of rider because they save ground. A lot of the horses they win narrowly on Martin Garcia would lose on. There is certainly going to be sometimes where they get one trapped or shuffled and miss - where Garcia would have won by going wide, wide.
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I'm surprised that you, a person that likes to try to quantify things, can't seem to even make an atempt to quantify the significance of jockeys.
I will give you my opinion. I can try to quantify it. First off, I think Garcia is a top rider, so I won't use him as an example since we disagree about him. Let's compare Joel Rosario to Martin Pedroza. We both think that Rosario is a great rider. I think that if you put Rosario on the best horse 100 times, he would probably win around 95-97 times. If you put Martin Pedroza on the best horse 100 times, I think he probably wins 90-92 times.
08-07-2010, 06:34 PM
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