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![]() It takes a real handicapping genius to come up with the ride that was Hansen's issue last week.
I thought his worst ride all summer was on Royal Delta two weeks ago, yet the horse won so not a peep about it really.
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![]() Just heard on the net that mike is going to ride royal delta in the personal ensign over mr commons who will go in on the same day in the del mar mile
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![]() I can never figure out why people care so much about jockeys.
Smith is way overrated at this stage of his career. He's losing triple the takeout over his last several hundred rides. Junior Alvarado just won 4 stakes races at Saratoga last weekend -- and he didn't even ride in a lot of others like the Whitney and Vanderbilt...but you'll never read anyone write a word about him...because people who waste time with jockeys often know almost nothing about horses and only focus on the handful of fashionable big name jockeys. |
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He was by far the best jockey at Calder several years ago, got no looks at Gulfstream because he lost the bug right before the meet started. He was by far the best jockey at Arlington Park, but still struggled to get top class mounts. I think he's an outstanding front-end jockey and judge of pace with front end types...and he also is in the class of Dominguez, Lezcano, and Rosario on closing routers. If you look at his numbers since he's come to NY -- they're extremely impressive like they are everywhere else. You don't become a fashionable big-name jockey until you start getting a lot of opportunities on top level horses. Everytime a big name mount is open, he's not landing them. |
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. |
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