Bailey or Stevens

Originally Posted by chupster2

What does this phrase mean? I haven't run across it before.

He would wrap up on them and not try hard to get 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th place money for the owners when he thought he couldn't win the race at the top of the stretch....you've probably seen jockeys who you thought could have gotten 3rd or 4th if they dropped down and rode hard but gave up and just galloped the horse in to finish oyt of the purse money....some of these a*sholes do it all of the time and it pisses me off because I'm an owner..

It is like thgey are too good to try to get you 3rd-place money when they realize they can't win, and you are the one paying them $50-$100 for the mount!!!....crazy...some of these guys with egos don't care because they know that thgey don't need your business anyway....