Prado

Originally Posted by stonegossard

Prado and Ramon are in 2 different classes. One guy rides in the top meets and is successful....one guy is forced to ride at 3rd class meets and comes up for air to pick up scraps when the top guys go away.

As far as this week.....Ramon is riding at AQU during a time of bad racing and is getting first call mounts....sure he is gonna be successful at a meet when he is riding against the likes of Diane Nelson and Andrew Lakeman.....

He earned $14,409,988 by riding 3rd class meets and picking up scraps.

[stonegossard]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

He earned $14,409,988 by riding 3rd class meets and picking up scraps.

Yes...he wins a TON of races at Delaware....and their purses are good down there..thats where the earnings come from.....lots of wins in mediocore races....and he rides all the good horses....his competition there is weak...outside of Jeremy Rose there aren't any half decent jocks at that meet.........it's like Russell Baze....wins a ton of races at bad meets....is Baze a bad jock? Not at all......is skilled.....but the guy has ONE grade I victory in all those wins.....

Originally Posted by stonegossard

Yes...he wins a TON of races at Delaware....and their purses are good down there..thats where the earnings come from.....lots of wins in mediocore races....and he rides all the good horses....his competition there is weak...outside of Jeremy Rose there aren't any half decent jocks at that meet.........it's like Russell Baze....wins a ton of races at bad meets....is Baze a bad jock? Not at all......is skilled.....but the guy has ONE grade I victory in all those wins.....

If I was a jock and could earn $14mm a year without traveling a whole bunch I would.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

If I was a jock and could earn $14mm a year without traveling a whole bunch I would.

He earned 10% of that.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

He earned 10% of that.

I know, I should of said his mounts earned that. So he earned $1.4mm. Prado earned $1.9mm. Not that big of a difference.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I know, I should of said his mounts earned that. So he earned $1.4mm. Prado earned $1.9mm. Not that big of a difference.

Nah that's chump change.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I know, I should of said his mounts earned that. So he earned $1.4mm. Prado earned $1.9mm. Not that big of a difference.

Prado won the Derby and at least one BC race as well. Somehow I think Ramon would like to be competitive in those races.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Prado won the Derby and at least one BC race as well. Somehow I think Ramon would like to be competitive in those races.

two bc's and also won the belmont twice.

ramon won a bc race in 04

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Prado won the Derby and at least one BC race as well. Somehow I think Ramon would like to be competitive in those races.

I agree, but with a Derby win and a BC win Prado only earned $500k more. It is all about what you want I guess. Prado goes all over the nation. Ramon basically stays at home.

[Independent George]

Originally Posted by stonegossard

Yes...he wins a TON of races at Delaware....and their purses are good down there..thats where the earnings come from.....lots of wins in mediocore races....and he rides all the good horses....his competition there is weak...outside of Jeremy Rose there aren't any half decent jocks at that meet.........it's like Russell Baze....wins a ton of races at bad meets....is Baze a bad jock? Not at all......is skilled.....but the guy has ONE grade I victory in all those wins.....

You forgot Mario Pino, most underrated 5,000 win rider in the country.

[stonegossard]

Originally Posted by Independent George

You forgot Mario Pino, most underrated 5,000 win rider in the country.

Oh yeah....Pino...he's ok.....but after that the jock colony takes a steep fall.....

Juan Umana....Kendrick Carmouche.....Clyde Martin...Nick Petro.........frightening