Problems are brewing...

[Cannon Shell]

I think the thing that I am most worried about is them using a headline seeking politician (Ed Whitfield) to open up a can of worms through legislation that may lead to the interuption of simulcasting or worse. That will affect everyone in a really negative fashion. Using politicians to fight your battles is a very dangerous thing.
Plus someone please inform Mr. Manley that the jockeys in some jurisdictions have gotten a huge pay raise in the form of higher purses, just like the rest of us.
Dont forget that the tracks covered the Jockeys for years until the Guild screwed it up. They let the coverage lapse because they were going to blackmail the industry according to Dr. G.
Manley is playing a similar tune just with a less dramatics.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I think the thing that I am most worried about is them using a headline seeking politician (Ed Whitfield) to open up a can of worms through legislation that may lead to the interuption of simulcasting or worse. That will affect everyone in a really negative fashion. Using politicians to fight your battles is a very dangerous thing.
Plus someone please inform Mr. Manley that the jockeys in some jurisdictions have gotten a huge pay raise in the form of higher purses, just like the rest of us.
Dont forget that the tracks covered the Jockeys for years until the Guild screwed it up. They let the coverage lapse because they were going to blackmail the industry according to Dr. G.
Manley is playing a similar tune just with a less dramatics.

Excellent points.

[deltagulf]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I think the thing that I am most worried about is them using a headline seeking politician (Ed Whitfield) to open up a can of worms through legislation that may lead to the interuption of simulcasting or worse. That will affect everyone in a really negative fashion. Using politicians to fight your battles is a very dangerous thing.
Plus someone please inform Mr. Manley that the jockeys in some jurisdictions have gotten a huge pay raise in the form of higher purses, just like the rest of us.
Dont forget that the tracks covered the Jockeys for years until the Guild screwed it up. They let the coverage lapse because they were going to blackmail the industry according to Dr. G.
Manley is playing a similar tune just with a less dramatics.

agree 100% the guild is what went wrong.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by deltagulf

agree 100% the guild is what went wrong.

i do as well. this all seems to have come to a head the last couple of years, with that ass gertmenian running the show-into the ground!

jocks want to be contractors, arranging individual rides--yet want someone else to foot the bill for this independance. you can't have your cake, eat it, and send someone else the bill.
trainers hire staff-they are their employees, working for said trainer day in and day out. the jock shows up long enough to get on the horse, ride the race, take a pic if lucky enough, and go to the next horse, with the next trainer, etc.....
seems the whole point in having the guild would be so that the jocks, collectively, could get the coverages they need, without it costing the lesser-paid a fortune.