Just in case anyone still thinks Prado can ride

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Since the half of a credit I was giving you was clearly on point three, it only pertained to point three. Hence, half credit on point three, not on the total.

Your standards are pretty low if you are saying that asking a horse to run a pretty straight run counts as a 'good' ride. .

If you have the best horse, and don't need to take unecessary risks to win, isn't that the objective of a good ride?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by philcski

If you have the best horse, and don't need to take unecessary risks to win, isn't that the objective of a good ride?

I suppose that is one way you could define it.

To me though, that attitude is one of very low expectations (which I have, strangely enough!) from jockeys.

I'd like to think that a good ride is one in which the jock has to react to something, or out think his opposition. Getting a speed horse to the lead or keeping a closer out of a traffic jam is more of a common sense ride in my book.

I mean, really, would you call it a good ride anytime a need the lead sprinter gets sent so he gets two?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I suppose that is one way you could define it.

To me though, that attitude is one of very low expectations (which I have, strangely enough!) from jockeys.

I'd like to think that a good ride is one in which the jock has to react to something, or out think his opposition. Getting a speed horse to the lead or keeping a closer out of a traffic jam is more of a common sense ride in my book.

I mean, really, would you call it a good ride anytime a need the lead sprinter gets sent so he gets two?

In the situation where the jockey is NOT on the best horse, and would need a few things to go right for them to win, I would agree with you (such as hustling a horse with a pace advantage in a field devoid of speed). In the situation where the jockey has the favorite and doesn't need that racing luck/advantage, just let the horse do the work of winning if he's good enough or losing if he isnt.

It still takes decisions to allow the best horse in the field to win.

So it would take more correct decisions accompanied by possible bad decisions and bad luck, for a lesser horse to defeat a superior horse?

We need a flippn jockey on this board. We got mostly people who wager and it seems we get just part of the story if all you got is people that wager.

No getting a jockey to post would be a very bad idea. Someone would ask for
their money back remembering a bad ride. The fatman is owed at least 15 new bikes.