David is actually one of the better jocks in the northern California riders colony - he does his fair share of bad rides, like all jocks, and I'm hopeful he'll learn a lesson from this ride.
If we all expected each jockey to ride a well-ridden race each and every race, we'd end up with the horses running around the track bareback. It's easy to criticize the jockeys but other than Honu, how many folks on this site would get on a horse running 35-40 MPH with a dozen other horses around them and ride their horse well? How many of us even do our own job well 100% of the time?
It's easy for handicappers to criticize the jocks, it seems to be more difficult to show concern for a guy who had his bell rung. David is a nice guy, show a little concern.
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09-21-2009, 02:15 PM
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