Grits
05-04-2012, 10:56 AM
http://www.drf.com/news/hovdey-derby-winning-riders-recognize-luck-plays-part
Good skills and a whole lotta LUCK! Love Eddie D. :)
On Saturday, there will be four jockeys riding the Derby for the first time: Colm O’Donoghue on UAE Derby winner Daddy Long Legs, Luis Contreras on Tampa Bay Derby winner Prospective, Sheldon Russell on Illinois Derby winner Done Talking, and Mario Gutierrez on Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another. Delahoussaye, who hit the board in six of his 13 Derby rides, was asked if he had the rookie jitters back in 1975, when he rode the longshot Honey Mark. “Naw,” he replied. “I was pretty cool. But I’ve always been pretty cool.”
This is vintage Delahoussaye, cool enough to dip and dive, hitting every possible hole, while taking Gato del Sol from last of 19 to win by 2 1/2 lengths at odds of 21-1. Cool enough as well to survive his next-to-last Derby in 2001 when he was nearly dropped on the far turn aboard Jamaican Rum, who ran on gamely to finish sixth.
Good skills and a whole lotta LUCK! Love Eddie D. :)
On Saturday, there will be four jockeys riding the Derby for the first time: Colm O’Donoghue on UAE Derby winner Daddy Long Legs, Luis Contreras on Tampa Bay Derby winner Prospective, Sheldon Russell on Illinois Derby winner Done Talking, and Mario Gutierrez on Santa Anita Derby winner I’ll Have Another. Delahoussaye, who hit the board in six of his 13 Derby rides, was asked if he had the rookie jitters back in 1975, when he rode the longshot Honey Mark. “Naw,” he replied. “I was pretty cool. But I’ve always been pretty cool.”
This is vintage Delahoussaye, cool enough to dip and dive, hitting every possible hole, while taking Gato del Sol from last of 19 to win by 2 1/2 lengths at odds of 21-1. Cool enough as well to survive his next-to-last Derby in 2001 when he was nearly dropped on the far turn aboard Jamaican Rum, who ran on gamely to finish sixth.