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Originally Posted by mountainman
Unless said agent lacked higher connections and stood to lose his meal-ticket upon migrating to the bigs.
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You are pivoting. Before, your claim was that Leon is not the same rider he was during his formative rider years. And now it's that forces beyond his control might keep him down despite that his talents have been well documented.
Are we to believe that connections in this country are so dull that they would ignore a diamond in the rough? With money at stake? That this one agent can hold everyone else at bay? I get that Leon is a bully at an Ohio track. And every 20 years a grade one race breaks in his favor. Why not? He's a highly trained rider. He ran a superb race showing the patience an experienced rider should. Probably any third tier rider in NYRA could bully Ohio racing. These guys did not appear poof in NYRA racing. They paid dues. Every one of these riders and Leon have had their rides surgically dissected time and again by connections to evaluate their potential to add to profits. But this one derby ride proves they've all been mistaken.
It was a great race and probably the signature race of his entire career and that you are his number one fan. He's a great Ohio jockey. We're happy for him. We're happy that you are happy for him. He isn't JJ.
