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Originally Posted by Seabiscuit@AR
You don't want jockeys betting even on themselves to win
The problem is a group of jockeys could reach an understanding that they will help each other's bet win. So 4 jockeys might agree to help each of them cash a winning bet by not trying when one of them has a bet running. So in R1 Jockey A backs themself to win while Jockeys B, C and D don't try or even engage in tactics to help A win. Then in R2 Jockey B bets so A, C and D try to help B get home etc etc. After 4 races each of them cashes a big bet on their own mount
So the rule has to be that jockeys cannot bet
However back in the real world it is very hard to stop jockeys betting and rumours always abound about some jockeys being big bettors
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They sure have to be on the right horses to make that work. I'd bet (ha) that they could try that 100 times and fail 100 times. The horses have far too much to say in the outcomes.
