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04-16-2015, 12:14 PM
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My favorite jockey when I first started going to the track at the now defunct Longacres in Renton Washington was this young kid from Idaho that got real good real fast and came to Longacres and was winning everything that first year I was there in 1982. His name was Stevens, if I recall. Still see him around now and then.
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04-16-2015, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by raybo
Yup, could get the most out of a horse, regardless of its "chances", and had the best clock in his head that I ever saw. Problem was, at OP anyway, you couldn't bet on him, because on a good horse the odds would be bet down to nothing, and you couldn't bet against him, because he'd take a bad horse and beat you anyway.  |
I always found his timing was off - too patient. But I only really watched him ride in NY, which wasn't the majority of his career. You probably watched him ride a lot more than that.
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04-16-2015, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike
I always found his timing was off - too patient. But I only really watched him ride in NY, which wasn't the majority of his career. You probably watched him ride a lot more than that.
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So many jockeys named in this thread...and Pat Day is your only objection?
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04-16-2015, 01:50 PM
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I always cashed nice tickets with Frank Lavato, Jr when i first started betting seriously. I sure do miss me some Garrett Gomez as well.
On the flip side of things Mark Guidry would always screw me, same thing currently with Mike Smith. we don't get along well. Smith costing me my biggest score to date a couple yrs back might have something to do with it idk.
Him beating his ex gf at the time by coming out of the clouds in the Breaders Cup cost me a pick 3 I was already starting to count my $$$$ 
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04-16-2015, 02:26 PM
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I liked Eddie Delahoussaye.
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04-16-2015, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
So many jockeys named in this thread...and Pat Day is your only objection?
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I also object to Eddie Maple.
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04-16-2015, 02:44 PM
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Used to bet Fernando Toro on the turf in so cal in the 70's. Also would bet him on the South American imports first time.
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04-16-2015, 02:53 PM
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Jose Olivares and Warren Vedilago.
Jose was the Angel Cordero of Finger Lakes, and Warren rode Mountain Man.
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04-16-2015, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by horses4courses
In April, 1979, though, Cauthen came over to the UK on contract.
I remember the hype over there for his first ride.
At a small track at Salisbury he rode an average type horse
named Marquee Universal for trainer Barry Hills.
I think the horse went off around 2-1, and he hacked up.
Cauthen did very well over there, and was highly respected.
Years later, so did Gary Stevens.
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I believe Cauthen rode for Sangster under contract. I think he had to go across the pond because he grew up and couldnt make weight here.
I did real well betting Stevie when he first started as a bug boy at Arlington Park.
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04-16-2015, 02:56 PM
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I was about to name Bobby as well, then I remembered one of my
biggest losses was when I bet Forgoe in the Derby at double digit odds
with Mr. Ussery aboard.
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Well, you can go ahead and name Ussery then. Forgoe (sic - assume you mean Forego) was ridden by Pete Anderson in Secretariat's derby. Whitely never used him again.
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04-16-2015, 02:57 PM
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Jerry Bailey....everyone else is as far back as the field behind Secretariet at the Belmont.
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04-16-2015, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 1st time lasix
Jerry Bailey....everyone else is as far back as the field behind Secretariet at the Belmont.
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Wise man (or woman)
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04-16-2015, 03:21 PM
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When I was a kid in the 1980s, as far as jockeys I saw live at the track (Keystone), Rick Wilson.
In the 1990s when I started paying more attention on a nationwide basis, Bailey was my favorite to watch.
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04-16-2015, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MutuelClerk
Get fat with the Cat.
Wayne Catalano DRC.
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Same for me. He was untouchable in Detroit back in the day.
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04-16-2015, 05:28 PM
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I started following horse racing in 2004 and 2005 in Kentucky. At the time Rafael Bejarano and Jon Court were on top of my list. It was fun watching "Banjo" grow up and dominate the Kentucky circuit. Court was always near or at the top of the standings, and he always had a smile on his face and was very gracious to everyone.
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