Physically he's obviously not the rider he used to be. His seat is not quite the same and he's not quite as insync in the drive as he was a few years back, but the jock is such an over rated factor anyway. It's been proven time and again that most jocks can win with the right horse. Nakatani struggled in So Cal , goes to Oaklawn and suddenly he's a better rider. E.T.Baird never used to win races goes back to the Mid west and he's a 20 percent rider at Arlington. David Cohen, Chris Landeros are other examples. I mean really , is there a worse looking rider than Joy Scott and she dominates those Arabian races.
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