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06-18-2017, 05:50 PM
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PA Steward
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperPickle
Simply put the guy knows more about horses than this entire forum.
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I laughed
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06-19-2017, 07:47 AM
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Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Originally Posted by SuperPickle
I'm not 100% sure how well publicized this was but right before h got hurt he was in the process of finalizing a deal with Godolphin to be their number 2 rider behind Frankie for the summer flat meet in Europe. Yeah it was number two but you know how many days they have two big horses running at different tracks?
The injury cost him the accomplishment of a life time.
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Their number 1 horses didn't win as often as they should, so I'm not sure that being #2 was such a terrible loss of accomplishment.
It's nothing compared to Ramon, who was forced to retire at the top of his game, which was as the best and most desired rider in the country.
Last edited by Fager Fan; 06-19-2017 at 07:49 AM.
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06-19-2017, 10:35 AM
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PA Steward
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperPickle
I'm not 100% sure how well publicized this was but right before h got hurt he was in the process of finalizing a deal with Godolphin to be their number 2 rider behind Frankie for the summer flat meet in Europe.
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In 2009, the NYT says he was under contract with Godolphin to be a "hybrid exercise rider, jockey and assistant trainer for its herd of high-priced horses."
Nothing about being the #2 rider behind FD for the summer flat meet in Europe...
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06-19-2017, 11:11 AM
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Location: near Philadelphia
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Originally Posted by SuperPickle
I'm not sure if it was Wednesday or Thursday but I was watched a race to see a friend of a friend's horse race. It was a one turn turf race. Mugs says the looks like a supermodel. Says he's the best horse he's seen all card. Won and paid $30. That was 2-3 days ago.
Simply put the guy knows more about horses than this entire forum.
I also want to say something about his riding ability. He was in that legendary NYRA jocks room of the late 80's to late 90's. You had Cordero, Smith, Julie, Santos, Bailey, Robbie Davis, a baby Johnny V, and Antley. I'm sure I forgot a couple guys. Outside of Johnny V. He's last man standing. He's the missing link. Anyone from that era remembers he was lucky to get 4-5 mounts a day at Toga. When he had that career resurgence at the end right before he got hurt I kept using that as a point of showing of how much better those guys are than today's guys.
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I met Migliore in 1981 the year he won an Eclipse Award as racing's top apprentice jockey. He rode first call and primarily for Steve DiMauro of Wajima fame and an ex-rider himself. Joe Shea was his agent. Shea was once the agent for Ron Turcotte, among others.
I don't recall The Mig ever cracking the Top 5 in the standings in those early years against NYRA's hall of fame jock's room but he always held his own with them. I always said he was the most underrated rider of his time, fwiw, but I truly believed it then, and still do today as well.
At and about the same time the great horseman, Mike Hushion, was building his very own racing stable after many years working for H. Allen Jerkens. One year in the late 80s and early 90s (?) it all clicked for Hushion. In a Racing Form article Hushion mentioned the success he and Migliore were having. Hushion said that Migliore helped him immensely on his own time in the early years and he (Migliore) never asked me (Hushion) for any thing in return. I promised him that once I got some horses of some count, I'd ride him.
Hushion was good to his word and he and Migliore would win a boat load of races together for many, many years after.
Anyone who even remotely knows Migliore knows that his 'greatness' as a racing analyst and commentator is no fluke.
Last edited by reckless; 06-19-2017 at 11:13 AM.
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06-19-2017, 12:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reckless
I met Migliore in 1981 the year he won an Eclipse Award as racing's top apprentice jockey. He rode first call and primarily for Steve DiMauro of Wajima fame and an ex-rider himself. Joe Shea was his agent. Shea was once the agent for Ron Turcotte, among others.
I don't recall The Mig ever cracking the Top 5 in the standings in those early years against NYRA's hall of fame jock's room but he always held his own with them. I always said he was the most underrated rider of his time, fwiw, but I truly believed it then, and still do today as well.
At and about the same time the great horseman, Mike Hushion, was building his very own racing stable after many years working for H. Allen Jerkens. One year in the late 80s and early 90s (?) it all clicked for Hushion. In a Racing Form article Hushion mentioned the success he and Migliore were having. Hushion said that Migliore helped him immensely on his own time in the early years and he (Migliore) never asked me (Hushion) for any thing in return. I promised him that once I got some horses of some count, I'd ride him.
Hushion was good to his word and he and Migliore would win a boat load of races together for many, many years after.
Anyone who even remotely knows Migliore knows that his 'greatness' as a racing analyst and commentator is no fluke.
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If i remember correctly he was under some sort of contract when he was an apprentice for those first few years. Once he bought it out, he was able to ride for other trainers as he pleased. That is when his career took off.
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07-19-2017, 02:05 PM
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Location: GA
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07-19-2017, 04:29 PM
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Watching Twitter react to the Mig going to XBTV has been hilarious. Why is it that the people that know the least are always the ones talking the most?
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07-19-2017, 08:08 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Where are the Xbtv studios?
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07-19-2017, 09:59 PM
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Location: GA
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
Where are the Xbtv studios?
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Santa Anita, but it sounds like Mig is going to be based on the east coast concentrating on workouts and body language.
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07-19-2017, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by thespaah
Naah...in his presser, he made it abundantly clear he is leaving due to family and work ( farm) reasons.
BTW, Millbrook is in Dutchess County. Just east of Poughkeepsie.
About 90 miles from Belmont Park
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How far from Saratoga and Aqueduct?
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07-20-2017, 12:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: west view, pa. now Lancaster, Ca.
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Richard Migliore
XBTV welcomes Richard Migliore
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and now in Lancaster, CA.
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07-20-2017, 09:12 AM
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It sounded like he was trying to be home more, I wonder what happened with NYRA for him to leave?
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07-20-2017, 08:10 PM
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Location: Dark Side of the Moon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cice
It sounded like he was trying to be home more, I wonder what happened with NYRA for him to leave?
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They are building a studio in his house so he does not have to travel.
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07-20-2017, 08:13 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB@BP
They are building a studio in his house so he does not have to travel.
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I figured as much. That makes it all sound like it was an offer he couldn't refuse
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07-21-2017, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustRalph
I figured as much. That makes it all sound like it was an offer he couldn't refuse
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I had Jason Blewitt on my show a couple weeks back and he said that when he was first working with XBTV that the "east coast correspondent" was kind of what they were pitching to him, but he wanted less travel/more stability, so chose to go to GP full time. Seems this was a better fit for Mig cause they can do a lot of stuff from home, then just travel to east coast bigger events on weekends, as opposed to driving 5 days a week to and from NYRA tracks.
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