So if a horse is stepping up in distance and has had a previous tendency to over-race....you wouldn't throw in to your calculations that Hayden Tinsley may suit better than an inexperienced apprentice? Or if a horse is drawn wide with one particular Matamata jock on (plus a few others who, apart from group races, are happy to sit wide out of trouble) that perhaps it will remain 3+ wide for the majority of the race? Or..................
Graeme ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert Dymock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:11 AM Subject: Re: [racebase] Jocks > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graeme Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: [racebase] Jocks > > >> >> Is this the same Gil Dymock who once proclaimed...."jockeys don't come in >> to >> my calculations"..."the best horse on the day usually wins regardless of >> who's on their back" >> I guess you were just provoking the 'schnappers' like myself? >> Graeme >> > > > #### Same one, Graeme. Jockeys don't come into my calculations. But it's > hard to ignore who does the riding. And once you've sorted out a likely > conveyance a glance at the riding engagement to find H Tinsley or L Innes > or > M Coleman or L Cropp or (two of my favourites as they've been on animals > which have put money in my pocket recently) L Hofmann or V Johnston (a2) > raises the confidence in pretty much the same way as a double whisky as > you're waiting for the field to load does. > > I can't say there's a jockey whose engagement would cause me to cancel a > bet > but there are one or two, one northern apprentice especially, who make me > purse my lips and squint one eye. > > And there are exceptions to every rule, of course. One riding engagement > in > bygone days which did provoke an automatic bet was C Thornton on a horse > ridden at its previous start by K Browne. But that was more than a decade > ago and lasted for about five years, tops. It was also a case, I believe, > of > Browne riding them into form and Thornton getting on for the expected win. > When B McDonald took over from Thornton there didn't seem to be quite the > same startling success rate, although it was still a useful exercise, and > I > gave up looking when McDonald gave riding away. > > Gil > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/racebase/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
