“It is easy for those who have never sat on a horse to be critical of jockeys. Horses are not machines and have a mind of their own. In my view the majority of jockeys are talented. Punters lose in the long term because bookmakers set the odds in their favour, not because jockeys are not up to it!”
Nonsense value31, why do Ballydoyle employ Ryan Moore and why did you follow him when he was apprentice?
There are good and bad rides all the time and this thread is called Bad Rides -lets call them.
The last race at Donny yesterday, the rider of the second beaten a short head, stopped riding inside the final furlong but the stewards took no action against the jockey.
And what was Sean Levey doing with his reins near the finish in the London Gold Cup?