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If they start looking for Barry replacements, Brian Hughes, should he want it, would surely be a shoo-in? He’s top class and rides how JP wants his horses ridden.
If they start looking for Barry replacements, Brian Hughes, should he want it, would surely be a shoo-in? He’s top class and rides how JP wants his horses ridden.
I wouldn’t look any further than Mark Walsh, who is one of the best (possibly THE best) jockeys riding in Ireland for the past couple of years.
I backed Walsh to get the job last time.
Can’t make up my mind about Hughes. Credit him for his honesty today on Waiting Patiently when he admitted to panicking when he hit the front. Still, he rides with apparent confidence, and has a good seat; maybe just needs a bit more self belief.
Mark Walsh happily settled in Ireland by all accounts, would be unlikely to take the full retainer.
I’m not totally sold on Brian Hughes either – improving but still prone to being a little hesitant, with stinkers on Mount Mews at Aintree and Attaglance (Festival Plate) still fresh in my memory. Stylish yet weaker in a finish than many of the top riders. Recency bias creeping in after his good weekend IMO.
Geraghty in today’s big race at Exeter :
Out the back, wide, pulled up.It’s beyond ridiculous now
I fancied Master Dee in the big race tomorrow until he got jocked up on it. Oh well I will have to watch it win but cannot back anything he rides.
Another pitiful effort aboard sire de berlais at fairyhouse just now, obviously not Barry but a blatant non trier trying to look as if its trying.
It was a good ride on a well handicapped, well trained horse
3 wins, 2 seconds when running over 3 miles.
Good ride on a non McManus horse….question to all the Geraghty nay sayers….how mnay winners do you think he will have at cheltenham if he is so poor these days? More than you think, especially with all this public schooling leading up to the festival…my money is 4-5 winners….
Good ride on a non McManus horse….question to all the Geraghty nay sayers….how mnay winners do you think he will have at cheltenham if he is so poor these days? More than you think, especially with all this public schooling leading up to the festival…my money is 4 maybe 5 winners….
Even if Geraghty rode 10 winners at Cheltenham, it wouldn’t necessarily prove anything about how good he is nowadays. You can’t be that results-oriented.
If I tip 5 winners from my next 5 tips, am I a confirmed great judge?
If Stoke beat Man City, are they the best team in the league?
Plenty of much more relevant visual and numerical evidence is stacking up against Geraghty over the last 18 months.
You can still keep him for my money. Apart from Beavoir D’Air which I think I could win on I don’t think he will get another winner.
We will see.
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