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  • March 12, 2009 at 19:02 #10560
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    French jockeys have always been slagged off, riding in this country, in my lifetime.

    Who knows, maybe they were being slagged off a century ago as well.

    Even the great Yves Saint-Martin was slagged off round Epsom.

    What I don’t understand is that Francois Doumen is a highly respected, intelligent trainer, welcomed to these shores, but every single (French) jockey he has used here has been slagged off. Surely he is not that bad a judge of what is a good jockey?

    I’ve gone on record as opposing Kasbah Bliss, but the jockey has nothing to do with it. I just think Punchestowns and Big Buck’s are very, very good.

    Thoughts on jockeys please, because this is a subject that I don’t know much about.

    March 12, 2009 at 19:22 #215702
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    There are always going to be good and bad jockeys. Pieux is one of the top French jockeys, if there’s anything to criticise him about he rides very short – one dodgy jump at a fence and he’s off.

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