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Phillip Robinson is the second best front running jockey in the England but no-one is near as good as Daryl Holland. A meeting earlier in the year he rode his fellow jockeys to sleep in 2 consecutive races. Johnny Murtagh has become very good at it in Ireland this season especially when he’s on fancied 2 year olds, he takes the view if ur on the best horse then its best to make best use of him or her from the front.
I reckon Dettori, Fallon and maybe McEvoy would edge it, the difference from the other jocks being chiefly consistency. Personally, I doubt Kieren would be inferior on front-runners to the other two.
Not that I’m knocking Robinson’s prowess, but I think he was a lighter weight for most of his career, wasn’t he? Or Holland’s prowess, but I get the impression he hasn’t made the most of his opportunities and gets less of the top rides these days.
Of course, Dettori and Fallon tend to get more of the the best horses, having made their mark on lesser beasts.
But otherwise, I suspect you couldn’t get a rizla paper between  the rest of the leading jockeys. When they’re on top form they’re perfect or near perfect, and their consistency would be at much the same level, though below the top two.
A bit like pro golfers. My brother-in-law told me the difference between their skills is actually very slight.
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