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I know that horses are required to go through stalls tests if they have problems at the start. Is it time to do the same for jockeys?
I give you Tom McLaughlin’s ‘unlucky’ last thirteen starts:
http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/jockey_form.sd?jockey_id=8417
Not a clean and timely break among them.
Some of the prices these horses are drifting to suggest the betting public have lost all confidence in the man.
Time for the HRA to offer some remedial training methinks.
I think the HRA are too busy looking for the next Frankie to have time to look into McLaughlin’s non starts.
The change in jock did Waterline Twenty no harm last night at Kempton. You could have laid him for any money in a class 5 handicap on Friday night at Wolves with Mc on board (he finished 4th) then the following night he goes out and wins a class 4 handicap with John Egan doing the honours.
Draw your own conclusions…
I think Tom has ridden some great races since he resumed, Glenn, although sadly I haven’t been backing them. The Kiddykid for example, although he didn’t get any of the praise that a Spencer or a Moore might have been given for it.
If he’s been missing breaks, which I haven’t noticed, I can assure you it will not have been intentional (if that was your suspicion) unless the horse’s running style required it. He is one of the straightest you’ll find.I think Tom has ridden some great races since he resumed, Glenn, although sadly I haven’t been backing them. The Kiddykid for example, although he didn’t get any of the praise that a Spencer or a Moore might have been given for it.
If he’s been missing breaks, which I haven’t noticed, I can assure you it will not have been intentional (if that was your suspicion) unless the horse’s running style required it. He is one of the straightest you’ll find.So he is only slightly curved like a banana, not quiet of s hook proportions Zorro.
It’s like being ported back to 2003 watching this guy. I’ve never known any jockey, even Whitworth in his ‘prime’, have such problems getting a clean and timely break on such a high percentage of his mounts.
What exactly happened there on Captain Carey?
Well I’m certainly prepared to let my wallet do the talking. I’m willing to bet that McLaughlin gets significantly more slow starts than the average jockey between now and the end of the flat season. If you’d care to name your stake……..
I think Tom has ridden some great races since he resumed, Glenn, although sadly I haven’t been backing them. The Kiddykid for example, although he didn’t get any of the praise that a Spencer or a Moore might have been given for it.
If he’s been missing breaks, which I haven’t noticed, I can assure you it will not have been intentional (if that was your suspicion) unless the horse’s running style required it. He is one of the straightest you’ll find.We were checking with our trainer who he would pick to ride when ‘the money is down’ ie a jockey that you are 100% sure is on your side and he said the first name on his list would be Tom McLaughlin.
"We were checking with our trainer who he would pick to ride when ‘the money is down’ ie a jockey that you are 100% sure is on your side and he said the first name on his list would be Tom McLaughlin."
I think the money being down is the key here………..
I think the money being down is the key here………..
When the money is down what you want is a good, honest jockey who will follow instructions and not **** it up.
A trademark start followed by ‘dwelling at the finish’. No wonder backers had no confidence in him pre-race.
A shocker was that!
Was in my local bookies along with the rest of the dregs of society, side-stepping the woodlice as it happened and I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Does Mclaughlin realise there will be families up and down the country spending a week eating beans on toast thanks to his poor judgement.
A lenghty ban me thinks…
Only 28 days, what could he possibly have to gain by riding like that? I was at Brighton yesterday and saw him ride a winner followed by getting trounced on 2 of David Bridgewater’s yaks and thought what a topsy turvy world racing was.
Now he’s got a month’s holiday. Perhaps he’ll spend it in Brighton.Quality Zam , watch those wood lice ….they can drive you to the roulette machines ……
Ricky
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No point moaning about it lads because ya know what there will be another example tomorow and the next day and the next day, there always is, racing never changes and since there is no sign of remedial classes for jockeys on the Racing For Change agenda I dare say it never will.
Just face facts a lot of people working in racing are extremely bad at what they do and are just there to make up the numbers.
Just look back at the amount of instances over the past say 2 months and this should tell you all you need to know about jockeys in racing.
Too much racing = too many terrible utterly terrible jockeys.
Until racing has a complete overhall and really reduces racing to maybe 3 or 4 times a week this will never change, and since the industry is so dependent on bookmakers money to survive these high numbers of poor race meetings with poor jockeys it will never ever change.
So in essense either make a change yourself and stop backing horses or accept that there will always be bad jockeys throwing your hard earned money away
I do also recongise that there are several extremely talented jockeys out there and there are people working in racing who are incredibly talented but unfortunately the surplus of horses and race meetings out there has created the need for more jockeys which regretibly has brought the overall standard way down.
Its a dangerous job and you must respect them for that but there is a big difference between having a pair of balls and being talented. All jockeys are brave, however a lot are extremely poor at what they do.
Jockey errors are going nowehere and if anything are getting worse and more frequent.
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