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In the context of the infamous ( and utterly pointless) jockeys' championship being decided on prizemoney rather than on number of winners I have to say I can't see why riding the winner of , say , a 25K race should in some way be seen as more meritorious than riding the winner of a 2.5K one ( leave aside the implication that it is rated equal to riding 10 such races !).
Horses are competing against their peers whether it be a Group race or a selling handicap . Horses can be co-operative or quirky in any class . Hard luck stories can arise whatever the type of race . ...slow start , baulked, hampered etc.
The only difference is the headlines and hoopla attaching to a more valuable race .
Once the gates open -the jockey's job is just the same .
Horses are competing against their peers whether it be a Group race or a selling handicap . Horses can be co-operative or quirky in any class . Hard luck stories can arise whatever the type of race . ...slow start , baulked, hampered etc.
The only difference is the headlines and hoopla attaching to a more valuable race .
Once the gates open -the jockey's job is just the same .
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A well reasoned post and let me be the first to commend you on it however this is the Chit Chat forum and we are only interested in Capital punishment, anti terrorism measures, and conspiracy theories at present. Please feel free to post back later when all the excitement appears to be waning. I thank you.
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[ ] any mentioning of spaffed chebs
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Sorry , wrong forum . ! :D This was intended for the savants in horse-racing.
The fact that there is no reference to sexual deviance , coprophagy or other scatological material should automatically disallow it as worthy of appearing on chit-chat . :^0 |
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in english.ta
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Vubiant your reply was better than your original post. I salute you ;-)
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Vubiant,
when did the money won instead of number of winners decide the championship ? Or is it a new thing they're gong to introduce? |