New Posts For Thread: Townend proved it's the horse's not the jockeyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockeyBang average there,not that the horse would have won,but it definitely have finished closer than where it finished.With trainers, long term studies are often useful. Which times of year do they do best, do they bring out all of their best maidens at roughly the same time? If they get a run of poor results do they shut up shop for a spell or just keep running themhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563917149#563917149With trainers, long term studies are often useful. Which times of year do they do best, do they bring out all of their best maidens at roughly the same time? If they get a run of poor results do they shut up shop for a spell or just keep running themWed, 03 Apr 2024 06:29:33 -0500Try this - if you think there's a jockey who either wins or doesn't bother to place - look him up in a database, and lo and behold, in the long run he places as often as the odds suggest. Most jockey angles are useless.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914895#563914895Try this - if you think there's a jockey who either wins or doesn't bother to place - look him up in a database, and lo and behold, in the long run he places as often as the odds suggest. Most jockey angles are useless.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:24:06 -0500Another of these thread types that'll end up going around in circles with no conclusion.Suffice to say , sometimes they ride good races , sometimes not so good but the impossibility to predict before the race is for even themselves to predict which ohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914831#563914831Another of these thread types that'll end up going around in circles with no conclusion.Suffice to say , sometimes they ride good races , sometimes not so good but the impossibility to predict before the race is for even themselves to predict which oTue, 02 Apr 2024 06:53:21 -0500Townend is like Ryan Moore - Big races he gets it right virtually all the time which is very impressive, but like Moore in lesser races he can throw in some strange rides - but hes only human!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914639#563914639Townend is like Ryan Moore - Big races he gets it right virtually all the time which is very impressive, but like Moore in lesser races he can throw in some strange rides - but hes only human!Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:47:20 -0500each to his own Gaze. My list of priority over jumps is owner/trainer/jockey. On the flat it is pedigree/owner/trainer. Form rarely comes into it as I prefer unexposed horses.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914457#563914457each to his own Gaze. My list of priority over jumps is owner/trainer/jockey. On the flat it is pedigree/owner/trainer. Form rarely comes into it as I prefer unexposed horses.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:56:10 -0500I'll put it this way, my holy grails don't look at jockeys at all, let the market sort that out.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914447#563914447I'll put it this way, my holy grails don't look at jockeys at all, let the market sort that out.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:52:34 -0500...Sage...a point well made , and duly entered into by brain.I only back horses on NH races, so valuable tip.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914417#563914417...Sage...a point well made , and duly entered into by brain.I only back horses on NH races, so valuable tip.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:24:32 -0500It may not happen so much now but I can remember at least 3 instances of a jockey arriving in the paddock after a previous fall and not being in a fit state but still rode (horses I owned a share in) and went through the motions out the back. Top 10https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563914415#563914415It may not happen so much now but I can remember at least 3 instances of a jockey arriving in the paddock after a previous fall and not being in a fit state but still rode (horses I owned a share in) and went through the motions out the back. Top 10Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:14:35 -0500Certainly a good judge of pace. Fecking horse was running on fresh air turning in it was so knackered poor thing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563913479#563913479Certainly a good judge of pace. Fecking horse was running on fresh air turning in it was so knackered poor thing.Mon, 01 Apr 2024 10:42:45 -0500op class jockeyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31003015/townend-proved-its-the-horses-not-the-jockey?post_id=563913465#563913465op class jockeyMon, 01 Apr 2024 10:39:09 -0500