https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockeyhas gone backwards as a rider in my opinion and it's surely only a matter of time before he is sacked.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554386097#554386097Hardly household names.Gone are the days when Hamdan always had 2 or 3 in the top quotes for the Classics.My memory is long, so perhaps my view is somewhat blinded by his past golden era .Wed, 02 May 2018 16:01:22 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554376351#554376351It seems to me that Hamdan is not the force of old,so a retained jockey probably not required anymore.TaghroodaMuharaarTamarkuzErtijaalBataashTasleetTaareefElarqam...His best chance of a stallion prospect Muhararararto come.. But Crowley completely oTue, 01 May 2018 15:06:09 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554375257#554375257He'll always have a retained jockey, if only because he wants his horses ridden in a particular way, particularly fto's and his well bred fillies.Tue, 01 May 2018 12:54:33 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554374363#554374363It seems to me that Hamdan is not the force of old,so a retained jockey probably not required anymore.Tue, 01 May 2018 11:35:48 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554374071#554374071all afternoon watched jockeys lose races they should have wonDuke of North should have won - & so should - thistimenextyear have wonboth too far back - didn't close - too much to doto many get out of jail cards & excuses in this game - no accountaTue, 01 May 2018 11:04:27 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554374013#554374013Jim is the Kevin Darley of this decadeTue, 01 May 2018 10:55:13 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554373921#554373921welcome to the best system ever .....Tue, 01 May 2018 10:41:27 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554372819#554372819What does his previous life as a jump jockey have to do with anything? He was progressing nicely in that sphere before switching to the flat. There was a time when Silvestre spent 2 yrars in Dermot Weld's but didn't get a single ride and there was aTue, 01 May 2018 08:10:12 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554372675#554372675Silvestre and Doyle are miles ahead of him, Buick as well. This is a guy who was a mid-tier jump jockey, nobody would trust him to ride a Gold Cup horse, so why would you put him on something with pretensions of winning a Classic.Tue, 01 May 2018 07:43:45 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31335439/jim-crowleysurely-his-days-are-numbered-as-retained-jockey?post_id=554372209#554372209Not sure Elsworth does. After all he employed Colin Brown for yearsTue, 01 May 2018 06:06:08 -0500