New Posts For Thread: STANDARD OF JOCKEYShttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeysHave to say it is the worst I have known it in over 40 years .Pat Dobbs needs to go back to riding school after that effort on Calling The Wildhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331931#562331931Pat Dobbs needs to go back to riding school after that effort on Calling The WildFri, 01 Jul 2022 08:30:45 -0500Cork is spot on regarding the standard of riding today compared with the past. No hiding place these days with the luxury of us being able to see all that happens at every meeting.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331913#562331913Cork is spot on regarding the standard of riding today compared with the past. No hiding place these days with the luxury of us being able to see all that happens at every meeting.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:26:19 -0500like i've always said the young jockeys are racing through their claims far too quickly and not learning their 'ringcraft'https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331861#562331861like i've always said the young jockeys are racing through their claims far too quickly and not learning their 'ringcraft'Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:18:20 -0500True Cork regarding seeing what goes on. If only the stewards could see the same pictures we do...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331859#562331859True Cork regarding seeing what goes on. If only the stewards could see the same pictures we do...Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:17:56 -0500It's certainly made it more 'visible' as Cork suggests.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331645#562331645It's certainly made it more 'visible' as Cork suggests.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:44:58 -0500MJK, the point I was attempting to make was that the majority of people could not rate the standard fairly before the saturation tv coverage of racing because they only had a few meetings to judge it on, consequently it is impossible to compare how ghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331529#562331529MJK, the point I was attempting to make was that the majority of people could not rate the standard fairly before the saturation tv coverage of racing because they only had a few meetings to judge it on, consequently it is impossible to compare how gFri, 01 Jul 2022 07:27:10 -0500Does anyone really believe the extra cameras have lessened cheating?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331441#562331441Does anyone really believe the extra cameras have lessened cheating?Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:06:58 -0500To some extent I love the fact that every race is closely video covered - makes cheating just that little bit more difficult and tricky.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331371#562331371To some extent I love the fact that every race is closely video covered - makes cheating just that little bit more difficult and tricky.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:46:29 -0500Good point about coverage cork. Listening to the radio commentaries we could not exactly tell whether a horse was being 'pulled' or badly ridden, just hearing the fella going through a list of runner names and shouting that almost every runner was 'rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331365#562331365Good point about coverage cork. Listening to the radio commentaries we could not exactly tell whether a horse was being 'pulled' or badly ridden, just hearing the fella going through a list of runner names and shouting that almost every runner was 'rFri, 01 Jul 2022 06:45:46 -0500To be fair the OPS point is about standard of jockeyship, not about losing money to corruption.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31764103/standard-of-jockeys?post_id=562331341#562331341To be fair the OPS point is about standard of jockeyship, not about losing money to corruption.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:37:39 -0500