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21 Aug 14
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The darling of the forum retiring at end of year!
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Well...!
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Damn that means there will be one extra horse in each race to consider
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Spencer stated after 20 years riding horses he still cant judge the pace of a race and feels he is unlikely ever to .
So to be fair to owners /trainers and backers he has decided to call it a day. He apologises to layers for all future potential loss of profits. |
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oisin murphy for the job?
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Balding connection there...
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he isn't good enough ashleigh is he iyo??
very overrated this kid imo |
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thought he retired from race riding many seasons ago, glad to see he's retiring from the saddle, its taken sometime for him to realise he pasted his sale by date a long time ago
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Been phoning it in for years now, imo...
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Can't really blame him....seems he's landed himself a cushy management role with the qataris
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the best news of the year thank fk hes going
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Somebody tell RUK.
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he'll be able to have a decent meal and a few bottles of bubbly when he wants
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Let's hope he doesn't reconsider. You wonder if they wanted to get rid of him and this was the convenient way of doing it.
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Can he have his own betfair account now??
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Two times champion jockey
Will be sorely missed, great talent! |
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saw this , his best ride was with emma ramsden.
Terrible jockey for the punter |
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Think you've got it right there,differentdrum.Mind you,he used to be OK years ago when he rode for the Ramsdens ... they even trusted him with the ride on their daughter!
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and just as qatar racing was going so well,all down hill from here for them
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sorry,know all.slow typing
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Have to wonder if he's jumped or been pushed here. Strange he should say he's not necessarily ready to retire from race riding but that he's doing it anyway. There would have been a dearth of top jobs available to him if they had decided to give the number one job to someone else.
I'll be in a minority but I'll be sorry to see him go. He was very good at his best but seemed to have become far too one dimensional with the hold up rides in recent years. Shame really because I felt he was one of the better front running jockeys on the rare occasions he used that tactic. |
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Qatari's wouldn't jock him off so promoted him. Genius
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The most over rated jockey for many a year. How he has done as well out of the game as he has is a mystery. He has managed to get more horses beat that should have won than any other jockey I have seen ride
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Emma
Some hate him because he holds horses up |
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emma looks shocked, less money to spend on shoes.
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Another blow to liquidity on here.
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Thought that was an odd thing for C4 Racing to say yesterday "There's Jamie Spencer, having a season to forget, needs a few winners for Qatar".
A sad day for some, but I'm not a fan, only knew 1 style - picking them off 1-by-1 from the back. No Plan B. |
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world cup?
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noticed that too,joe.From Balding.
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Fantastic news.
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a atzeni 8/11 for his job.
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A shame to lose my go to man for an in running lay.
 Probably goes to show that his heart hasn't been in it for some time. |
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What are the 'personal issues' Haggas referred to?
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Must be a decent bloke everyone saying good things about him.
Met him when he rode mates horse. Was very quiet Horse was held up and lost. |
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Hmm something is not being said !
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It will be a
shame not to see him come 'off the pace' on a 'wet sail' again.The Liberace of jockeys. |
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Never a fan of his but if he has a problem with something like depression or anything like that then I'd wish him well and hope he sorts himself out.
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Haggas on C4: "I'm staggered actually. I'm surprised. Jamie still has so much to offer. Not a great problem with his weight. But maybe he needs to sit back and reflect. He's had a few personal issues...I'm sure. And maybe he just needs a break from it".
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just a shame every horse wasn't arazi busvaldo... he certainly rode them like they were
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