SAM TWISTON-DAVIES ON THE VERGE OF THE SACK

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I get the impression (just a strong feeling) that STD is turning out to be a difficult guy to deal with and maybe (I hope not) could become quite arrogant in the years to come which will mean that trainers might not want to deal with him. It's just a feeling I get from his interviews. Maybe it's just a false impression. We shall see.

Maybe he's like the Premier league players got more money in the bank than he know's what to do with and work is just a pass time....

The twice I have come across STD he could not have been more polite

Seems a very nice person

I think STD comes across as being very pleasant. I couldn't imagine him being difficult to deal with.

cobden nicholls next jockey fact.

Maybe Cobden, but Sean Bowen seems to be on a lot of the Nicholls bigger winners, rides well does young Sean

nothing wrong with bowen but nicholls definitely has soft spot for cobden

Just spoke to someone at the yard,Sam is not going anywhere.............

Sam & Sean still young and both have good futures, cant see nicholls changing unless he can get a top irish jock but they all seem to have jobs at the moment.

I remember Nicholls having a soft spot for Joe Tizzard. In fact all of his spot spots are for inadequate jocks; including Cobden. Maybe it's a throwback to his own inadequacies as a jock..

Nicholls needs to keep him. We couldn't possibly put up with him on ITV Racing every week.

A P Heskin all day long.. this kid will be champion, trust me !

Might be Bowen for Nicholls and STD for Henderson.

Wish Henderson would go and employ a top jock. His current staff are 3rd rate

STD was riding out of his skin b4 his latest injury so i think the 0Ps opening post was well wide of the mark

its one of those

I was in the parade ring at Uttoxeter, four or five weeks ago. I spoke to him as he walked by me, and the little fooker blanked me. Far too big for his boots imo.

All of the jockeys have good and bad spells. If you looked at the last 14 days you would put Johnson and Hughes well clear of the pack but how much of that is superior ability and how much is down to very good agents and smaller trainers snapping up those riders for their fancied runners? Stable jocks will always have poor runs when their main employer has a lean time. Heskin, bowen, Cobden, Skelton all very capable imo but so are some of the "veterans" like Scudamore and Aspell. STD, Coleman and any of those named above would be champion jockey given the same book of rides as Johnson. As for STD, no jockey in history can be at their very best for at least a week after an injury lay off so make allowances for what he does until next weekend.

You shouldn't have spoken to him whilst the stewards were ejecting you kenbo.

Lots of nonsense on here as usual. STD is perhaps one of the least arrogant people I have ever heard speaking on the Morning Line. He is the epitome of humility. As a jock, well, he is coming back from injury so give him a chance. Joe Tizzard inadequate? Are you for real?? Inadequate jocks do not win shedloads of grade ones, including several at the festival. The actual issue is that Nicholls doesn't show a great deal of patience with his jocks...as exemplified by Joe, Timmy, Christian, Liam, Sam, etc., etc.

Nichols blamed Sam Thomas for his ride on Big Buck's loss in the Hennessy yet never ran him in a chase again which says plenty.

Harry Skelton was another casualty of the Nicholls policy.

And Daryl. And Noel.
Ruby the only one who sacked him. And he IS an arrogant git.

Sam seems a lovely young fella, he just isn't much better than your average jockey. Nicholls should be begging Townend or Russell to take over, the latter is available except for a small arrangement with Dai Walters. It is nearly negligent that neither Nicholls nor Henderson are using him, he is one of the few guys Ruby can't intimidate.

The whole field were afraid of their life of him during the Tingle Creek. Ar Mad, what that might do with a jockey that has a chance of settling it, made for Russell. I don't mind Jamie Moore, he's good, but i don't think he ever thought he would beat Ruby, not really; a guy like Russell expects to win; he'd nearly have put Walsh through the rail after the last!

I rate Josh a lot higher than Jamie. Jamie is no different to STD inasmuch that he constantly looks unbalanced in the saddle. Far to fidgety in a finish, everything flailing. He nearly lost that Scottish National as a result of trying to do too much.

I didn't think much of the ride on Ar Mad, I know the horse is free and doesn't help himself but it looked suicidal what they were doing.

I'd compare it to what Ruby did on Hurricane Fly when he won the champion hurdle in 2011, horse pulled like mad, but Walsh managed to save just enough. Now you'll hear about not disappointing horses, but winning going that gallop was impossible, at least if he'd held him, there was some conceivable chance of winning, or could he hold him?

The gallop Ar Mad set was fine, he'd have won if he'd jumped better.

Thought he was too free and did too much myself! Agree to differ, Dan

A ist class blowout. I would not be laying this beast next up..

Thought Ruby lookeed too happy to take the lead for him to be going a beneficial pace to his chances.

Yes, Ar Mad would have gone very close to winning without the mistakes. On that basis it seems bonkers that Moore is suddenly thinking of sending him another mile.

i think ar mad is gagging for a step up in trip, whether he'll get another mile we don't know yet, this could be a proper horse...lets hope he comes forward for the run and doesn't bounce

Paul seems to come across as a bad sportsman ?? It's very easy to blame the jockey when things go wrong.

Bat outa Hell imo

Funny old game

As Jimmy used to say

haven't always been convinced by Sam , i always thought he was a bit fidgety at obstacles and needed to improve his judgement of pace, but he appears to be improving all the time and seems to be really growing into the role. can see him being at ditcheat for the long haul

Thar ya go Mick just said he's the best Engleesh jockey riding at the moment....

What a nice lad he is..

He is indeed

edingle 04 Dec 16 23:37 Joined: 20 Jul 01 | Topic/replies: 22 | Blogger: edingle's blog
Wish Henderson would go and employ a top jock. His current staff are 3rd rate

Couldn't agree more. Apart from jockeys retained by their owners Henderson hasn't had a decent jockey for 28 years. He is faithful to the moderates like Tinkler, Bass and McGrath and tolerated the likes of Kavanagh, Foley and Fitzgerald (Supposed to be a great jockey but only averaged 50 winners a year) far too long. He is finally using jocks like Johnson, Moloney, Russell, STD etc. Hope he chooses one of those guys. Must be enormously dispiriting for the staff to have jockeys which are effectively a 10 pound penalty on the stable's horses.

Certainly the training regime needs sorting out too. Far too many animals not getting home and clearly unfit. Can't have had a virus for 3 seasons or can he?

Nicky hasn't got enough quality to get one of the top jocks.

De Boinville is good enough

Henderson had a disaster season and any horses that  were there have never really recovered. On the other hand the younger ones are looking very good and once Nicko de Boinville gets back, they should have plenty of winners. Noel Fehily has ridden quite a few. Will he be given the stable job?

There is no stable jockey vacancy at Seven Barrows.....owners have their own riders.