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Best jockey in the world
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equine...any criteria that adequately accounts for a jockey's opportunity
more winners, better strike rates, better record in group races etc none of them adequately do this |
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you could tell if piggot went home after 5/6 losses on fancied horses the cat could be seen getting into a taxi,
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Jack Bauer - summed up perfectly
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That is a hard thing to quantify womder.
Hughes, Crowley, SDS, Cauthen, Fallon, Roberts, all won their jockeys championship the wrong side of 34 and were argueably at their best. Frankie and Eddery and Piggott where all better jockeys over 34 imho. I am not sure you see any decline until 40 at least |
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yep I wasn't suggesting it was easy to quantify
but jockeys championship (with v few exceptions) are pretty much decided by who has the highest number of expected winners in a ssn that's all they are despite what some people will have you believe |
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anything like the whitley figures or winners v expectation figures are a reasonable attempt at discounting for opportunity imo
not perfect but show me a method that is if you plot the ages of jockeys who are in the top 20 (on these figs) then you won't see many the wrong side of 30 particularly over jumps when injuries have kicked in |
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and this is professional jockeys I am referring to
not apprentices/conditionals |
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How many winners has Doyle had now today?
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his critics must be out digging the road
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