Aidan Coleman Retires

what next ?

cushy job as an RTV pundit where everything will be positive and everyone in racing will be a wonderful human being ?

I decided to watch Luck On Sunday this morning. As soon as he said that Channing was on again I switched off. Good luck to Coleman though.

Think he has pre training yard and other facilities

Hope he does well in whatever he does.

rightly or wrongly colemen comes across with his attitude to racing/going racing as in his riding goodnt give a fook,all a bit nto much and i,d rather be doing anything but this,terrible attitude for a modern pro sportsmen IMO
AND HE DIDNT HIDE IT SO WELL

Wondered what happened to him ,liked him , great partnership with Paisley Park amongst others.Cant remember how he was when interviewed,but not everyone is suited to being a pundit ,it's not as easy as it looks.

thought he was going to say he,d spent at least a million £ on his treatment, £10,000 not even a decent dentist,s  bill

but not everyone is suited to being a pundit ,it's not as easy as it looks.

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a) see no wrongdoing...

b) see no poor rides...

c) say everyone is a wonderful human being...

d) look at a few RP spotlights a few minutes before each race...

f@nny's your aunt.

if coleman took his attitude to raceriding in to the punditry game he,ll be borrowing AMY RYANS copy n past bedfred race cards

there he goes again talking points asked for an opinon DONT NO,havnt got one,breathing seems to be a chore to this fella

Bit harsh on Coleman he seems a very decent guy to me....Good luck to him.

There is no reason why anyone who has reached the top of their sport should be very good as a pundit. The media are always convinced that the public want to see and hear the stars from the past but many of the best pundits have never even played the sport or if they have it is at a lower level.

had a  summer off to go on a jolly
only rode following summer because there was chatter about his commitment
doesnt like suumer,evening or sunday even racing
didnt like quality of jonjo,s horses
didnt fancy trying for champion jock,would rather just ride few quality horses [ wouldnt they all]
give up cue card ride and a KG winner left venitia  for 6 month feguson tie up ,
like i say add it all together and all just seems a little hard work for him, can i just ride jonbon, paisley every week and ride at chelt and aintree ,
just an opinion ive always had of him when seeing him getting interviewed and today just confirmed it to me, i,m sure he,s a top bloke
what you doing next, ergh not sure hope something comes along, soundslike he could fall alseep on a washing line

Didn't like the quality of Jonjo's horses?....Slowest bunch of Boats ever gathered under one roof ffs..Anybody could see the guy is struggling to come to terms with he is no longer a Jockey.

tbf HH, they do criticise jockeys in USA and France because they are highly unlikely to bump into them.

.... Hope you have a happy retirement Aidan. All the best!

Struggling with the fact even.

Acey, correct me if I`m wrong was it Todd Sloan that developed the Acey Deucy riding technique or was it someone else? I know it was definitely an American jockey but I`m pretty sure it was him. Probably asked you that before.

Yes that is right as far as i know mac.

to be fair must be a blow to your ego that trainer/owners dont think your 7IB better than jonjo jnr when he was claiming

There is no reason why anyone who has reached the top of their sport should be very good as a pundit. The media are always convinced that the public want to see and hear the stars from the past but many of the best pundits have never even played the sport or if they have it is at a lower level.


There's scope for both (Michael Johnson, Troy Aikman, Richie Benaud, Tony Greig, James Hunt, J Mac). All brilliant, could name many more. Being great at the sport doesn't mean they'll be a great pundit tho.

always said it me and my mates have watched 1000,s of football games whilst our other mates were playing every saturday themselves,come boxing/newe yrs day  etc when they had no game they used to come to the  match with us and spout absolute ****,no idea about the game,when your playing your concentrating on your own game NOT THE GAME

True but most people will not respect the view of a tv pundit unless they have had success at the highest level in the sport they are talking about.

.... a bit like someone giving flying lessons without having ever piloted a plane.

themightymac Apr 24 15:04 

True but most people will not respect the view of a tv pundit unless they have had success at the highest level in the sport they are talking about.

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don't agree with that at all mac...

Steve mellish ?

i respect his view...

all of this 'they've been at the top level so they talk complete sense' is utter garbage imv...

in fact i think you said as much in your earlier post (which i agree with).

I mean i always thought Jockeys got a Mega payout if they had a career ending injury on the Racecourse maybe i got that wrong.

oh sorry...

it was Cider who posted this that i agree with totally...

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There's scope for both (Michael Johnson, Troy Aikman, Richie Benaud, Tony Greig, James Hunt, J Mac). All brilliant, could name many more. Being great at the sport doesn't mean they'll be a great pundit tho.

Rio Ferdinand...

excellent centre back...

utterly horrific pundit from what i've seen/heard on social media at least.

sageform Apr 24 14:38 

The media are always convinced that the public want to see and hear the stars from the past but many of the best pundits have never even played the sport or if they have it is at a lower level.

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agreed sageform...

i would change 'the media' for 'the head honchos' tho tbh...

it's the head honchos who employ the pundits.