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A bad at a bad course. Chepstow is one of the most unreliable courses for inaccurate going reports
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20 rides without a winner now. 9 of them were favourites.
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Kids braindead, very very ordinary since he lost his claim, ridiculous what he just done on My Delilah, never put in the race.
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Actually,he's been beaten on the last 15 favs hes ridden
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Give the boy a chance.Only about 17/18.
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its always the way prices seem to be short on his mounts maybe not all him but hes been built up and up the drop is always further.
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Riding 20 consecutive favourites that lose is quite an achievement, doubt it has ever been bettered in my lifetime.
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Seriously doubt if any trainer or jockey has ever matched Billys achievement.
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like i said for years something needs to be done to protect these kids . too many 'vultures' snapping for their claim.
limit rides and in particular external ones straight away |
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Pretty sure Buick had a run of at least 14 on the jolly.
Could've been more.Appleby at least 10. |
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Not surprised by the reference to Buick/Aplleby, if anyone can beat Billys achievement either of those two could manage it quite easily.
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Using Billy and this thread as an example..
It should confirm that judging jockeys on individual rides and even over several days is the reason you get Billy bollox one week and then what's gone wrong with Billy a week later. No jockey even themselves know what standard of ride they're about to deliver so any jockey will only be as good as their last ride. Everyone has their fav and also the one that always seems to let them down for a fortune. Best way is not to elevate Billy as the next Lester when he rides a winner and don't start over criticizing him when he has a losing run on horses that you've realistically no idea if they'd have won with another pilot , let the lad progress his career and see how it all pans out , with betting involved i know that's an impossible ask though. Good luck tonight all  |
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What this thread shows me is something I have been awarte of for donkeys years, a half decent claiming jockey is worth his/her weight in gold, its a different matter when their claim expires, seen it tons of times through the years. Billy could be a really good jockey with more experience, but his claim helped him enourmously. Good luck to the kid, Im sure he knows things arent going particularly well currently.
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Nice to see the Lad gey one home today
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Kids just not getting the breaks, strange choice to race alone on his latest ride at Newbury on what looked the slowest part of the track
Two more fancied rides to come at Newbury this evening, hopefully he will kick them both home to build his confidence again. |
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milky bar kid,looked like he,d never sat on a horse before
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got caught a little bit to far back
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looney on sky thought THE KID give that a lovely ride
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All over the place on the 11/10 fav there too, would probably have won if he hadnt gone all over the place then strangled it for the first half of the race, just not happening for him at all.
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I think we need an update from one of the jockey stats gurus on here.
In particular the one who once famously said: Come back and ask me how he's doing after he's had a thousand rides without his claim |
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Guys on sky are clueless.
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Feel for the kid, he is all over gaff at present and making all the wrong moves, its sad to watch.
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nearly fell off before start
jigged right leaving stalls, took an age to straighten and follow leaders strangled it off pace lost reins when making challenge all but fell off again inside last furlong LOVELY RIDE SAIS THE SKY PRESENTER taking viewers for absolute fools or is it TOOLS  , their might reasons/excuses for all of above but LOVELY RIDE |
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4th in the jockey standings for 2024 8 behind T Marquand and Rossa Ryan
for 2nd, yet the know all gurus on here state he looks like he's never sat on a horse walofs! |
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But NEC, the jockey stats gurus are a bit more sophisticated when measuring how a jockey's doing, eg actual over expected.
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Last Wnr was only yesterday.
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on that particular ride
given the choice between my, LOOKED LIKED HE,D NEVER SAT ON A HORSE BEFORE or sky's pro presenter paid for his opinion LOVELY RIDE I,LL STICK WITH MY DESCRIPTION |
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he's 18! of course he's got a bit of learning to do, nobody knows their job inside out at that age ffs
give the kid a break not every ride will be perfect but he's clearly got the ability to far given the right ammo |
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since 1/4/24 A/E exactly as expected
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Thank you akajak
So where does that place him in the jockey table for A/E? I think one of the jockey stats gurus on here said he was in the bottom half. |
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Nice to see Billy win that one, probably had 2 stone in hand but a winner is a winner and Im sure Billy is pleased.
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Punters have him sussed now ? On the favourite there, drifted from 2.6 opening show to 4.0 bfsp
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good day for Billy
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500/1 treble
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14/1 winner yesterday and a 15/2 the day before
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Riding 2yo's on turf this year, 22/102, +90 points
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