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Johnny Murtagh - does he ever give bad rides?
Johnny Murtagh - does he ever give bad rides?
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Johnny is the best jockey riding in Ireland by a country mile. Hard work and graft with a few setbacks in between has made him the jockey he is today. Coolmore dont make many mistakes but it was a real fkuc up giving Johnny his P45. They have lost millions in prizemoney and multiples of that in stud fees.
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Agreed, he'd have gotten Camelot home in the Leger too and none of the **** that went on with him this year would've happened. 500k yearling, Guineas and Derby winners should be ridden by the best jockey, not the fella who shows flashes of class but is too erratic and doesn't yet know enough to get vthe job done on the big stage when things go against him. He'd have gotten Venus De Milo home too in the Oaks.
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agrred, ballydoyle really messed up with johnny
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golden cross world hurdle
dylan thomas derby shockers |
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Six Perfections in the Irish 1000 Guineas, where he managed to find trouble in running on the wide open spaces of the Curragh in a race with only 5 or 6 runners, though MJ Kinanne played his part in that by not opening the gate for Murtagh. He then played a mean trick on Johnny later that year in a little race at Bellewstown, when he appeared to allow Murtagh through on the rail only for Kinanne to allow his apparently beaten horse to drift over again, forcing Murtagh to snatch up his mount and get beaten a head or so, a la the Guineas. The bould Micky Joe done some chuckling in his post race interview.
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It's good to see a racing thread with contributions from some of the older names who used to post more regularly when this a worthwhile forum....
Golden Cross in the Stayers is an expensive memory! |
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Coincidentally Bensoon runs in the Golden Cross colours tomorrow evening at Gowran. The first time cheekpieces might be what this this tricky lad needs
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textbook stuff yet again,hes on the best horse,keep it simple,dont get into trouble and blow them away!
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Johnnies ride on Ouija Board in the 2004 Arc was far from a Classic and Johnny himself will admit that he should have won . He doesn't make too many mistakes in fairness to him and has landed many a group 1 on what were "unfancied horses" . He's definitely one of the best our little Island has produced , right up there with Eddery, Kinane, Roche and Fallon.
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His detractors have to go back several years to uncover allegedly bad rides.
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Does he ever get bad horses to ride ?
Most of them are favs or well fancied. People going into ecstasy because he won on Gordon Lord Byron -who was well clear on form and today's winner was a favourite who scorched clear to win by almost 4 lengths. Nothing required from jockey only a standard ride. I can't understand people's need for constant hype and exaggeration. |
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John Oxx was the greatest trainer on earth when a certain horse called Sea The Stars was keeping him in the limelight, a few lean years and now he's a poor trainer?.
Murtagh is enjoying a purple patch, next year might be a lean year and some will be saying Murtagh is gone at the game?, yet we all know the ability of the horse is paramount, its so simple it cost zero to get your head around, even Noddy O'Brien is having a lean year by Coolmore standards, is it they haven't got the horses this year, so bad is it Declaration of War is their flag bearer. |
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His ride on Belle De Crecy on the Curragh was near perfection,he has just repeated it there in Listowel on Rich Coast.
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