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Skins thicker than rhinos these guys , never see themselves as failures .

Left there under a shadow and i see David Jewel has gone in as administrator , another suit on the roulette table of jobs in racing .

She's a smart filly but the 2nd horse was great , reverse the runs , reverse the result , going to be interesting watching them next couple of races .

I had a nibble at it to , mad fucker me , never learn .

He's been the 3rd highest number of starters for the last 3 season behind Richards and Marsh , they strike at between 5 to 7 , Rogie usually up in the high teens , says it all . Don't know regarding Savabeel , but he's bought a few for big bucks , remember the Katie Lee colts , didn't return anything that i can remember . One was a superstar before he even raced but had to be euthanized without racing . The minute he labels them their fate is sealed .

Princess Lowry , Rogie gets to the bottom of another one , such a shame , hopefully not serious .

They pick the obvious offender , but they should all get a rocket , even the ones that sit back and do nothing . But really just because they are ex jocks doesn't really mean they make great stipes , been plenty of debate over a long period about the quality of our stipes .

He may have but it is not him dictating the pace , it is the rider in 2nd who has allowed him to do it , it is the rider outside the leader that dictates pace in a race .

They are scared shitless to try anything and most simply don't care , if there is no pace on and you have sat at the back then there is plenty of juice to go forward , but that in itself leads to another of my pet hates , if you go from the back , effing go , but i watch most meander around then get half way and take a hold , then go forward again then take another hold , why , because they are second guessing themselves , should i have done that ? not sure , ok go again , oh i'm caugt wide , oh hang on while i think this thru , don't your not that smart . By the time they make the straight it's all to late , if they had just gone all the way at a steady rate get outside lead or leading but no . Or the ones that deliberately sit 3 wide in the open when a little bit of effort can get you outside of the leader , most of the time . MR Joe Bloggs pet hate . So who is educating these guys , i know the apprentices are no better under the watch of Harris and Walsh .

When the F@#K are jockeys in this country , seniors , apprentices , male and female , all of them , going to wake up and realize that if there isn't a lot of pace up front that they have to get moving early , not once the jockeys who have got away with soft sectionals start sprinting . It is doing my head in , race after race , same old shit , are they really that bad at judging pace or do they simply not care , they get their cash whatever happens . I should add that it is not every jock every race , but none of them seem to get what is happening consistently , they get it right 1 race to then completely go to sleep for the rest of the day . Small rider to this post , i'm in a fecking grumpy mood at the moment . Not a large difference to my good mood but there is a difference . My wife says not a lot of diff tho .

They're making it look like rocket science .

Yes we know , now if we can get the people who can affect change on board things might change .

Vandy was a wonderful race horse and i think one of NZ's most underrated greats . Bought for peanuts , had a wonderful record .

Whilst i don't disagree , most of the after race stories are quote for quote taken from the TV interviews most of the time .

Would we give them the credit of calling it " work " .

Veandercross , Shane Dye , Caulfield Cup , covered the world and got slated for it .

3rd prize , 3 weeks at chiefs place . AAARRRGGGHHH .

Does it surprise you that they do not know what is going on in their own backyard .

Just beat me to it , bugger .

Yeah thanks, I've always reckoned that a great mechanic doesn't mean they make great race car drivers and visa versa.

Yeah well she was mad enough to pull a knife on you if you didn't. So smart move.

Joe, you've been in the cauldrons of Melbourne and Sydney, how many stipes did you know that gave a shit about being your buddy? And how many stipes did you know that were ex jocks and did you think they were better stipes for that experience? We have Matthew Williamson and he's no better for having been a good jockey . Just curious.

Most of us do if we're lucky Joe.

Yeah most didn't like her already, not that popular.

First and foremost they have be a prick, can't be caring what guys you might have rode against think. Set your line in the sand and don't cross it.