WHERE IS DAVID WALSH..??

[Executioner]

Haven't sighted him at any Southerm meetings lately.... Also, I see that a southern rider was referred for re-education to... Kim Clapperton.... It is a long bus ride from Riccarton to the Central Districts.... Maybe no one in the South Island can ride well enough to teach him....!!

[billy connolly]

You cannot teach the art of (race) riding from the birdcage or the grandstand which is what the dimwits at NZTR are/were attempting to do by employing ex has-been jockeys and wasting industry funds in the process.

 

[Doomed]

Would CWJ be a good mentor for young jockeys? Serious question. I couldn't think of anyone better in the south.

[Freda]

11 hours ago, billy connolly said:

You cannot teach the art of (race) riding from the birdcage or the grandstand which is what the dimwits at NZTR are/were attempting to do by employing ex has-been jockeys and wasting industry funds in the process.

 

On a par with using has-been jockeys-turned-trainers I suppose.  Under the 'old' system trainers were the mentors and teachers, some were awful, others superb.  Luck of the draw what sort a young hopeful ended up with.

Something had to change, what it has changed to is not wonderful, obviously, although Noel Harris seems to be doing a pretty fair job.

And being a good exponent of something - rugby, race riding, or mathematics - doesn't automatically make one a good tutor of that.

[Freda]

9 hours ago, Doomed said:

Would CWJ be a good mentor for young jockeys? Serious question. I couldn't think of anyone better in the south.

IMO - no.  He isn't a great communicator, and so much of his freakish ability is innate - balance and timing, for example.  Those qualities can't be taught.

And he despises idiots.

[curious]

https://careers.loveracing.nz/riding-mentor

[Shad]

Been plenty of good trainers over the years who've had some very good apprentices, maybe an ex trainer be a better option.