Newmarket Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 It seems Pike has some sort of cult following, whenever I am watching him ride the commentators really give him a plug. Obviously gets the winners, but have a look how many short price favs he rides, amazing how many times he gets beat charging home too late. Not my money talking as I never bet on those tracks, what are others views? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bid Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Phar Laps race record was pretty good so can't have done too much wrong on him. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bid said: Phar Laps race record was pretty good so can't have done too much wrong on him. Good point - isn't the WA dude called William? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Bid said: Phar Laps race record was pretty good so can't have done too much wrong on him. Dumb arse…. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Good point - isn't the WA dude called William? You know what I mean FFS, you should add to conversation , pity Hesi still not around, was a good site this when he helped starting it. Just nonsense shit now with crappy advertising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 49 minutes ago, Newmarket said: You know what I mean FFS, you should add to conversation , pity Hesi still not around, was a good site this when he helped starting it. Just nonsense shit now with crappy advertising Geez lighten up! Just a bit of humour! BTW Hesi had absolutely NOTHING to do with starting it. He may have sent PM's to other users while on RaceCafe. It was my idea, my cash and many hours of my work to start it. Just as I put many many hours into saving and building RaceCafe. Hesi didn't want free speech and objected mainly to my not banning outright @Thomass. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Geez lighten up! Just a bit of humour! BTW Hesi had absolutely NOTHING to do with starting it. He may have sent PM's to other users while on Channel X. It was my idea, my cash and many hours of my work to start it. Just as I put many many hours into saving and building Channel X. Hesi didn't want free speech and objected mainly to my not banning outright @Thomass. I see the occasional reaction still from that gentleman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: Geez lighten up! Just a bit of humour! BTW Hesi had absolutely NOTHING to do with starting it. He may have sent PM's to other users while on Channel X. It was my idea, my cash and many hours of my work to start it. Just as I put many many hours into saving and building Channel X. Hesi didn't want free speech and objected mainly to my not banning outright @Thomass. Well come on, you want others to start threads otherwise it’s just you starting them and mostly get few replies. I ask the question on this post about Pike yet still nobody has a view… why bother 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Newmarket said: Well come on, you want others to start threads otherwise it’s just you starting them and mostly get few replies. I ask the question on this post about Pike yet still nobody has a view… why bother you're right mate. definitely bother. I think mentioning a champion of the past stuttered your cause a bit. Jim Pike had HUGE gambling problem back in the day. virtually forced out of the game in debt. as for William Pike. had a crack in the Eastern states and did ok. But can ride every race in the West and so he went home. Does tend to get back in the field a bit but riding the Bob and Sarah PETERS multi millionaire runners all the time , he is always Gunnna be on the fav , but as you know , You Can't Win All the time ... ( Fav's help you win some of the time though 😁🏆💰) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Gammalite said: you're right mate. definitely bother. I think mentioning a champion of the past stuttered your cause a bit. Jim Pike had HUGE gambling problem back in the day. virtually forced out of the game in debt. as for William Pike. had a crack in the Eastern states and did ok. But can ride every race in the West and so he went home. Does tend to get back in the field a bit but riding the Bob and Sarah PETERS multi millionaire runners all the time , he is always Gunnna be on the fav , but as you know , You Can't Win All the time ... ( Fav's help you win some of the time though 😁🏆💰) He doesn't bustle a horse early and can get back. You can get away with it more in Perth and WA. Not so easy in Sydney where Gai trains all her horses to take no prisoners early. Last Race Willie Pike might be in more of a hurry in the last race to get home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 17 hours ago, Freda said: I see the occasional reaction still from that gentleman. He's still chewing the same bones on his Twitter account. Used to annoy me that he'd write proper English and no silly poor humour nonsense on Twitter but do the opposite here. He isn't banned from BOAY. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 17 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: He doesn't bustle a horse early and can get back. You can get away with it more in Perth and WA. Not so easy in Sydney where Gai trains all her horses to take no prisoners early. Last Race Willie Pike might be in more of a hurry in the last race to get home! 'He doesn't bustle a horse early and can get back'....isn't this supposedly the secret of JMacs success in...Sydney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 17 hours ago, holy ravioli said: 'He doesn't bustle a horse early and can get back'....isn't this supposedly the secret of JMacs success in...Sydney? JMac is successful anywhere. He's just bloody good. But he's still human and can make mistakes, all of us can and do, so we don't need a dissection of every error whether real or imagined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 19 hours ago, holy ravioli said: 'He doesn't bustle a horse early and can get back'....isn't this supposedly the secret of JMacs success in...Sydney? Depends on the horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy ravioli Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Freda said: JMac is successful anywhere. He's just bloody good. But he's still human and can make mistakes, all of us can and do, so we don't need a dissection of every error whether real or imagined. I'm a big fan of JMac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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