Murray Fish Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 How Willo handles public criticism ====================== Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams has explained how he handles the public criticism that comes with being a high-profile jockey, like he is. Williams was at his best on Saturday, guiding Bella Nipotina to victory in the G1 Doomben 10,000. However, he’s also found himself the target of online vitriol from punters and criticism from connections when he’s been defeated on top gallopers like Giga Kick and Mr Brightside this season. “I don’t always get it right on a racetrack and also some people have other opinions on what they believe is right and wrong, what’s possible and impossible,” Williams said. “My job is to just to consistently ride well and make less mistakes than the next person because I am human, I am going to make them. That’s all I worry about doing and making sure that most importantly, that my core business is comfortable with me. My job is about riding winners and keeping rides, securing the next future horse that’s coming on. “Unfortunately, in sport and with different outlets now or different means, people think they’re experts, they think they have a right to say something, but I guess I’ve already learnt that you can only control the controllables. That is what I do and how I handle what I do, rightly or wrongly.” Williams’ success aboard Bella Nipotina on the weekend was his 77th group one victory in his career and his second straight win in the Doomben 10,000, after taking it out last year on Giga Kick. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 49 minutes ago, Murray Fish said: How Willo handles public criticism ====================== Melbourne Cup winning jockey Craig Williams has explained how he handles the public criticism that comes with being a high-profile jockey, like he is. Williams was at his best on Saturday, guiding Bella Nipotina to victory in the G1 Doomben 10,000. However, he’s also found himself the target of online vitriol from punters and criticism from connections when he’s been defeated on top gallopers like Giga Kick and Mr Brightside this season. “I don’t always get it right on a racetrack and also some people have other opinions on what they believe is right and wrong, what’s possible and impossible,” Williams said. “My job is to just to consistently ride well and make less mistakes than the next person because I am human, I am going to make them. That’s all I worry about doing and making sure that most importantly, that my core business is comfortable with me. My job is about riding winners and keeping rides, securing the next future horse that’s coming on. “Unfortunately, in sport and with different outlets now or different means, people think they’re experts, they think they have a right to say something, but I guess I’ve already learnt that you can only control the controllables. That is what I do and how I handle what I do, rightly or wrongly.” Williams’ success aboard Bella Nipotina on the weekend was his 77th group one victory in his career and his second straight win in the Doomben 10,000, after taking it out last year on Giga Kick. I thought he was very harshly criticised on Mr Brightside. Very hard to ride the perfect race against Pride of Jenni. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 He is a professional jockey in every sense however no one is perfect. Reminds me of a builder doing some work for me and during a break we chatted briefly about sport. He said he had played club first grade and his nickname was nobody, as in 'Nobody's perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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