If you go looking for good hard evidence that jockeys in American thoroughbred racing are important, you’ll be looking a long time. In harness racing the jock is very, very important. And in the UK the jock matters, though probably not as much as harness racing.
I’m looking in vain for the Beyer Big Brown ran yesterday. Anybody know?
“If you go looking for good hard evidence that jockeys in American thoroughbred racing are important, you’ll be looking a long time.”
Right, just let the horses run around the circle in a pack. That sounds like a lot of fun. Shoot, half the horses wouldn’t even make the turn. They’d run until they got to the rail and jump it or just stop.