The Kimberley Bus Broke down..

miss Becky, I've got to agree with you, put a battling jock on a few decent horses ( like Marcus gets ) & that jock's stats will be very different, & so will his bank balance.

miss becky, so you actually agree with me then? he is riding bad/poor/off form horses and has been doing so FOR years!! maybe a change of scenery is in order? Maybe working at KFC or McDonalds or mmmm what about a sports physio or a plummer or a jockeys motivational speaker or a jockeys agent or a work rider in the usa or a punter (he must be a good judge, just had bad luck) or a candle stick maker (my mate chris has made millions in candles in SA (costas candles)) or a bus driver to kimberley (own bus with poker tables for the boys) or a doctor or an accountant

ElvisisKing Wrote:

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> miss Becky, I've got to agree with you, put a
> battling jock on a few decent horses ( like Marcus
> gets ) & that jock's stats will be very
> different, & so will his bank balance.


yep, like I said they just don't get the oppurtunities that the "top jocks" gets...and I believe that if some jocks gets more decent rides they will also become "top jockeys" in south africa, because they just never got the chance to prove themselves yet.

OK ill bite..


Miss Becky i will ring Jo An visser now and tell her to put your husband on Madam Madonna next time, ill pay his flight (he can only ride my horse though)

please let me know who he is and Ill book the ticket and confirm the ride. Lets see how well he does.........

THEY all get the same chances..................... its about more than chance and luck and hard work and the right agent..... its about SKILL. A great agent (like me and others) can only book the rides and lots of them (like titch) the rest HAS to be ability.

MissBecky Wrote:

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> easy Wrote:
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> > Miss Becky,
> >
> > i fail to see how i have offended you? If a
> > trainer/formula 1 driver cant win then they
> > finnish last and eventually get replaced.
> >
> > WHY should racing be different? why IS there a
> > culture of "i am owed something" inspite of my
> > lack of ability or luck
> >
> > I AGREE that luck is a big part but surely Mr
> > Devoy (i am sure he is a ice guy) is not
> getting
> > rides because of the fact/percveption that he
> cant
> > get them home OR do you actually think that
> there
> > is a HUGE conspiracy against certain jockeys?
>
>
> No, you didn't offend me..The thing is, you say
> now that Devoy can't bring the winners
> home...okay, did you ever think by yourself why it
> is like that? Because he gets put on sh*t donkeys.
> Give him a few good runners and we will talk again


how old is Devoy(how long has he been riding there and battling?)? I think we should be realistic - some riders are just that riders not jockeys- They have gone to the academy way too young and should never have chosen racing as a career(in many cases it's family members that want them to ride - at 15-16 do you really know what you want to do for the rest of your life?) i think riders should be over the age of 21 before the are allowed in the academy -

easy Wrote:

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> miss becky, so you actually agree with me then? he
> is riding bad/poor/off form horses and has been
> doing so FOR years!! maybe a change of scenery is
> in order? Maybe working at KFC or McDonalds or
> mmmm what about a sports physio or a plummer or a
> jockeys motivational speaker or a jockeys agent or
> a work rider in the usa or a punter (he must be a
> good judge, just had bad luck) or a candle stick
> maker (my mate chris has made millions in candles
> in SA (costas candles)) or a bus driver to
> kimberley (own bus with poker tables for the boys)
> or a doctor or an accountant


May I ask to who you are refering here now?

Elvis?miss Becky is it just for 1 second possible that your 2 jocks are not as good as Anton NOT on 1 ride here and there BUT over the course of a season?
Come on guys lets get real here, i am not trying to offend you but surely you have to also be honest with yoursleves?

easy Wrote:

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> OK ill bite..
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> Miss Becky i will ring Jo An visser now and tell
> her to put your husband on Madam Madonna next
> time, ill pay his flight (he can only ride my
> horse though)
>
> please let me know who he is and Ill book the
> ticket and confirm the ride. Lets see how well he
> does.........


Fine then, we can do that, because he is coming to ride in Kimberley from the 19th again

the cream will always rise to the top -

Mr H

at last someone tyhat agrees with me.

Miss Becky i am referring to ALL of them that are struggling in a "shitty" career (your words). They should all to a man/woman seek alternative employment.

A few months ago i spoke to Lance Lagel (hellava nice guy) , he told me that he was undergoing electricians course "just to have a back up"

The vast majority of jocks are doing ok. There are some that arent..... Like in any profession. And quite a few of those that arent seem to think that Racing actually owes them something. They are also poor mathematicians in that they think that if they pop by your ring once and work two horses, you owe them 100 rides.... As I said...some of them.