What is A. Marcus's real name

bushy anton doesnt need any extra motivation especially this type of shit

thats exactly what im saying, but any businessman or sportsman always puts there best in what the love, but when bs like this comes about, it makes you angry inside and makes you want to prove them all wrong which is what the king did

if someone wrote an article today saying that anton is a lazy jock because he hardly ever leaves durban, and thus only rides one or two meetings a week, i guarantee you he will even be on the next flight out even to Kimberly and ride a jackpot without having even worked the horses....he is a hard working honest man, and BS like this needs to stop

Bushy Wrote:

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> thats exactly what im saying, but any businessman
> or sportsman always puts there best in what the
> love, but when bs like this comes about, it makes
> you angry inside and makes you want to prove them
> all wrong which is what the king did


bushy...u r missing the point....antons ability,drive,passion,will to win,will to pull,etc,etc ,etc in not in question here...or for that matter putting in an extra effort...our grouse is that call...and actually not even the grouse ,that,that call was made...but more to the authorites of how they went about handling that call....forget about the jockey in question...or the horse...its the procedure thats in question

blueyonder001 Wrote:

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> Peekay hows Kings Entorage ? what price did you
> have it?


Blue, great ride, but my point is that is 1 example and i can give you 100's of examples of favourites. All i'm saying is that his % winners that are favourites are most likely very high

When I have asked to Anton in the passed after he has worked a horse of mine if it will win he never is over confident. As he says " I would not tip Empress Club in the maidens as a good thing!"

i think stipes should go abouts it just like cops would...if they get a tip off about a robbery to come, they dont phone the person in question and say we heard you going to rob a bank...they should simply keep the information the themselves, and if the horse wins well so be it, then if the horse does not it can be taken accordingly, a 50/1 shot being tipped that its going to be pulled, and then runs towards the back of the field, well that is dealt differently to a horse that is odds on. then there should be some sort of enquiry, maybe asking the jock, trainer, owner to submit the riding instructions they got given or asked for, those submissions are then put together and followed by watching re-runs of the race to see any discrepancies. as for the punters(like myself) this at the end of the day is gambling, do we ever get our money back on the horse we backed that ran 2nd to a horse that 6months later got found out for being doped? or when we at the casino and lose all our money on slots, but then an investigation arises a year later that there payouts are 5% of income when it should be 30% for example. it comes with the risk of gambling, and the stipes should be there to investigate the tip-offs, and if the jock, trainer, owner etc is found guilty for something they are banned, license taken away etc. that way all the funny business that may be around is washed out, and is limited going into the future, and thus in the long term the punters are protected....i dont know, this is just my opinion, not saying this needs to be enforced, but something along the lines of this i think should be brought abouts...because i dont think telling the jock, trainer etc before the race about it would flush any of the dishonesty out of the system, as riding plans would change immediately to accommodate the horse winning the race so they are not caught out and banned, i think about how much it must hurt being told someone thinks you going to pull the horse, it plays severe mind games with people, and can make some angry and pissed off when they know its not true, and this in the end can be what causes the horse to not win, because all the jock is thinking about whilst riding the horse is the tip-off, not the actual riding plans....master macus is experienced enough to put it aside and ride the race without letting it affect him, but imagine a young appie being told this before a race, i highly doubt you going to get the same ride

At the risk of sounding repetitive if it is known that there is some skulduggery unfolding in a race and the stipes do nothing about in the hope that the rumor has no substance or that they may catch a jock cheating and have grounds to suspend him..then THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB!!!!!!
They are slated on a daily basis for not being competent and when they do the right thing still fault is found

Titch Wrote:

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> At the risk of sounding repetitive if it is known
> that there is some skulduggery unfolding in a race
> and the stipes do nothing about in the hope that
> the rumor has no substance or that they may catch
> a jock cheating and have grounds to suspend
> him..then THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB!!!!!!
> They are slated on a daily basis for not being
> competent and when they do the right thing still
> fault is found


titch ...we've been through your arguments...and pointed out why they will come short..with that approach....because this approach is not sustainable for both growth and public realations ....whats so difficult in waiting and finding out what all the fuss is all about after the race....the only water your approach holds...is that after finding scullduggary....they dont have the balls nor the muscle to do anything about it....so they take this approach...tell the guy...at least it makes their work lighter...so yes u are definitely being repetitive

So if they know a well fancied horse will not be given any chance of winning they must not do anything about it?????
to hell with the punters just keep quite and when the damage is done then take action.....you continually slate the stipes but all i can say is thank God you aren't one...

titch....at which point...will u accept that these are prank calls....if u continually give jocks heads up....now more important..lets say the horse runs a dismal race after they told the jock that they r watching him......whats the next plan...accept that that was a bad run...because he was warned and he wouldn't have pulled the horse because he was being watched....

I wish the prankster would call the stipes in Cape Town