Anton Marcus this Sunday

While many were singing his praises after 5 armchair rides on Friday anything less than 5 winners today might be considered a failure.

I remember Gavin van Zyl telling me a few years ago what a kick in the teeth it was to do all the morning work and then lose the ride to Basil Marcus or Muis Roberts.

Are the other jockeys short on work ethic or can they just not ride in the eyes of the local Natal trainers (most of whom can't train !)

Sure Anton rides work

He does, what about the others ?

3 best riders in KZN and possibly SA. Anton Anthony and Sean. See who they ride for , 3 top stables. Many smaller stables have tried to be staunch to their detriment. Incl me
If one of these guys call for the ride???? what would u do???

Harris, you become the best through hard work, you do the leg work the reap the rewards, happens in all sports and Definately all racing centres

If you don't hire the best it ends up biting your erse

the good wrote: 3 best riders in KZN and possibly SA. Anton Anthony and Sean. See who they ride for , 3 top stables. Many smaller stables have tried to be staunch to their detriment. Incl me
If one of these guys call for the ride???? what would u do???

Pound for pound the best riders are in Gauteng.

If you have a workmanlike jockey doing the work in the morning he should get the ride otherwise by all means use the best you can get.

I gather that many top riders in Jhb do not ride a lot of work. someone from there could possibly let us know if Pierre etc ride much work. No one at Summerveld rides more work than Anton except maybe Athandiwe Mgudlwa and possibly Alec Forbes. Anton is even there on Wednesdays when most jockeys take the day off. He has already organised to sprint up 2 horses that he probably ride for me next Wednesday. Sean and Anthony are also at Summerveld 5/6 days a week.

I must admit with all respect if I had a horse and I think it had a chance to win and Marcus ask for the ride I wouldn't have to think about I would rather have 12/10 champ jock on my horse than getting 5/1 and maybe win the race, Anton had been there he has worked hard to get there and he deserves it so the rest of the jocs have to work harder to get up there

If I may also sing his praises. He is not influenced and rides each mount on its merits so the punter can always rest assured the horse just wasn't good enough on the day.

Reading Craig's comments I accept that he is deserving of the support he gets.

What I really like about Anton is that he gives me the impression he tries to get the most out of all of his rides. Even when he doesn't win, he'll often place when other jockeys would have given up and run out of the money.

Would have been nice had the 'champion" come back after the first race and done the interview. He is riding every favourite on the card and punters would have liked to get some feedback. They do ultimately pay his wages !