Why Anton Marcus Is The Best Jock

Anton is good..
but can he get close to Striker...(know he is lazy and dont ride work..but still)

or is he good because he rides the top fav....all with winning chances..
is his style not the same as mark khan...
jump...go...sit in the 1st 3...stay on to win...

strydom...falls asleep in the pens..jumps..rest at the back..wait till 400...sees the pavillion...wakes up..jumps up...pulls the wip..balance himself...flies up..wins the race...

Is that not the point - ride to win. Surely Pierre has a similar opportunity to select winning rides, or has he blown his chances with his antics.

Anton - A sportsman - play to win
Pierre - Play to play

No doubt he is rigt up there, but go sit in any of the 2 totes in my area and hear how they fluk and praise Striker one race after the other.

A punter in a local tote told me story of how a punter at Turfies chucked rocks at him. Not sure how true this is, but sounds believable. I have actually heard striker on USO say something along the lines of: "If I lose this they might throw rocks at me!"

striker is past 40...
he got brains now..
all men get their brains at 40..ask your mother...

must he sell his soul to a yard at R50k pm like Anton..
be there every day to ride the work..
listen to the owners egos...
be part of the trainers cover up...

or

sit back..
ride horses that he gets a ride on..
most trainers dont card him..then they dont get a price...
and he does not say...ja baas...reg baas..mooi baas...
he speaks his mind..sure some times he speaks nonsense too..just like all of us..

but..pound for pound..we have never had a jockey like him..hate him..like him..

Mother long time dead - but I think I get what you mean. You have to tune in to strikers thinking and you will be ok. Back him blindly and you'll fall in to the Kimberly hole.

If I had R5 000 to put down on either of these Jocks (not that I ever play like that) it would not be on Mr 40+. I see he is on a horse now with Hotlines colours, so I will have a small bet of R5.00

Great dual in the first AW - Wish I had had R5000 to put on

How does Rebecca Sharp win this race?It never looked like it could win,but AM is the man.

Absolutely right Justpunter, 200m out I was gonna tear up my ticket.... Thank you Anton

Yes for sure, one of the best and a very pleasant guy.

Jockey Anton Marcus is a man of ‘hands and poise’

Andrew Harrison

There is a current thread running on one of the more popular local racing websites about just how good jockey Anton Marcus is.

Mostly it is about how he has rescued seemingly losing bets in the last couple of strides.

Everybody loves a winner, more especially a punter who, with a furlong to run, is already pondering how he is going to dig himself out of the mire in the next race, so the views expressed are decidedly biased.

But to misquote a once popular song, “Then along came Marcus”. A lot of dross is spoken about jockeys. One rides too short, one too long and the rest just useless.

The great Lester Piggott was once asked why he rode with his backside so high in the air.
The retort, in typical Lester fashion: “ Well I’ ve got to put it somewhere.”

Hands are part of what make a good jockey great. The list of riders lacking in style but big on hands is a long one. Quickly to mind are Garth Puller, Gavin “ Pots and Pans” van Zyl and current champion jockey Andrew Fortune.

There are a dozen other riders with smoother, more elegant seats that are polished Rolls Royces in a finish, but up against this trio, they would more often than not be made to look ordinary.

Marcus is different. He has hands and he has poise. He is the complete article as he showed when driving Ginger Hill home, for another master of his craft, Mike de Kock, in the Allez France Handicap at Turffontein yesterday, that he has few peers in the saddle.

As commentator Craig Peters commented post race, Ginger Hill was “dead and buried” two furlongs out as Saltwater Girl pinched a winning lead. The challenges came thick and fast for second over the next furlong but Ginger Hill, under a typically balanced and powerful Marcus ride, kept grinding away. As the opposition cried enough in the heat of battle, Ginger Hill went out and fetched Saltwater Girl (no “Pots and Pans” to help out here), but ever game she proved no match for a determined Marcus.
No doubt the weights – a 3,5 kg pull to the winner – told that final 50m but Marcus was the difference between winning and losing.

At Kenilworth, the going on the outside rail took precedence as the Mike Stewart-trained Mister Dane, racing all on his own on the outside fence under Brandon Morgenrood, put one over the favourite in the third. The jocks were in two minds in the next, split half-and-half, but it was El Jadida under Bernhard Fayd’Herbe for Mike Bass that took advantage of the outside fence this time. Any doubts were dispelled in the next as the entire field was sent for Rosmeade Avenue and League Of Honour under Fareed Anthony for Piet Steyn put them all to the sword.

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Take a bow

Clairwood 24 April:

AMarcus (54kg)

Flo Rider D S Bosch WON - R2,20
Kolkata SGTarry 2nd - R1,90
Badge Of Choice M L Roberts WON R6,60/R2,10
Allocation M L Roberts WON R2,10/R1,20
HardRock DVisser WON R5,90/R3,10
She's A Stunner DVisser WON R3.60/R1,10
Ruby Cartel C Laird 2nd R1,00
She-Var A Wright WON R2,50/R1,30

8 rides, 6 WINS 2 2nd's.....Enough Said...