The ever INNOVATIVE Kent D

[the_fat_man]

Kent always does things his own way and he's always forging new 'trends' in riding. His newest is the WIDE trip on the pacesetter (especially on the turf). This is where rather than keeping the horse as close as possible to the rail, he has it WIDE. Now, this has caught on nicely with the rest of the idiots, and Prado and Johnny V (who shits his pants at the thought of actually going INSIDE a horse) are also starting to use it. Of course, when others use it, they try to get to the rail by the turn. Kent doesn't care: he stays WIDE through the turn and the stretch. **** saving ground.

Example: today's 3rd on Jazz Nation. Kent's in the 4 path and Johnny V is to his outside.

I mean, in a way I can understand how he wants to take some of the advantage away from the drafters; but the cost is just not worth it, as it completely wrecks races.

[skippy3481]

horse is going cost me a nice pick 4.... and 4 wide is generous....

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Kent always does things his own way and he's always forging new 'trends' in riding. His newest is the WIDE trip on the pacesetter (especially on the turf). This is where rather than keeping the horse as close as possible to the rail, he has it WIDE. Now, this has caught on nicely with the rest of the idiots, and Prado and Johnny V (who shits his pants at the thought of actually going INSIDE a horse) are also starting to use it. Of course, when others use it, they try to get to the rail by the turn. Kent doesn't care: he stays WIDE through the turn and the stretch. **** saving ground.

Example: today's 3rd on Jazz Nation. Kent's in the 4 path and Johnny V is to his outside.

I mean, in a way I can understand how he wants to take some of the advantage away from the drafters; but the cost is just not worth it, as it completely wrecks races.

Kent is easily one of the ten stupidest human beings I've ever heard speak.

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Kent is easily one of the ten stupidest human beings I've ever heard speak.

I guess you have to be stupid to win 5,000 races. the outside turf must be the best today , other good jocks are steering that way to .

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I guess you have to be stupid to win 5,000 races. the outside turf must be the best today , other good jocks are steering that way to .

I guess you have to be brilliant to win a Super Bowl, NBA championship, tennis championship, walking marathon, World Series, bowling championship, sing a top 10 smash hit, swim in a straight line, hit an exacta, use a cell phone, drive a car, repair a car, or post a message on an Internet message board!

Gosh, I guess your logic is so infallible, that I must be wrong about Kent! I'm going to nominate him for some award that honors his keen intellect. Perhaps, just perhaps, if we are lucky, he can thank God for the award.

[Handicappy]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I guess you have to be stupid to win 5,000 races. the outside turf must be the best today , other good jocks are steering that way to .

He is a nasty, ego maniacal ass. He cares little for the horses he is on. It is all about himself. How else do you explain his statement when asked about the greatest disappointment in his career. The interviewer asks him about missing the triple crown on Real Quiet and whether that was the biggest disappointment in his career. He says No. That losing the riding title last year at Saratoga was his biggest disappointment. Hello? And how about after every race. If the horse loses, he pulls the horse up short and comes back quickly, I assume to get back to the Jock's room faster. But if he wins, he gallops out his horse so that he has this nice little ceremony from himself. He is a symbol of much that is wrong with the sport. he has been riding terribly since his Belmont mess.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Handicappy

He is a nasty, ego maniacal ass. He cares little for the horses he is on. It is all about himself. How else do you explain his statement when asked about the greatest disappointment in his career. The interviewer asks him about missing the triple crown on Real Quiet and whether that was the biggest disappointment in his career. He says No. That losing the riding title last year at Saratoga was his biggest disappointment. Hello? And how about after every race. If the horse loses, he pulls the horse up short and comes back quickly, I assume to get back to the Jock's room faster. But if he wins, he gallops out his horse so that he has this nice little ceremony from himself. He is a symbol of much that is wrong with the sport. he has been riding terribly since his Belmont mess.

At least he's a genius though.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Handicappy

He is a nasty, ego maniacal ass. He cares little for the horses he is on. It is all about himself. How else do you explain his statement when asked about the greatest disappointment in his career. The interviewer asks him about missing the triple crown on Real Quiet and whether that was the biggest disappointment in his career. He says No. That losing the riding title last year at Saratoga was his biggest disappointment. Hello? And how about after every race. If the horse loses, he pulls the horse up short and comes back quickly, I assume to get back to the Jock's room faster. But if he wins, he gallops out his horse so that he has this nice little ceremony from himself. He is a symbol of much that is wrong with the sport. he has been riding terribly since his Belmont mess.

A wee bit dramatic arent we? He's a friggin jockey not the head of CDI. All he does is ride the horses around the track and you are calling him a symbol of something.

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

A wee bit dramatic arent we? He's a friggin jockey not the head of CDI. All he does is ride the horses around the track and you are calling him a symbol of something.

He is supposed to do a lot more than "ride the horse around the track" The time and money spent to get a horse ready to run deserves a lot more than some half assed, pin headed effort that Kent often provides. He is trusted to give his best effort, which sometimes he CLEARLY does not, and is on a horse (especially a young horse) to give him or her a racing education. It is also his job to provide feedback to the horse's connections into what the animal did right or wrong in the race which he often is not interested in doing.

[DogsUp]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Kent is easily one of the ten stupidest human beings I've ever heard speak.

When did "stupidest" become a word?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by DogsUp

When did "stupidest" become a word?

Is this a trivia question?

I'm going with April 17, 1971.

[DogsUp]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Is this a trivia question?

I'm going with April 17, 1971.

More like a rhetorical question. I am sure that Kent knows that "stupidest" is not a word. Then again, I could be wrong.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by DogsUp

More like a rhetorical question. I am sure that Kent knows that "stupidest" is not a word. Then again, I could be wrong.

You are wrong.

It is a word.

Kent is a tard, I doubt his vocabulary is as large as even yours.

I'm sticking with your birthday as the trivia answer.

[Handicappy]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Is this a trivia question?

I'm going with April 17, 1971.

Nope, I was born on July 26th, 1950. I've been told the word was invented on that day for some reason. Always wondered.......

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Kent is easily one of the ten stupidest human beings I've ever heard speak.

Thats why he fits in so well with the Big Brown camp.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Kent always does things his own way and he's always forging new 'trends' in riding. His newest is the WIDE trip on the pacesetter (especially on the turf). This is where rather than keeping the horse as close as possible to the rail, he has it WIDE. Now, this has caught on nicely with the rest of the idiots, and Prado and Johnny V (who shits his pants at the thought of actually going INSIDE a horse) are also starting to use it. Of course, when others use it, they try to get to the rail by the turn. Kent doesn't care: he stays WIDE through the turn and the stretch. **** saving ground.

Example: today's 3rd on Jazz Nation. Kent's in the 4 path and Johnny V is to his outside.

I mean, in a way I can understand how he wants to take some of the advantage away from the drafters; but the cost is just not worth it, as it completely wrecks races.

The only thing I object to is that you seem to be saying that Kent D is starting this trend. As I'm sure you already know, Mike Smith has been throwing in the occasional "racing needlessly wide on the lead" rides for years. His ride on Lion Heart in the '04 Preakness is just the most famous of a move Smith has done fairly often over the years. Of course, the interesting thing about that race is that Smith's ride that day wasn't nearly as bad as Chop Chop's, who rode Song of the Sword as if he thought the colt could equal Secretariat's insane move in the '73 Preakness.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Jockeys are idiots not intelligent. Have you considered that maybe Mike Smith, like many other jockeys, couldnt hold the rail around the turn especially when trying to think?

FTFH