John Mckee/Lukas/Westwon

[The Bid]

Not many jocks are built as well as this guy; he's small, can eat what he wants, and gets a ton of live mounts. He's one of the worst riders I've ever seen, a complete joke. The ride he gave Westwon today made me want to vomit. Not only did he try to force the horse on a pace he couldn't make, he got the horse bounced off the rail, losing action, and everything else. You would think this pinhead would realize its someone's $600k investment and wrap up after he had no chance. Not Mckee, he decided to continue to ride the horse to the finish after he ran into the rail at 30mph, good idea. What a complete fool he is, and what a foolish move it was by Lukas to ride him. Not only was it a bad idea to ride Mckee, it was a bad idea to start a horse off a long layoff, in a sprint stake, when the horse isn't a sprinter.

Just when I thought Lukas was doing the right thing by a horse he spots one like the condition book was written in braille

Westwon, I hope he came out of the race okay. He had to hurt himself hitting the rail that hard.

[blackthroatedwind]

It was a mystifying ride. I have never liked that guy as a rider, but I watched the race with no idea who was riding, and only paid attention to the horse because you had mentioned him here. It was just idiotic. In watching the replay it was obvious that the horse had plenty of room to come off the inside when they came into the stretch, and the two in front of him had seperated so there was plenty of room to split, yet he was banging away righty and pretty much drove the poor horse into the rail.

It really was absurd.

[The Bid]

Hes simply one of the worst jockeys I have ever seen. I knew the horse was in trouble, however I didnt think his life was in jeopardy. I mean anyone with a little sense would have just taken the horse outside and let him get something out of the race. Hes off a long layoff, hes not a sprinter, and hes huge, I mean hes about 17 hands. Just a horrible spot to run that horse, and a worse ride. BRUTAL

[blackthroatedwind]

I imagine that is the last time Wayne rides him on that horse...or perhaps any of his horses. It was, as you say, a dangerously bad ride. Almost psychotically dangerous to be honest. It's hard to even imagine what he was thinking.

His ride in the 5th was horrible as well. The guy is a headcase.

[packerbacker7964]

yeah I had the 6-7 boxed under the 10-12. Hind sight 20/20. Owners of the horse were my friends Heart Doc a couple years back. They've owned lost of Arky Breeds and now have a farm in Florida.

[The Bid]

The chart read couldnt keep pace, lost action midstretch, finished evenly.


The chart should have read....Westwon, was hard ridden to keep pace early, was stuffed into a hole by a bonehead, bounced off the rail repeatedly, almost went down, lost 5 lengths, then was asked to rerally to finish out of the money. Thats exactly what the owners were looking for, trying to get something out of the race. They got something Im sure, probably two swollen ankles, a bruised up ego, and some pinhead saying, "sowwy bossh"