Questions about Jockey's and their logic

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Originally Posted by dalakhani

Okay, i just lost on that race (had the 2). Remember, at monmouth, the rail is the best part of the track. Going to the inside serves two purposes: it saves ground and it gets you to the best part of the track (the latter not always true).

Remember also that riding a horse isnt like driving a car. Horses have minds of their own (especially 2 year olds!) and at times the jockey has little choice but to go with what the horse wants to do (ie duck in).

Gotcha. That makes sense. Thanks Kev and Dalakhani. Never thought of it that way.