Jockey's pay, interesting info

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by oracle80

I'm sorry but noone makes people choose that line of work. A lotta guys I know would have liked to have been football players but weren't 6' 3'' 300 pounds. Its basically know when you wanna be a jockey that you have to be light. I'd like to see the scale raised a bit, yes. But its not like Pat Day started the scale of weigths that has existed for decades.

You're right but one would think a god-fearing and supposedly passionate man like Pat Day, one who has certainly seen the suffering the weight scale has caused his bretheren, would have been more benevolent. Just seems a little hypocritical to me.

Then again his self-righteousness always turned me off as much as his riding did. Was he EVER on the rail at Keeneland?

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You're right but one would think a god-fearing and supposedly passionate man like Pat Day, one who has certainly seen the suffering the weight scale has caused his bretheren, would have been more benevolent. Just seems a little hypocritical to me.

Then again his self-righteousness always turned me off as much as his riding did. Was he EVER on the rail at Keeneland?

I know he was on the rail with Summer Squall in the Preakness when he turned the tables on Unbridled. That was a fantastic ground saving ride.

[blackthroatedwind]

The only time I remember Keeneland standing in for Pimlico was Seabiscuit.

He was, however, also on the rail in the Preakness with Easy Goer when he shamefully got him beat.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You're right but one would think a god-fearing and supposedly passionate man like Pat Day, one who has certainly seen the suffering the weight scale has caused his bretheren, would have been more benevolent. Just seems a little hypocritical to me.

Then again his self-righteousness always turned me off as much as his riding did. Was he EVER on the rail at Keeneland?

I'm sure from your posts that your self-righteousness was BETTER than his self-righteousness!

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I'm sure from your posts that your self-righteousness was BETTER than his self-righteousness!

It would certainly be a battle!

I do, however, have full confidence in my abilities.