Fair enough Chrome I misinterpreted your figures but it would have been handy if you clarified them when presenting them rather than in a latter post.

Distance events have a higher average fav. price than sprints, so naturally Beadmans figure's [and everyone else's] get dragged up a notch or two. That's hardly ground breaking news.

No. I don't automatically claim stats prove nothing, but when there used on a fairly long bow as they often are here, yes I do claim that they prove nothing about the future.
Looking back over 12 mths. is the past by the way Chrome, not the future and it's the future were discussing here, not the past I'm disputing.

Party,
No, I think Beadman is a great rider [among quite a few others] but he slaughters his share of rides too. I just think he gets more accolades than he deserves considering he's sitting on the short priced fav. a lot of the time and as last months figure show, he has no trouble riding a card without a win.
Even 2 meetings in a row without a win. He's no champion jockey [any more] that's for sure.

If he is so good, let him get down here to Melb. and mix it with the big boys.

As for your swipe at Dittman Chrome. let's put that little bit of ignorance to bed :-))

MICK DITTMAN
- winner of more than 1,700 races
- winner of 88 Group 1 races
- winner of Melbourne Cup
- winner of 3 Golden Slippers
- winner of 2 Cox Plates
- winner of Caulfield Cup
- winner of 3 Sydney Jockey Premierships
- winner 5 Brisbane Jockey Premierships

Some of the horses Dittman rode:

- Full on
- Aces
- Bounding Away
- Bint Marscay
- Strawberry Road
- Red Anchor
- Gurner's Lane
- Sydeston