darkydog,

An interesting topic - the jockey or the horse?

For what it is worth here are my thoughts...

With the exception of a few cases (apprentices, first ride on horse), I tend to treat jockeys as pretty much a non-essential criteria in selecting a horse. I honestly believe that a jockeys performance is too a large degree influenced by stable alignments.

Some will argue only good riders get to partner with good stables, but I believe that most jockeys can look like champions on the right conveyance.

So for me it is horse first and jockey second.


Cheers,
Luckyboy