31st October 2005, 10:24 AM
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Location: Port Macquarie
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Originally Posted by jonron
Don't see too many accolades for the same jockeys brilliant ride to win the Derby!!!!Jockeys are only human and are prone to make mistakes as we all are,the only difference being that jockeys only have a split second to decide between right and wrong!!As for Queen of the Hill being a certainty beaten,I dont agree.Run the race again and Jetspur will beat her again.IMO she had her chance,and you guys are giving Jetspur and one J.O'shea no credit at all for a great performance!John was born and bred up here in my area of Nth.Qld,I have met him personally and can tell you he is a great bloke and a great trainer as well.He doesn't take many horses to Melbourne,and I had a good win on the horsae because I knew he had set it for the race.So please,give some credit where credit is due!!!
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Have a read of the regular feature on this site by Neil about backing favs in small fields!
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Gday jonron...
we are going to have to agree to disagree on whether or not QOTH was a good thing beaten.. I say she was u say she wasn't *shrug* life goes on..
She seemed to be taking ground from the winner once she got out tho..
As for John O"Shea... Do a bit of digging old mate... I started a thread, which I haven't updated for ages where I identified 4 trainers that I consider to be the best of the best... trainers with relatively small teams, that consistently turn out winners.. They were Craig Martin, Mark Mason , Joe Pride and JOHN O'SHEA... You will make money backing these blokes..I am a huge fan... and I will let you in on a secret... I backed Jetspur at the small odds on Saturday and also when it won on Caulfied Cup day.. along with alll it's other runs... ( I back all those trainers I mentioned runners) It had only been out the money once.. so it is a pretty fair horse..Did you have it then? I did because I follow O'Shea religiously.. I only backed it because it was trained by J. O'Shea, no other reason.. Everyone who backed the horse on Saturday have the Jockey of QOTH to thank for the collect.. It's a bit like the blokes who whinged when their divvies were cut because Mr Celebrity was declared a non runner at Geelong... Had Mr C got a fair start they would not have collected full stop.. same on Sat, had QOTH been give a competent ride, those who backed Jet Spur would not have collected... all my opinion mind you
As for the "brilliant ride" in the Derby... By Jeez there was a shocker by another of the "best" that made it a lot easier for the winner (have a look at Headturner in the straight, then look how it finished the race off) ... Luck fell his way in that one.. But he is one of the best... just ask him |