I've Never Seen So Many Female Riders In My Life

[One_Time]

Except for a couple of the premier races on this Friday\'s card at Pimlico, there are a tremendous amount of women that have mounts--more so than I have ever seen before. The reason being the Maryland Jockey Club and a Breast Cancer NFP teamed up to raise awareness. As a result, management strongly encouraged many of the connections to ride females.

Personally, I consider riders with less than 10% winning percentages a major factor in my handicapping. The majority (Napravnik and Homeister are good) of female riders have poor winning percentages, so now the issue is what to do with the horses they are on?

[P-Dub]

I didn\'t mind Kayla booting home that $33 winner Sunday.

I don\'t pay too much attention to the jockey in everyday races. Sometimes it matters, but the horse is the predominant factor for me.

[richiebee]

One_Time Wrote:
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> Breast Cancer NFP teamed up to raise awareness, blah, blah, blah.

Nice sensitive treatment of a horrible disease which has probably affected
a friend or family member of almost everyone who posts here...
 
> Personally, I consider riders with less than 10%
> winning percentages a major factor in my
> handicapping. The majority (Napravnik and
> Homeister are good) of female riders have poor
> winning percentages, so now the issue is what to
> do with the horses they are on?

I guess my question would be what is the difference from a handicapping
standpoint between a low percentage male rider and a low percentage female rider?

[magicnight]

\"I guess my question would be what is the difference from a handicapping
standpoint between a low percentage male rider and a low percentage female rider?\"

Rhetorical question, I hope.

[moosepalm]

After looking at the June issue of Vanity Fair (not sure whether it\'s print/online or both), I think I can safely say I\'ve never seen so much of a female rider in my life.

[milwmike]

Race 4 is a special race with all retired women jocks.  Did the same thing last year.

Emma Jayne Wilson is a good jock from WO.

[Rick B.]

moosepalm Wrote:
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> After looking at the June issue of Vanity Fair
> (not sure whether it\'s print/online or both), I
> think I can safely say I\'ve never seen so much of
> a female rider in my life.

Chantal is simply yummy, in any stage of dress or undress. I never get tired of looking at her.

Thanks for the tip.

[trackjohn]

Richie:

  My gratitude to you for your comments regarding this guy\'s insensitivity regarding Breast Cancer.  As the husband of a Metastatic Breast Cancer surviver I was going to blast this guy but I know that, given what I was going to write, JB might have banned me forever from this board...Thanks..

John

[One_Time]

I edited the original post. Sorry if I offended anyone. This is a handicapping forum, I was expecting to hear what others opinions were on what to do with races filled with low percentage riders, regardless of sex; unfortunately, it turned into an Oprah special.

[Rick B.]

One_Time Wrote:
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> I edited the original post. Sorry if I offended
> anyone. This is a handicapping forum, I was
> expecting to hear what others opinions were on
> what to do with races filled with low percentage
> riders, regardless of sex; unfortunately, it
> turned into an Oprah special.

WTF, pal? Apparently, you\'ve never heard the expression,

\"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is: stop digging\".

[P-Dub]

Rick B. Wrote:
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> One_Time Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I edited the original post. Sorry if I offended
> > anyone. This is a handicapping forum, I was
> > expecting to hear what others opinions were on
> > what to do with races filled with low
> percentage
> > riders, regardless of sex; unfortunately, it
> > turned into an Oprah special.
>
> WTF, pal? Apparently, you\'ve never heard the
> expression,
>
> \"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing
> to do is: stop digging\".


Ya know Rick, in atypical P-Dub fashion...I let that one go.

Well said.

BTW, I appreciated your thoughtful response.