Re: I am not Ethel Mertz (426 Views)
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Mall (IP Logged)
Date: February 08, 2005 07:31PM
Very funny indeed. The Jimmy Winkfield story would be interesting to anyone who follows jockeys, but what you might find even more interesting are some stats from a Black History month tribute to his predecessor, Isaac Murphy. He won the 1st race he was in at age 14, three Ky Derbies, & over the 15 seasons he rode he won, gasp, 44% of his races. No roi info provided, but you have to believe that a super-jockey like that had a pretty strong following among the bettors.
What I've been wanting to ask you about is the real inside skinny with Bailey. I read about but didn't hear the Super Bowl week interview promoting the book, so I obviously can't say whether he was hinting that he would retire after the TC. At the same time, the fact that he wrote a book & was doing interviews has to mean something. In run of the mill races, it sure doesn't seem like he's getting the mounts he used to get from a lot of different outfits, & I have an idea, a wag actually, that he & his agent may have already told his good clients his end date. Make sense?