I don't know if it's kharma or whatever you want to call it,but the over confidence of Frankel,Baffert etc. often leads to poor rides by top jockeys when the chips are down.
I noticed that Frankel has basically benched Kent Desormeaux for getting into trouble trying to save ground.These trainers seem to think that their horses can repeatedly survive 4 and 5 wide trips and beat the best competition out there.This may work if you space your races and are much the best in a race.However ,in a one shot free for all like the Derby , I would personally prefer the style of a rider like Desormeaux or say a Martin Pedroza.It's tough for me as a fan to watch Pat Day and Jerry Bailey churn out lackluster "safe " ground wasting trips in the Kentucky Derby.I see where Jay Privman called Bailey's ride in th Belmont " tactically brilliant".I personally fail to see the "brilliance" there.It looked to me like the Rally Monkey could have booted that one home.I can only conclude, that it is better for a jockey to be politically correct and well mannered ,than actually a dominant rider.I think that these trainers need to shut their pie holes and let the jocks ride their race.



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