"there are plenty of jockeys I'd take heads up with him any day and a couple I'd absolutely favor." ....... hmmmmm. this is a game that is to a large degree based on betting. bailey is no longer the best bet in the game, as his talents have been factored into the market (that is, most of us know how good he is). the guy, however, is a babe ruth, a michael jordan, a ted williams, a jim brown, a.... a talent that will go down in history as one of the top two or three that ever played the game. I hope you are talking about the betting aspect of the game when you say you would take other jockeys heads up with bailey, because there is nobody in the game today that that compete with that man on even terms..... and, CtC, it's not even close... also, if FL does not race again before may, we are looking at much, much higher odds than 10-1 in the derby.