STEVENS: CHRB CASE AGAINST ROSARIO A ‘JOKE’
A budding superstar jockey from the Dominican Republic is under investigation by the California Horse Racing for allegedly not putting forth his best effort in a race at Del Mar in September, and a retired Hall of Fame rider is outraged at the charges.
Joel Rosario, a 24-year-old jockey who won riding titles at Hollywood Park’s spring-summer meeting and at Del Mar this summer, has had a complaint filed against him for violation of CHRB rules 1894, 1692 and 1902. The complaint contends that Rosario did not give his best effort in riding Cedros to the finish line in the 11th race at Del Mar on Sept. 6, 2009. A hearing was conducted Nov. 19 and is scheduled to continue tomorrow, Dec. 3, in the stewards’ office at Hollywood Park.
Cedros’ trainer, John Glenney, complained to the CHRB about Rosario’s ride after he told the Daily Racing Form he received a call from Rosario’s agent, Vic Stauffer, the morning after the race, allegedly inquiring about whether or not Cedros might be for sale. Cedros had finished fourth, beaten a head for third place, in a maiden special weight race. Glenney was quoted as saying he had instructed Rosario to keep Cedros to the outside (he started from the nine post, coming out of the infield chute in the turf race going 1 1/16 miles), but when the field turned for home, Rosario was toward the rail.
Rosario, who had never ridden Cedros, was the fourth jockey to ride the horse in five starts. Prior to the Sept. 6 race Cedros had finished tenth of 11 horses at Churchill Downs; sixth of 10 at Churchill; eighth of nine at Del Mar and second of nine at Del Mar—all maiden races. After finishing fourth under Rosario, Glenney shipped the horse to Kentucky, where he finished last of eight starters in the Grade 3 Bryan Station Stakes at Keeneland, and fourth of six in a maiden race at Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
On the day in question, Rosario rode in all 11 races, and won four, including two stakes (Del Mar Derby and Torrey Pine Stakes), finished second in another race, third in another, and had two fourths. His mounts earned $432,748 that afternoon. That’s more than horses trained by Glenney have won in all of 2009; he’s trained eight winners from 59 starts for total earnings of $414,627. Rosarioi ranks sixth among the nation’s jockeys by mount earnings, with $12.2 million thus far in 2009.
When Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens heard about the complaint against Rosario, he said he “immediately got on the computer and said I’ve got to see this.” After watching the film of the race, he contacted Stauffer and said “if you need me to testify I will because this is a joke. After seeing the patrol films, I said I’ve got to say something about this.”
Stevens, who serves as an analyst on HRTV and recently began training, said he has no vested interest in helping Rosario and when we spoke last week had never ridden him on one of his horses. But Stevens calls him a “throwback—a very humble guy with a bright future. I’ve never associated with Joel, but I’m an admirer of him. He’s got superstar potential—a great work ethic and a good riding style. I have a lot of respect for him.
“One of the things that is going to make him a superstar is his patience,” said Stevens. “He had (Cedros) second on the outside and the horse was trying to lean in down the backside. Somebody hit the fire button and went right past him down the backside, but Joel sat where he was. He knew he couldn’t go from the half-mile pole all the way to the wire.
Stevens testified Nov. 19, for more than 30 minutes by his account. “I told the deputy DA prosecuting the case, ‘Sir, I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but I did not have a conversation with Joel prior to my testimony here. This is purely a retired jockey stepping up for a fellow rider being questioned for something he didn’t do.”
Jockeys’ Guild representative Darrell Haire also spoke on Rosario’s behalf. The day’s other witness was backup steward Luis Jauregui, a retired jockey who represented the CHRB.
“Luis said Joel didn’t put forth his best efforts. My response is this guy doesn’t how to read the films,” said Stevens.
“This is really upsetting to me that this kid’s integrity is being questioned over something that is so, so simple to watch. We’ve got a deputy DA who’s probably never watched a horse race questioning him. There are legitimate excuses in a race; my job as an analyst is to pick a race apart and analyze why something may have happened.
“I said I thought the horse was lugging in and pointed out several times that the horse was attempting to lug in and pointed out the premature move by two other jockeys. Obviously these guys never watched Pat Day (another retired Hall of Fame rider), who would let guys pass him all the time, and then come back up the rail to win.
“I hate to see something so stupid like this happen.”
As for Stauffer allegedly asking if Cedros was for sale, Stevens said, “I can’t believe he would be stupid enough to say something to (the trainer). John was upset with the ride…we all get upset with riders. But you never do that (offer to buy a horse), even if you won the race.”
Stauffer has not been charged by the CHRB with any wrongdoing.
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Tags: California Horse Racing Board, cedros, CHRB, Gary Stevens, Horse Racing, joel rosario, john glenney, Paulick Report, Ray Paulick, vic stauffer
December 1st, 2009 at 8:29 am
Next we’ll probably see inferior trainers suing jockeys for not winning on horses that shouldn’t. This has to go up for the dumbass of the week award. Definitely sour grapes.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:10 am
This joke of a trainer should be at Beulah Park in Ohio.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:16 am
With all of the crap that goes on in racing in Southern California, how can racing officials or the government concern themselves with this stupdity? Good for Gary!
December 1st, 2009 at 9:25 am
THE CHRB IS A JOKE..WHEN THEY HAD THAT WOMAN IN THERE IN THE PAST & MORE RECENT A GUY THAT LIKES TO “KEY” HORSEMENS CARS & MAKES MANDATES TO CHANGE ALL TRACKS IN CA TO POLYXXXX…THATS MY 2 CENTS
December 1st, 2009 at 9:38 am
After watching the pan-shot and head-on replays, I would agree that Rosario did not put forth his best effort.
Was he giving 100%? No, but I’d call it a pretty minor offense all things considered.
A small fine in is order, and a reminder that he should ride his horse to its best possible finish. And that’s about it.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:44 am
Rosario should of fired his agent the next day and this would be old news. How about Tiger Woods being married to a Lion. Lets talk about that Ray.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:50 am
Way to go Gary I know that you know what you are looking at and believe what you are saying because you are a true profesional in this business. throughout your life you have been a standup guy and it is nice that you got out of your way to defend one of our fellow Jockey when peaples that don’t know anything about riding are trying to ruin a young man’s career and depriving his livelyhood, I take my hat off to Gary Steven for standing up.
Your Friend Ron Turcotte
December 1st, 2009 at 9:57 am
First of all, comparing a jockey’s earnings with a trainer’s earnings is a bad example. Check the jockey standings versus the trainer standings on Equibase at any given track and you will consistently see that jockey’s earnings are higher because jockeys ride more horses than any given trainer will saddle. Steve Asmussen might be an exception.
That said, most racing board members are poltical appointees (probably friends of the governor in each state) who know little or nothing about horse racing. In Illinois, the racing board has made far more decisions that have negatively impacted racing over the years than positive ones. I could easily fill this space with their dubious judgments. Would companies fill their board of directors with people who knew nothing about the business?
Racing organizations and individuals should demand better.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:58 am
Gary Stevens is a man of honesty and integrity and has an enormous passion for the sport. Major kudos to him for standing up to such a ridiculous injustice! Shame on the CHRB and the state of California for wasting so much time and money on such nonsense!!!
December 1st, 2009 at 9:59 am
I suppose in hind sight Rosario could have whipped the horse all the way down the stretch and gotten fined or days for that, or as Gary suggested run over a couple of horses gotten taken down, no third place money and Rosario views film and gets a couple day for that as well. Either scenario would have been easier that this for him.
The real shame of the matter is that John Glenney can’t see that he got the best trip he was going to get out of that horse that day.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:05 am
As an old trainer forced to retire because of an exercising accident (yes I rode my own in the mornings), if I complained every time a pinhead screwed up one of my horse’s races, I would be worn out.. “Pin-heads” has been an apt term for these guys most of the time and any one effort from them should be taken with a big grain of salt. Shit happens. I am with Stevens on this one–what a joke! Personally, I always liked my boy to be on the rail, saving ground in the longer races, unless i had an overwhelming favorite. Most of these joke of a trainers have never been on top of a horse, yet alone know what it is like to be out there in a race.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:20 am
I watched the replay,and unfortunately,the reality.Some horses don’t have the ability to get all the way.They quit.Not the jockey quitting.
Sounds more to me that the trainer is looking for excuses other than himself.You don’t even know if the agent ever did call him to buy the horse.That very well could be a trumped up excuse for why the horse ran fourth to the owner.Blame it on the jockey to keep the horse in his shedrow just a while longer so he can suck a few more dollars out of an owner.Isn’t it obvious this guy is a bonehead.
10th of 11 at Churchill
6th of 10 at Churchill
8th of 9 at Del Mar
2nd of 9 at Del Mar
4th with Rosario
And gee whiz,let’s now perform rocket science—after being placed one time in a maiden race lets go for a Grade 3 Stakes race and after that fails miserably we run 4th of 6 in a maiden at Fair Grounds !!!!!!!!
What this tells me is run from this so-called trainer fast,fast as you can……………….
December 1st, 2009 at 10:43 am
I think every jockey at one time or another could be accused of not putting forth his best effort. I think everybody who does any job could be accused at one time or another of not putting forth his best effort. The point here being that the charge is so subjective how can it possibly be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The only proof of wrong doing is money passed to throw a race. In this case I doubt it.
With all the crap that the trainers pull with doping horses and all the other stuff which is not detectable I think that for a trainer to make such a charge is a joke.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:01 am
I believe John Glenney trains only his own horses. So, he is not sucking money from anyone else.
The incident brings up again the need for abolition of flogging. If Rosario had continued to flog this “dead” horse it is most likely a crash would have ensued - we have Stevens’s expert opinion on that. Because Rosario did not continue flogging, he is accused of not trying. The jockey is damned if he does and damned if he does not.
The solution is self evident.
December 1st, 2009 at 11:20 am
I’m aggitated that this issue is STILL being kicked around. Which brings me to the biggest problem I see with this industry (next to legitimately enforced standards, sanctions and coordination by a National racing authority)….timing!
This is ridiculous. If these asshats, disjointed though they be don’t get on the National Racing Authority with a god as commissioner Bandwagon, more of this (as is weekly) will continue to play. Ron White says you can fix ugly and not perfect, but you can’t fix stupid.
Stupid is wasting this much time on this issue.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Setting the details of the case aside, there is no way that an active trainer should be allowed to be a witness in this type of case. There is an obvious potential conflict of interest.
December 1st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
As to Jet’s comment’s: If that is the case, then they shouldn’t have allowed either Jauregui or Christiensen (both active stewards) say anything either.
December 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Yep! Mr. Caito: “most racing board members are political appointees (probably friends of the governor in each state) who know little or nothing about horse racing”. Either friends of the Governator and/or breeders and owners with huge conflicts of interest.
Some racing practices fall in the vast grey area of horse racing and it is why we need a central authority with fool proof, impeccably written and enforced rules and regulations.
Giving a horse a race, racing one as a rabbit without it racing as an entry with the big horse, hiding works, having them not being groomed much, their wearing suspicious bandages when not needed, arriving in the paddock with huge bandages, looking dirty, then win a cheap race mid-week with only a few watching, at big odds so the boss can catch a bet.
In the early eighties, when Don Pierce then a trainer, raced a horse in the last race in the middle of the week and his best friend Bill Shoemaker was up, we knew that something was up.
Are these examples nothing more than clever horsemanship and smart betting or is it fraud?
I agree with the “flogging” comment. This current affair wouldn’t exist if flogging was banned.
I contacted the Hollywood Park stewards after Alan Garcia’s ride on Raw Silk in the Hollywood Oaks. I asked them to please review the race and at least have a talk with Garcia because Raw Silk was on the lead during the entire race and gave up entering the stretch. That is when the heavy and senseless “flogging” started into the hopelessly beaten filly. She continued to be hit even after 7 horses had passed her and the camera drops her.
I believe that Garcia and others like him should be fined and suspended when they hit hard obviously spent horses, if anything to save hearts and legs for future races.
I have contacted stewards around the country on outrageous rides and suspicious accidents and the usual answer is that if the “flogging” isn’t big enough, trainers, owners and bettors give stewards hell.
I contacted the CHRB regarding the death of the Jeff Mullins’s trained I Want My Money at Del Mar based on Equibase footnotes which read that the 3 year old colt making only is second or third lifetime start (was he previously injured?) leaned-out in the backstretch and around the entire turn (was he lame on his left front and leaning out due to pain and trying to save that leg?). The footnotes then said that the colt then leaned in and broke down. I Want My Money broke its left front leg and was euthanized.
My questions to the CHRB and Del Mar stewards were and still are:
Red flag anyone?
Was the colt injured at two?
Was he sound enough to run that day?
What drugs, including NSAIDs and corticosteroids-type was he given in order to train then race that day?
Should jockey Martin Pedroza have pulled him up as the colt was leaning out the entire race until he fatally broke down?
Should all jockeys be told to err on the side of safety and pull up horses that show signs that they may be in distress, especially as long as injuries, drugs including painkillers are kept secret and jockeys don’t how infirm and numbed their mounts may be as long as powerful drugs are allowed to train horses to a race and on race day?
Did Pedroza forced the colt inside which caused his left leg to snap?
Was the colt super-tested?
Past history and necropsy results, please?
I never got an answer even though I realize that most of that information is never publicly released unless in the case of I Want Revenge what is done to a horse becomes public.
Did the CHRB and stewards see any red flag before I Want My Money’s race or because red flags are everywhere and they have to fill races, they just gloss over and fill races with whatever they’ve got, except for the Breeders’ Cup where things must be done right for the big crowd? Did the CHRB and stewards look into that death on their own? After my two inquiries? Who knows!
Javier Castellano revealed during a post-race interview (with his two thumbs up for himself while ignoring the dying Pine Island) that Pine Island was late changing leads and that he forced her to do so even though she was seen missing a stride or two before the fatal lead-change, I believe that jockeys do their part in breaking horses down. This was confirmed after Mike Guidry also admitted to his colt Gold Train was late changing leads and while forcing him to do so, that precipitated his fatal breakdown at Keeneland.
I have requested that the Grayson Foundation and others research the role that jockeys play in injuring horses and how the “pineheads” could be told to always use an abundance of caution and use the whip only as an aid, not a weapon or a punching bag. After a couple of well known retired jockeys said “I don’t know” the issue was shoved under the rug as far as I can tell.
All owners and trainers who are not satisfied unless their horses are beaten hard have no business holding a racing license.
IMO, the Pro-Cush type whip should be the only whip allowed, it should not used more three to five times per race in well defined situations, it should be banned when horses stop after making the entire pace, banned on two year olds and claiming horses with earnings of over $100,000 when racing for $10,000 claiming and under.
December 1st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Joe:
OMG! I say that as a person that knows this crap goes on all time. Superb post! Regardless of the race at all cost because it’s a business as weasels say. Remarkable. Simply remarkable.
This situation is a poster child, with all it’s ejudicating missteps and delays for the case of a legitimate Central Race Authority for this country. The self-serving, special interest regulators have sped up the demise of US racing. If you twits don’t make the big stick NRA happen, you are doomed to become road kill…as is the industry until true purists take it back and begin to correct your sloppy, destructive “management”. BTW, Anyone sending comments to the open comment period offered by Gov Thompson on this next round of Safety and Integrity Alliange “efforts”? With these guys, if I was an ER patient…I’d be dead by now. But let’s continue to make the big fish happy and the weenies like Cullen to live another day. OOOooops. Let’s make that another year or two or…..
December 1st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
HELLO THERE ” RON TURCOTTE”
HAVENT SEEN YOU SINCE I PUT YOU UP ON MY GELDING GOING 1 1/4 AT LAUREL RACE TRACK BACK IN 1964 WHEN YOU FIRST CAME DOWN FROM WOODBINE.
I AGREE WITH YOU & GARY…..THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW AS YOU KNOW…TOO MANY “JOHNNY COME LATE’ LEYS…& WANNABEE”S & DONT FORGET THE EXPERTS..
LETS HEAR FROM U..i got a good story for u eugenelevey@hotmail.com..
December 1st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Thought people might find this interesting.. the Trip Note of this race as reported by Handicappers Report
5324 - 11TH: 1 1/16mFM (t) 23.11 46.62 1:10.74 1:35.54 1:41.67 V +19 AR=103 PR=106rt 3+MMAIDENC
Fourth down the hill when last seen under silks five and a half months ago, five-year-old maiden STERKEL tried two turns for the first time as the longer shot of the two Mandella entrants in here and the son of Orientate rallied from last to get up late under clever Valdivia, Jr. handling. Off a half step slowly, he trailed inside off the fast pace down the backside, swung out to start his run into the lane, kicked it in late, up to win. Decent rating, he’ll try NW1X at Oak Tree. AROCDORO washed out as usual, was sent hard to get caught five-wide leaving the chute, stalked outside around the first turn, in the clear onto the backside, moved up to duel between horses past the half-mile pole, took over and inched away around the far turn, kicked away in the stretch, shortened stride deep stretch, collared and passed the final part. Considering his post and early trip he was likely best, but he seems to always find ways to lose. NEVER was bumped between horses leaving the chute, dueled inside on the lead, outrun by the runner-up around the far turn, held third when no late speed other than the winner materialized. CEDROS bumped with NEVER leaving the chute, dueled outside that one down the backside, had his hand forced to commit when CRAZY WAGER made a premature move, was also outrun by the runner-up around the far turn, appeared on his way to running last while outrun nearing the stretch, angled down to the fence in the lane, kept to his task when no late runners surfaced, somehow just missed the show. Lukewarm favorite AMAZOMBIE stalked inside, early then angled off the rail down the backside, came out around the far turn, three-deep for the drive, no rally. He might have been coming back too quick off a tough debut and should fit with Cal-breds at Oak Tree. CIRCLE DIAMOND pulled hard in midpack, advanced around the far turn, between horses in the lane, flattened out. CRAZY WAGER raced off the early pace, moved up ridiculously prematurely to bid four-wide leaving the backstretch, caught widest around the far turn, not surprisingly could not sustain his run and weakened. Reyes has been exposed as a bug who moves his horses way too soon and has horses drift around under him. R BEE ESS broke a bit slowly, raced well off the pace inside, drifted out into the far turn, came out around that bend, five-wide into the lane, nothing. LEYVA MAN had zero speed, angled a bit off the rail down the backside, was forced out by R BEE ESS around the far turn, angled back in leaving that bend, nothing. ABSOLUTLYPOSITIVLY was bumped around between horses early, stalked between horses, outrun around the far turn, stopped to trail.
1. STERKEL 106 rt 6. CIRCLE DIAMOND 98 rt (Bon)
2. ARCODORO 103 rt 7. CRAZY WAGER 96 rt
3. NEVER 100 rt 8. R. BEE ESS 93 rt
4. CEDROS 100 rt 9. LEYVA MAN 89 rt (Bon)
5. AMAZOMBIE 99 rt 10. ABSOLUTLYPOSITIVLY 84 rt
December 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
If I was a trainer and was upset about the ride because he didn’t follow instructions and then the agent wants to buy my horse? That would piss me off. The agent is to blame and should get fined for it. Race Caller/Bloodstock agent/ Jockey Agent whaterver he is. California is becoming a joke. The Stewards are a joke for letting this go on so long.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:07 pm
They should leave Joel alone and focus on the idiot Stauffer.. HE should be getting a FINE for conduct detrimental to horse racing. Nothing more nothing less…there is no fine for being a dumb ass so he gets off easy. You can see the obvious conflict to ask a trainer if a horse is for sale after a (what the trainer thought) questionable ride. Joel is the real deal, he made about $30,000 dollars that day alone. What did he have to gain stiffing some maiden?
Joel recently rode a mdn 25,000 with a BAD form for us as hard as any rider I have seen….FOR SECOND MONEY!!!! Seriously people, move on
December 1st, 2009 at 9:24 pm
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW GOOD FELLOWS ON THIS SITE THAT ARE THROWING XXXX AT A TRAINER THAT THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.. SOME OF YOU NICE PEOPLE WOULD’NT SAY WHAT THEIR SAYING IF THEY KNEW DR JOHN GLENNEY…I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN MYSELF TO POST THE FOLLOWING:
DR JOHN AS I CALL HIM..HE BREEDS & TRAINS HIS OWN HORSES ALONG WITH HIS WIFE’
AT ONE TIME IN THE PAST HE BOUGHT “LADYS SECRET” FOR A BROODMARE..HE HAS WON GRADED STAKES FROM KENTUCKY TO CALIFORNIA..IF U WANT TO SEE WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED IN HIS GREAT LIFE..GO ON GOOGLE & TYPE IN JOHN GLENNEY
AND AFTER THAT YOU CAN GOOGLE ME>> GENE LEVEY
& I HOPE THE BASHING WILL GO AWAY
December 1st, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Googled GENE LEVEY and….
It kept giving me Has Been
Till I got the spelling right and all the results said
NEVER WAS
Give us all a break “EUGENE” for a little while at least ?
Take a few weeks off from your internet fantasy life
It’s really getting old and very transparent
Please ?
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 am
This story brings to mind the Paulick Report piece from a couple weeks back regarding Eclipse Award voting and the cunning power-plays of “holier-than-thou” types in Thoroughbred Racing: and, as in that affair, Ray Paulick and Jay Privman have very different story lines from the same information!
Jay Privman’s Daily Racing Form “reporting” on the November 19 hearing, which Privman states “dragged and only three witnesses were called in nearly two hours before the hearing was adjourned until Dec. 3,” only quotes Stevens saying the horse Rosario rode, Cedros, “was green, lacking experience.” That’s it; 30 minutes of testimony from a 5-time Eclipse Award winning, Hall of Fame jockey and Privman gives us four words with absolutely no context to them.
(Meanwhile Privman quotes the somewhat average former jockey, Jauregui, stating that Rosario “wasn’t giving it down the lane.” Again, that’s all we get from our “reporter” of a witness who obviously must have testified more than the few seconds credited by this DRF scribe.)
Is it possible Paulick got Stevens to convey something to him that wasn’t stated to the Stewards? It seems unlikely.
What’s more likely is Jay Privman chose NOT to convey the essence of Stevens testimony - that this whole assertion by a below-average trainer (Glenney), about an under-performing horse (Cedros) , with an “expert witness” (Jauregui) that Stevens feels, “doesn’t (know) how to read the films,” is, on whole, ” stupid” and a waste of everyone’s time. That’s what Gary Stevens clearly testified - and damn if that doesn’t make it a more interesting, compelling story.
Why wouldn’t Jay Privman communicate that part of the story?
Check back into the posts of the Paulicks Reports Eclipse Award Voting piece for the truth: Privman has a grudge against Rosario’s agent, Vic Stauffer. Privman tried (unsuccessfully) to get an Eclipse taken from Stauffer many years back (after earning his “Holier-than-Thou” general stripes in a misguided campaign - smearing Laura Hillenbrand as “unseemly” after reading just a few sentences of her elaborate 2001 essay).
Privman could have given us Gary Stevens testimony and feelings about the case in an informative fashion ten days ago, but chose not to. The facts stand in the way of the story Privman wishes to tell.
Wait… wasn’t that, ironically, the charge he leveled against Stauffer’s Eclipse piece?
Thank you, Mr. Paulick, for making your report informative and interesting reading. I quite enjoy your winning battle against hypocrisy.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:14 am
Whoa!!!
Glenney does not have a reputation as a nut. He has accomplished a lot considering that he races at the highest levels, breeds, breaks, owns and trains his own horses. He has won several graded stakes races from a very small stable of homebreds. We should all be so talented. Only a few people have the ability to do this well, like old Harvey Vanier, and Peter and Diane Perkins.
Must be fun to train a bunch of proven talented horses, like 20 length maiden winners, then bought for big bucks by rich owners after the win and passed on to one of the top 10 trainers. Glenney does not do that. I can understand how a trainer like Glenney gets a little more emotionally involved when he has wiped the muccus out of the babies nose on the cold night when it was foaled, then nurtured it for years to get it to the winners circle.
It is so gratifying to watch a jockey take instructions and ride accordingly into the winners circle; and so frustrating to watch one of the little jerks ignore everything you told him and destroy 3 months of careful training in 1 minute of ego gratification.
One last point, Jockeys agents , as a group, are the lyingest bunch of people I have ever dealt with in any business or social experience.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 am
Jockey agents might be liars but who isn’t around them? Who always acts responsibly and ethically even though the life of horse & rider hang in the balance of truth vs. lie? I am stunned how horse racing is able to remain an outlaw.
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:16 am
well well well…we HAVE a young guy on here that doesnt even know how to google….the whole page is about me & my picture is at the top of the page..i cant believe that there are xxxxx young fellows, on second thought, yes i can… on another note> i am happy to see that CONCERNED OBSERVER posted info on DR GLENNEY
December 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
TO: DANIEL ALAMEDA….
EITHER YOU WERE ON A FOREIGN WEBSITE OR THE BAR THAT YOU TEND WENT THE OTHER WAY..I GOOGLED YOU & FOUND NOTHING…JUST ANOTHER YOUNG JEALOUS WANNABE…WHAT ELSE
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 am
The concerned observer says that Glenney has accomplished a lot and that we should all wish we were as talented. I think i’m going to pass, i’ll stick with the current talent i have and not trade it in for Glenney’s talent.
As far as these ‘little jerks ignoring everything you told him” do you think that the leading rider at Del Mar should have said “yes Mr Glenney, how high sir” after he got the instructions in the paddock? You, of all people, ought to know that leading riders ride the way they want to ride. Leading riders didn’t get to become leading riders by listening to an obscure trainer who runs less than 10 horses the entire year in California.