Russell Baze showing why hes the best

[Seattleallstar]

perfect 7 for 7, and has won 9 consecutive races. The best jockey in America in my eyes

Yeah no doubt that a guy riding a fair circuit has Johnny and Edgar beat bya mile. I'm sure that Baze prefers riding in race with 8 grand purses over races like the Whitney, Travers, Alabama, and Arlington Million. (huge roll of the eyes at one of the dumbest things ever spoken here).

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Yeah no doubt that a guy riding a fair circuit has Johnny and Edgar beat bya mile. I'm sure that Baze prefers riding in race with 8 grand purses over races like the Whitney, Travers, Alabama, and Arlington Million. (huge roll of the eyes at one of the dumbest things ever spoken here).

Nevertheless, being a big fish in a small pond has some advantages! When you dominate like he does, you pretty much get all the live mounts and life is good! I watched a lot of jocks dominate at Penn National over the years, except for Robert Colton, none did much anywhere else...I always wondered though, are the "big guys" that much better or is it all about opportunity? That's the reason I rank Julie Krone as the best jockey of all time (I know, I know...lots of folks like to laugh at that)...she never got the big horses, always had to overcome the "good old boy" network and still...she busted male jock's butts time after time winning riding titles on major circuits and even winning some of those "Big Races"!

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Nevertheless, being a big fish in a small pond has some advantages! When you dominate like he does, you pretty much get all the live mounts and life is good! I watched a lot of jocks dominate at Penn National over the years, except for Robert Colton, none did much anywhere else...I always wondered though, are the "big guys" that much better or is it all about opportunity? That's the reason I rank Julie Krone as the best jockey of all time (I know, I know...lots of folks like to laugh at that)...she never got the big horses, always had to overcome the "good old boy" network and still...she busted male jock's butts time after time winning riding titles on major circuits and even winning some of those "Big Races"!

Baze actually moved his tack to Southern California in the early 1990s, but he only had mild success down here. When he saw that there was no way he could compete with the top guys, he left.

Dominating at Bay Meadows is like a baseball player that does well in the minor leagues. If you do really well in the minor leagues, it shows that you have some ability but it does not mean that you are a star by any means.

Show me the money!

Russ is in the Hall-of-fame up in the hallowed halls located in
Saratoga Springs, NY, a track he may never have won at....?
nah, I'm sure he has, but my point is, he's made it into The Hall
via domination in the "minor leagues"
interesting to see his try for DIAZ!