whats your take on this

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Suspended jockeys mocking the system
By Ryan Goldberg

What has changed is the system, which one state steward described as “very jockey-friendly.” It is accepted wisdom now that jockeys collect shorter suspensions for careless riding and, afforded legal rights of due process, can appeal them almost ad infinitum and in the end serve the days at will.

“Ninety-eight percent of the appeals of suspensions that I witnessed during my career was to buy time,” said retired Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey. “There’s no reason to do this. It’s bordering on the ridiculous now. The tail now wags the dog. The jockeys now dictate what the stewards can do instead of vice versa.”




i think jerry bailey should shut up ..its the system work it or get worked..

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

09/23/2010 1:24PM
Ryan Goldberg


Paco Lopez and his attorney, Richard Schibell, went to the Supreme Court of New Jersey to get a stewards ruling overturned so he could serve a suspension after Monmouth’s summer meet ended. Paco Lopez is something of a throwback jockey. Lopez, 24, grew up in poverty in a small town near Tierra Blanca, Mexico. At 12, he left home to work on a ranch and began riding Quarter Horses in his early teens. He learned his trade on bush tracks and won thousands of races. He has been riding Thoroughbreds for less than four years, but already his accomplishments include an Eclipse Award for leading apprentice and consecutive riding titles at the Meadowlands, Gulfstream, and, most recently, Monmouth.

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[hoovesupsideyourhead]

that looks like haskin..lol

[Port Conway Lane]

I think they should let them ride during the suspension and have them donate 50% of their earnings to (name the charity) in the designated time frame.

Is that the "Eeeeasy Goer" Marshall Cassidy who suspended Arcaro ? Awfully young to be a chief steward if it is.

[robfla]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

that looks like haskin..lol

I thought it was Tony Kornheiser