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Post by eliteone on Mar 25, 2013 16:35:01 GMT -5
As a man I can say the same Jon but as a fan and speaking for young girls and women riders I stand by my opinion.
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Post by bloodstock64 on Mar 25, 2013 17:12:29 GMT -5
A jockey is a jockey. Like Rich P says, it's 10/80/10. 10% would improve a horses chances slightly, 80% are adequate, 10% would hinder a horses chances. I'd put Chantel in the 80% group. She's a jockey, end of subject. Could care less if she's a model or on the cover of Mad Magazine.
And also, a jockey is ONLY as good as his or her agent and the horses he (or she) gets for them.
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Post by bloodstock64 on Mar 25, 2013 17:16:59 GMT -5
If you wanna talk female jockeys exclusively, I'd have to put Rosemary Homeister at the top of the heap. That lady can ride. Then on the other end of the spectrum you have Maylan Studart, the dialog box says 59,732 characters left. I'd need about 150,000 more.
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Post by shooter29 on Mar 25, 2013 18:04:23 GMT -5
Well.....I can see this went downhill in a hurry LOL Never a fan of Chantal as a rider. I think of her pretty much as the Kim Kardashian of Horse Racing. Famous for doing nothing. She's gotten more press for her looks and her realationships than she ever has for her actual riding ability. She's no Julie nor Rosie that's for sure.
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Post by eliteone on Mar 26, 2013 10:25:47 GMT -5
Agree with BG on the 10/80/10 thing only I put Chantal in the bottom 10. I believe she proved that on Game on Dude.
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Post by bloodstock64 on Mar 27, 2013 1:22:33 GMT -5
OK, it's late, real late but I'll tell you my "CHANTEL" story>>>> After Bullish Executive broke his maiden with CS aboard it was late in the year and the only race available for 2YO Canadian Breds was the $100,000 Sunny Halo Stakes. No biggie, $1,500 to stake him.... Great, 6 horse field BUT WAIT, I hear the announcer say scratch in race 6 so that leaves the field down to 5. I CAN'T LOSE!!!. I meet Chantel in the outside saddling area and tell her DIRECTLY "Look, Bull broke a little slow in his last, if that happens again bring him to the rail and pick up the pieces for a 2nd or a 3rd". She looks at me fluttering her eyes and said "He broke great in his 1st time start". YEAH RIGHT!!!! Obviously she didn't look at the tape 1000 times like I did from his first start. Needless to say he broke 5 lengths behind the field and was 4 wide (YES, 4 WIDE into the far turn in a 5 horse field) UNREAL!!!!!!!! After he (and she) came in 4th I just said to Chantel "You'll NEVER RIDE HIM AGAIN"..She just fluttered her eyes and said why. I responded "YOU SUCK!!!!" Still picked up some coin for 4th (6K). And that's my CS story. I still rate her in the 80 group even though she sucked a bag of dried up Easter eggs in the Sunnys Halo race for me. www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=WO&dt=11/16/2003&ctry=CAN&race=6
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Post by eliteone on Mar 27, 2013 8:47:45 GMT -5
Good stuff BG. Those eyelashes got her alot of business. Ask Baffert.
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Post by cait on Mar 27, 2013 10:47:20 GMT -5
BG - how is bully? and in all fairness, chantal was a lot younger then and not that experienced - don't get me wrong - don't think she's a great jock - mediocre - but in the high middle in the ca jock colony - ca trainers are lucky the old boys are sticking around or coming out of retirement lol but then, there aren't enough horses for a strong jock colony there - especially if baffert (or jill lol) don't like ya!
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Post by cait on Mar 27, 2013 21:22:17 GMT -5
Good stuff BG. Those eyelashes got her alot of business. Ask Baffert. Those eyelashes got her fired. Ask Jill
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Post by eliteone on Mar 28, 2013 6:54:04 GMT -5
Jill knows how she got the mount on Game On...same way Marylin Monroe used to get her parts.
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Post by racinggal on Mar 28, 2013 15:47:54 GMT -5
Ha Ha! I like Chantal and she certainly had me cash a lot of tickets when she was at Woodbine. I think she rode Game On Dude better than anyone else - and she was in tougher races with him
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