Category: Jockeys

The French jockey Aurelien Lemaitre reminds me a lot of Tom Queally, or Luke Nolen perhaps. He can ride well, but he is not in the top flight of riders and never will be, and his name would never have come to prominence if he hadn’t been kidded by a fairy and struck a real […]

Ryan Moore takes his mount the 3rd favorite Above The Curve to the lead. Jim Crowley parks the $9 shot Al Husn at his quarters, to the outside. Aurelien Lemaitre – the frog – tucks the odds on favorite Blue Rose Cen in behind on Moore’s back, to the inner of Crowley. The scene is […]

They come to the cutaway rail. Ryan Moore has been sticking to the fence. Jim Crowley is staying about a horse width and a half outside him. Crowley is showing Lemaitre a run, and daring him to come through it. Moore is about to show him one too, They are messing with the frog’s mind. […]

Lemaitre falls for Moore’s lure, and goes to the inside. It’s a bad, bad mistake. A fatal error. As the frog is about to learn.

Ryan Moore is playing cat and mouse. He’s the cat. Aurelien Lemaitre is the mouse. See Moore looking, looking, looking, under his right shoulder? Lemaitre is looking at Moore too, but he’s thrown off kilter. He is watching to see what Ryan Moore does. But he doesn’t have a clue. The cat is baiting the […]

Here is where Moore sucks Lemaitre in completely. Moore gently steers his mount out, and creates a gap on the inside. He has already sucked Lemaitre in twice, but the French jockey falls for it again. Thanks for coming Froggy. You fool.

Moore steers out again and creates a half gap. It’s a stooge. But Lemaitre falls for it. This is why Ryan Moore is the best jockey in the world. And why Aurelian Lemaitre is just a battler.

Ryan M0ore has showed Lemaitre the gap again. And once more slammed it shut in his face. This French kid is a slow learner isn’t he?

Moore comes back in. Crowley follows his across. Lemaitre is trapped. Can you imagine what the poor bastard’s thinking right now? Merde! It’s frog for oh shit. what have I done. Yes Aurelian. What have you done?

Jim Crowley is a great jockey too. He’s been watching Ryan Moore’s every move. When Moore goes fully back to the rail and Lemaitre tries to dart the gap, Crowley closes the door. Gotcha.