I pretty much take everything that is said on that show with a grain of salt. Scripted reality isn’t very real.
And I have to agree, that was one mighty stretchy overgirth! There was a moment there I thought for sure somebody was gonna get twanged in the eye or whacked on the butt, depending on which end let loose first.
Chantal and Mike
Remember the old saying, so quaint, Why buy the cow when the milk is free? That is all I thought of when I saw that bit. Don’t people even discuss this stuff before they fall into bed these days? Does Mike think a wedding ring will make kids grow up ok? I wanted to pull my eyeballs out. I agree she should go back to Canada and focus on her career. If he loves her, let him make a move and show it. Doesn’t look to me like he is really serious.
I do so agree about the falls. I hope they quit focusing on that.
I had heard that Season Two was going to focus on the Road to the Derby. If that is the case, many of the plot lines might end with the Santa Anita Derby on April 4th, including Chantal’s decision to move her tack back to Woodbine.
Have they announced which jockeys will be in Season Two?
Smith and Sutherland got their pictures taken Saturday with the producers, so it’s a good bet that they will be back. I assume Talamo, Gryder and Stra are returning, but not Court since he has moved to the midwest.
I also heard that Tyler and Mike Baze might be featured this time around. Solis’ quest for the HOF would make for a good story, as would his Derby quest with The Pamplemousse.
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OTOH, if Chantal really wants to have children, she probably should do it within the next few years. Like she says, it sucks that men can’t get pregnant.
I was struck by Mike Smith saying that the only reason he’d get married (to her?) was to have a family. If that’s the only reason someone wants to marry you, I’d say that breaking up is probably a good idea. Then again, I don’t want kids. But I think I’d feel the same way if I did.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, I can’t blame the man for being honest with her re his desire to have kids. If he takes marriage seriously at all, he should ask her to be honest so that he knows if they are a good match, etc. I didn’t see it as much as that he would literally only marry her for kids so much as that he only wanted to marry someone who would give him a family. If that’s not her, then he’s good to be honest with both of them about it. Doesn’t make him a pig as some have called him.
Honestly, if Chantal doesn’t know what she wants…she can’t commit to marriage.
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Remember the old saying, so quaint, Why buy the cow when the milk is free? That is all I thought of when I saw that bit. Don’t people even discuss this stuff before they fall into bed these days? Does Mike think a wedding ring will make kids grow up ok? I wanted to pull my eyeballs out. I agree she should go back to Canada and focus on her career. If he loves her, let him make a move and show it. Doesn’t look to me like he is really serious.
I do so agree about the falls. I hope they quit focusing on that.[/QUOTE]
God lord, that is the most dysfunctional relationship I’ve ever seen, if what they show is anything to go by - both of them are so noncommittal, waiting for the other to make a move. Sheesh, TALK ABOUT IT.
I understand that the show needed to end with a bang with Zenyatta winning the Distaff (Ladies’ Classic is such an awful name), but the mixed-up Breeders’ Cup days and races drove me nuts!
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I understand that the show needed to end with a bang with Zenyatta winning the Distaff (Ladies’ Classic is such an awful name), but the mixed-up Breeders’ Cup days and races drove me nuts![/QUOTE]
I agree! I was watching Jockeys through on-demand so I actually watched the show’s finale before the Curlin episode because silly me thought they wouldn’t mess with the order of the races!
B
So now that the first season is over and I’ve digested my thoughts…
Yeah for friggin TIVO or On-Demand. Let me tell you, it was worth it to be able to zoom through the extras!
It was pretty good- I actually enjoyed it. I also realized that there would be staged scenes so… any instance that the crew would have ample time was ripe for staging.
I was amazed at how many snipits of different trainers, jockeys, etc were in on the show too. Racing is entertainment so it didn’t bother me at all about making it more commercial 
Definetly watch the next season.
I saw a cameraman stalking Chantal as she was walking to the paddock area today, with camera close and focussed on her rear, which seemed a little tacky. She’s prettier in person than on the show. Also creating a whole new fan base with requests for autographs.
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I understand that the show needed to end with a bang with Zenyatta winning the Distaff (Ladies’ Classic is such an awful name), but the mixed-up Breeders’ Cup days and races drove me nuts![/QUOTE]
Agreed that was just silly. The time sequence of the Breeders’ Cup Classic being portrayed as held the day before Zenyatta would run was really wasn’t necessary. The show somewhat flopped towards the end. For the last episode why not cite where the various jocks ended up in the standings for the meet?
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So is she not with Mike Smith anymore? (I don’t know the racing gossip!)[/QUOTE]
Shecomes here for the winter and returns home yearly… or atleast the last two years. They survive it.
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She gets many quality mounts in SoCal but will never surpass Gomez or Mike Smith to get to the top.
She is obviously attractive, has charisma and is a good jockey. Although watching Jockey’s and how folks gushed that she’ll be the next Julie Krone is just not the case.
Frankly jockey Anna Napravnik who went 17-for-98 in February at Aqueduct and winning at least one race on nine straight cards from Feb. 19 to 28 has more of an edge. She is tough as they get in a very competitive jockey colony.[/QUOTE]
As a viewer of the show, but knowing very little about racing, or what it takes to be a good race rider,would you be kind enough to elaborate on the above ? What does Chantel lack , for example, that Julie and the others mentioned , have ? Thanks in advance.
I don’t think they needed to change up the time line of the Breeder’s Cup either and in fact that ruined the entire last episode(s) for me. I don’t see what was gained by doing that, even for people who didn’t know how it all turned out in the end. For people who knew the actual order of events it was nothing but distracting.
Overall I was not all that impressed. It seemed like they were making obvious attempts to add drama where there probably wasn’t any in real life. I agree with everyone who said that they overused the accident footage in ways that wasn’t really all that appropriate.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that more racing was on TV even if it was all drama-ed out and think that anything that gets the industry more TV time is great, but it lacked something for me. Will I watch the second season? Sure, if only to see Zenyatta some more 
They should just take out the drama angle and make it an hour long show because it’s way too choppy right now when it’s split into half hours. One of the most annoying things on TV is when they do “coming up” or “last time on…” with shows that are an obvious niche/dedicated audience. We know what happened on the last “jockeys” because it just took place five minutes ago.
I agree. I also thought the last few episodes weren’t as good as the ones in the middle. As for the accident footage-the one that they showed in the opening credits where the horse runs into the hedge (on grass) and the jockey flips over it-isn’t even Santa Anita (I don’t think, correct me if I’m wrong) and wasn’t ever in the actual show. It’s like they just said, hey, that’s a cool looking wreck, lets just add it in here for some spice.
Caitlin
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As for the accident footage-the one that they showed in the opening credits where the horse runs into the hedge (on grass) and the jockey flips over it-isn’t even Santa Anita (I don’t think, correct me if I’m wrong) and wasn’t ever in the actual show. It’s like they just said, hey, that’s a cool looking wreck, lets just add it in here for some spice.[/QUOTE]
I might be wrong, but I thought that accident footage was the accident in which Mike Smith broke his back in late '90s.
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I might be wrong, but I thought that accident footage was the accident in which Mike Smith broke his back in late '90s.[/QUOTE]
They showed it on last weeks episode, I think? And, yes, it was an older video of a wreck where Mike Smith broke his back. They just threw it in as a ‘here’s what can happen to a jockey’ sorta thing while they talked about his injuries. Kinda silly they had it on the opening credits all that time when it wasnt really directly related to the show.
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As a viewer of the show, but knowing very little about racing, or what it takes to be a good race rider,would you be kind enough to elaborate on the above ? What does Chantel lack , for example, that Julie and the others mentioned , have ? Thanks in advance.:)[/QUOTE]
Seperating the good from the great can be a fine line… as far as women riders, Julie had grit, she rode like a guy, and you couldnt tell her apart from them. She was a very strong rider, and made few mistakes… horses ran for her, more so than not she “moved them up”.
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They showed it on last weeks episode, I think? And, yes, it was an older video of a wreck where Mike Smith broke his back. They just threw it in as a ‘here’s what can happen to a jockey’ sorta thing while they talked about his injuries. Kinda silly they had it on the opening credits all that time when it wasnt really directly related to the show.[/QUOTE]
When they show that clip in the opening credits it is when Mike Smith says “it can be all over in a matter of a minute” or something like that. So it is relevant.
What about the clip of A Gryder and Joe Talamo (sp?) wrestling on the track? did that ever actually happen?
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