I work at the Q and had the pleasure of working with Mike. He is really that funny. I think I peed my pants that night with the catsak. :lol:
I agree, I wasn’t really impressed by it. My 10 yr old wanted to watch because Mike Smith used to ride my old mare in allowance races when he first was starting out. She got a kick out of someone famous riding our old girl Valid. Now if they would add in some old timer jocks to mentor the younger ones that might be more interesting. Like the Shoe or Angel ect. I guess we will have to keep watching to see what happens. I saw there would be some “drama” later on, so that might keep viewers. But race people probably wont keep up.
It wasn’t bad although I watch way too much horse racing as it is to be objective. To those people who follow the sport enough I don’t see this being a series that changes too many opinions. As echoed by others I think a fairly new viewer would think a horse goes down at least once a day, every day, and that is ‘just to be expected’. It isn’t.
It was ‘ok’ but not terribly filling when you’re looking for a meal. Too many snippets of content without much payoff, excessive commercial breaks, senseless beatings to the viewers over and again with the spills as the selling point, and while I’d like to get to know the jocks I do think there is a TMI point.
They should look at perhaps some of the other successful reality shows (be it ones on Bravo or others) which infuse more content together for an episode albeit a tad more staged.
I suppose the problem is that this was shot over just 30-days. Perhaps if they took a 90-day window of activity they’d have more content to feature and work with.
I was amused at the agent’s remark about trainer Kristin Mulhall being a Chantal Sutherland shop 
But right there why didn’t they mention more about bug riders vs. journeyman riders with weights etc.
I like the show. A lot. Perhaps if I knew more about the inner workings of racing I wouldn’t like it as much, but since the closest I get to racing is owning two OTTBs and watching the occassional race on tv, I can be considered, like the majority of viewers, a neophyte. In my ignorance is bliss I suppose, and, therefore, I greatly enjoyed the show. Even the excess of commercials didn’t bother me- that’s what fast forward is for ;).
I am wondering, is there a place on the AP: Jockeys website to leave all our constructive thoughts? There have been some very good thoughts brought up by some very knowledgable people.
It is interesting to read the comments in this thread and the other one I think in off course? And Although most of us who are in racing and know the players could pick it apart, I think I need to step away a bit and realize that it has been well recieved by people who are fans and even critics of the sport. I was concerned that it would cause a negative reaction, but am pleased that thus far it’s all positive. We need a bigger fan base. Maybe though there are holes in it, maybe it can help portray “us” in a better light to those who have only “heard” the negative things.
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It is interesting to read the comments in this thread and the other one I think in off course? And Although most of us who are in racing and know the players could pick it apart, I think I need to step away a bit and realize that it has been well recieved by people who are fans and even critics of the sport.[/QUOTE]
One of the girls I work with who is not a horse person and doesn’t follow racing came in Monday morning saying that she loves the show and that she missed her calling in life (she’s really short:) She will definitely keep watching the series, and I think she became a Zenyatta fan!
What I hate about the show is it lacks substance, at least in the first show. They need to make it more like a documentary instead of having Trevor Denman recut his racecalls and using recut race scenes.
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there is a forum on there-- http://animal.discovery.com/tv/jockeys/fans/message-board/index.html
but i don’t know if the powers that be read it. (lousy bbs interface… imho. 
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I agree Dick, but I doubt that the series is created for industry people
Much agreed!
Well we shall see. Another new episode comes on tonight and I personally Can NOT wait to see it …:yes:
In case folks don’t know who the character of “Jimmy the Hat”’ is … he’s Jimmy “The Hat” Allard and he was one of the folks who filed suit against Autotote inconnection with the infamous 2002 Breeders’ Cup Pick Six scam by a rogue Autotote employee and his frat brother conspirators.
A former Hollywood actor and stuntman, who left those professions to become a devoted pick-six horseplayer in California in the 1980s, Allard is said to be part of a group that bets the pick six every day at the Southern California tracks. He has said that he has invested more than $20 million in the pick six since 1986, and has cashed the bet more than 200 times, including three worth more than $1 million apiece.
A native of Rochester, N.Y., Allard moved to Los Angeles in 1974. He has said that he worked as an extra and stuntman in more than 500 television shows and movies, among them “Love Boat,” “Happy Days” and “Fantasy Island” on TV and the movies “Airplane!” and “The Blues Brothers.”
Allard, 48, reportedly is a shareholder in some of 78 consolation tickets that are worth about $4,600 each but will grow by about $39,000 apiece if the $3 million from the winning pick-six tickets is redistributed. The consolation-ticket holders picked five of the six race winners.
A bit more on Jimmy “The Hat” - including a story about a horse named ‘Naked Jaybird’ - the guy is a character to be sure
I have been watching. I was concerned the AR folks would use it as ammunition. I hope they don’t show a wreck in every episode.
On that note I found this you tube video that I thought was about the show but strangely enough it was posted in 2007. Was this on before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJVjd7k9uQ
This video is full of “IT” and I wonder how many times it will come up on Goggles for the show.
So, I watched the two new episodes tonight, and I thought they were MUCH better than the first one!! Better edited, good story, didn’t seem to be as many commercials etc. Thought Brandon’s first win was a nice touch, and Kayla’s, as was Jon’s nice win on Unorthodox. What happened to Unorthodox? Injury? Anyone know?
I am hoping that this show, if it continues in this informative, entertaining, insightful vein, will help make new racing fans. And I think a way to do that is to “glorify” and “superstar” the jocks, not just the horses (and as a horsewoman, I hate to say that!)… but I think having a “human hero” to root for in racing will help the sport… in the same vein that having a “hero” (i.e. Michael Jordan) helped basketball… know what I mean?
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I have been watching. I was concerned the AR folks would use it as ammunition. I hope they don’t show a wreck in every episode.
On that note I found this you tube video that I thought was about the show but strangely enough it was posted in 2007. Was this on before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJVjd7k9uQ
This video is full of “IT” and I wonder how many times it will come up on Goggles for the show.[/QUOTE]
They obviously tagged that older video with the show’s network and title to get viewers for that kind of sensationalism. Ugh.
Dang, dang, dang. Last week I couldn’t find Jockeys on Animal Planet. So today I checked their on-line schedule and Jockeys -l and Jockeys - 2 was on at l2:00 and l2:30 A.M. (Friday) ( like in the middle of last night.) Why do they advertise 9:00 pm but over here on the blinkin’ west coast in Canada they have a middle of the night time.
What I hate about the show is the same ads EVERY 7 minutes!
and way too much repeated footage, as if maybe they didn’t shoot quite enough. And not enough about the horses, and their maintenance, and the life aside from “flipping.”
I liked this week’s episodes much better also!
I wish they had done them as 1 hour segments instead of 1/2 hour, but still a big improvement over last week! :yes::yes:
