R.I.P. Scout26
I know pretty much nothing about horse racing. I saw a news clip about the Derby and this caused me to wonder: does the jockey make a difference in whether a horse wins or not?
If the jockey didn't matter they could strap a number to the horses and just line 'em up and let 'em run.Jockeys are professional athletes that don't get the attention that the whiney ass, millionaire sportsballers get. If they did the owners would have to pay them more, can't have that.
Hemingway opined that there are only three sports, bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering. Based on the premise that getting killed was a possibility in a sport, everything else was merely a game. I would humbly add horse racing to his list.