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Glen Boss in Singapore
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sincero in the stradbroke
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Rides a winner almost every Meeting.
Is getting quite a few decent rides of late, far from making up numbers - Champions never do.
Would have been handy in the last on Ravoux last night - ran into two massive dead ends down the straight and got going late to get beat a half-length, probably the best thing beaten I've seen in a month.
Keep following.
Have followed him closely since he went up and he has done well. Picked up a ride on Scared Kingdom in the sprint as well as a ride in the $3 million cup. Riding twice a week only and 25 degrees at trackwork every morning as opposed to freezing his nuts off and driving to some provincial meet in the arvo - must have been a really tough decision for him!!!
Just watched Ravoux replay on the net and he was a cert beaten.
Its not as if his rides are hundreds either - the Boss we know wouldn't be throwing that up.
Never went around a horse the last winner (on a Danetime too!)
Help us out FF.
Interviewer posed something along the lines of - "good to have a jockey of your calibre here over the last three months, you must have enjoyed it..."
Boss says, "well I don't know about that - but thanks anyway".
Interviewer says "rubbish..." then its cut off.
Obviously an acromonious end to cut off the stint exactly three months in.
Could have rode Clint in the Derby, but assuming that's not the be all & end all.
Was dubious over some of his rides in recent times, but Boss of old today I felt - but potentially more to it, dont know the guy personally, but the exodus of jocks here continues...
The more I look into it though, the more I am dubious
And to you Choc no I wasn't questioning Singapore Racing I was questioning the decision by Boss especially as he was going strongly here. No doubt in the same time period he would have made more bucks here (not that he needs them). Surely you would agree Choc that if you're going to ride in Asia then Hong Kong is a better option than Singapore but of course Boss would've had to have waited longer for the invite.
Why would Boss agree with you? Based on What? That FF said he didn't like the place?
I don't know, just as you don't know whether he enjoyed himself or not but I would say the fact his wife and kids are back home would be the only reason he would be happy to go home.
10 winners from 109 rides with the sun on his back everyday, bloody hard way to spend an Aussie winter!!
The interview on Sunday went a little like this:
INT "Glen Singapore is all the better for having you ride here the last three months"
BOSS "Well I dont know about that but thanks"
INT "Rubbish, well done"
Nothing sinister there Choc.
Did he move from Sydney to Melbourne for the weather?
He might struggle to get back into Singapore even if he wanted too as I hear he actually left two weeks short of his contract. When you break contract with the club up there you generally don't get a second chance - ask King Callow!
Someone told me at the track on Saturday that Damien Kinnamont got married up in Sing last week - if thats the case congratulations - a genuine good bloke.
I was up there for the Cup and Sprint this year and asked someone why Callow hadn't come back and they told me that a trainer had applied for him to ride in a feature race in Sing when he was based in Malaysia and the STC knocked him back probably because he had buggered off early from his contract a few years ago.
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