Picture for the Old Timers here

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 01:59 PM

2nd from the left jorge velasquez ?? didn't cheat lol

**littlekona** · 04-28-20, 02:11 PM

no Craig Perret.....haha just kidding I think u are right. Laffit is my all time fav!

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 02:18 PM

I was young but remember george (think they used english name rather than jorge) was the other guy in ny besides cordero.. was looking at the daily news and russ harris's picks back then

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 02:23 PM

rather than look as that's too easy I'll let str confirm..he would know

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 02:25 PM

not to get away from the point it is a great shot

**str** · 04-28-20, 02:29 PM

Yep. You got it JBEX.

Great picture Kona.

Think I’ve seen that before but it’s been a looong time.

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 02:33 PM

remember I'd mix him up with jacinto vasquez who was also a halfway decent ny jock back then

**str** · 04-28-20, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by JBEX

remember I'd mix him up with jacinto vasquez who was also a halfway decent ny jock back then

Genuine Risk thought so.

If there was room for 1 or 2 more on that horse, little doubt that Hall of Famer from NY would have been one of the east coast riders.

Should have made room for Chris McCarron also but there I go being prejudice again.

**Louisvillekid1** · 04-28-20, 06:04 PM

Damn great calls

Great pic

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by str

Genuine Risk thought so.

If there was room for 1 or 2 more on that horse, little doubt that Hall of Famer from NY would have been one of the east coast riders.

Should have made room for Chris McCarron also but there I go being prejudice again.

funny he lacks the notoriety of the others but man what a career he had..here's his wiki page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Vel%C3%A1squez

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 10:31 PM

and here's jacinto vasquez..calling him "decent" is insulting lol..I was young then and didn't have a sense of how good those two really were..just that they were the othet big guys besides angel..jacinto rode ruffian for the guy in my avatar..wouldn't have known that embarrased to say but maybe I shouldn't be as that was a good 4 or 5 years before I had started playing thoroughbreds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_V%C3%A1squez

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by JBEX

funny he lacks the notoriety of the others but man what a career he had..here's his wiki page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Vel%C3%A1squez

I was referring to jorge here while your post was about jacinto (genuine risk)..still mixing them up years later..so was there a steep cliff after those 3 in those days ??only other 70's ny guy with any notoriety i can think of is eddie maple..sure if you threw a name out I'd remember but off the top of my head I can't

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 10:49 PM

migliore,robbie davis,bailey and smith not till the 80''s although bailey might have caught some of the late 70's..of course migliore and robbie davis solid jocks but not in the category of the others..think mig better than robbie without looking but those were the first two that came to mind outside of the stars (smith and bailey)

**JBEX** · 04-28-20, 11:07 PM

https://youtu.be/P2qfLJYcq5s