Jamie Spencer on his career, lessons learned at Ballydoyle and a tribute to Barney Curley Racing TV

[@peedee-zo1yq]

Jamie's iconic method of producing horses to win from the back of the field really has been one of the joys of the sport. It really is an amazing skill because he has to have a feel for the pace of the race, how well is own horse and the rest of the field is going at a crucial stage towards the finish. I am not sure any other jockey is quite as talented as him in this aspect of horse racing.

[@rayrichardson1082]

Appears a little shy & private but truthful. The sort of person who’d never bad mouth or spill the beans about anyone. Down to earth & I think you get what you see with JP.

[@larrymorris100]

Idiots can knock him all they want, guy has achieved more in his life than anybody in this comment section. Thought he came across very well in an excellently conducted interview.

[@martinafitzgerald6995]

Natural horseman, very humble person. I admire his honesty. Tom Brady fan too !

[@hughbaker4997]

Never a fan but this interview has changed my mind, seems a really sound guy!

[@petelegg3494]

Jamie, is without question one of the most talented riders of all time and a complete enigma. A natural horseman with an enormous amount of class

[@truth3358]

There was a lot better jockey out there then himself I can name at

[@johnkerr7286]

Great guy - Thanks for all the memories.

[@paulmaclachlan6960]

great interview ,thankyou .

[@tonysinnott2785]

Class horseman full stop ,

[@tedlawton9906]

A very honest interview

[@G4RY1159]

That ride on Snow Lantern was shocking, never mind what Frank Spencer was thinking what was Richard Hannon thinking.

[@taintedtroll7051]

Ohhh betty

[@billwarby]

Jamie is revered by most of the top jockeys, a natural.

[@alanito77orourke14]

Class interview, straight as a dye, I'll always remember when he won the bumper on Pizarro

[@seanscanlon9067]

So will I because they should have been thrown out.

[@alanito77orourke14]

@@seanscanlon9067 youre right he drifted like a barge across rhinestone cowboy i think it was, couldnt believe he kept the race

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@alanito77orourke14 And not only that but did so twice, as well as bumped Rhinestone Cowboy and all of that forced him from racing in the middle of the course onto the running rail. Then Pizarro drifted away from the rail after leaning on Rhinestone Cowboy, which left a lovely run up the rail for Rhinestone Cowboy to go and win the race, before Pizarro drifted back towards him and stopped his run by leaning on him again. I heard that Jamie Spencer was rushing off to ride abroad at a flat meeting straight after this race and they did a half-hearted steward enquiry and then let him go off to catch his flight.

[@tlaf4367]

Straight as a dye 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@tlaf4367 As a die, meaning the singular for dice.

[@robsally5225]

Great jock 🍀👏

[@Ocodango]

Great interview.

[@bigwayne300]

Good, informative interview Lads.... Subscribed via Cape Town, South Africa. Some winners would be nice..!? Regards, Wayne

[@paulbaker9308]

hes great on thinkers in big fields , if hes riding in a handicap with 16+ runners and over 12/1 have a bit e.w ..

[@suemaher5282]

Class on a horse and a great honest interview. Best of luck to u hope u find a couple of gd ones this year

[@UXB-p5u]

Absolute class Jamie Spencer so much rubbish has been said and typed (usually by armchair Jockey's) on Social Media by people who have absolutely no idea about race riding or just how astute and knowledgeable Jamie is . Wish him well .

[@izobelsutton]

Nice bloke but I bet if he worked in the city he would be sacked for missing too many buses to work by arriving too late !! many fancied horses he rode got just beat by his exaggerated waiting tactics, looks great when it works but bad when it fails. Having said that he is a very good judge of a horse and his analysis is nearly always spot on just gets his timing off sometimes which is perhaps why Ballydoyle ended their association.

[@tomwilliams5604]

Have loved watching Spencer over the years, shame to see on a couple of big Saturdays last year he'd be somewhere like Doncaster for evening meetings. Good shift in the States for Godolphin though.

[@greeneclean9854]

humble bloke

[@davidloch1022]

You wouldn’t put a large bet on this guy riding your nap, that says it all, he fcks things up most of the time.

[@darm1735]

I would love to know his percentage of 2nds in his career, from hold up rides. I think he could of had a much more successful career, without the hold up, tag attached. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@davidmcmahon5234]

Cost me one night in Newmarket on a horse 🐴 called crew cut taught he was on frankel last a furlong out came like a rocket beaten a short head 🗣️ cost me a treble thats racing 😊

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

jamie piggott is a better jockey :PP instead of nick badluck interviewing him they should have drafted in Emma Ramsden to do it, when he talked about Curley he stated there was nothing in it for him.....i.e Curley , who is being portrayed as a latter day Jesus type.......nothing except telling him if there was anything really good they rode or rode work on , there is ALWAYS something expected in return, the most important piece of advise he gave? hold one up and keep holding it up and run into all sorts of trouble ........on a positive note, he rode an INCREDIBLE race on a thing of Godolphins at Belmont in the autumn and i won alot on that , thanks Jamie

[@mmg9675]

So why have a big bet if you didn't trust the jockey?

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

@@mmg9675 i trust , NOBODY

[@damiankelly-i8i]

Ryan Moore is the best!!!

[@tommyrix7793]

He is a great jockey who most definitely should have achieved much more in his career. Unfortunately he has himself to blame because to many of his rides were ridden in the same manner and he would leave many far to late to have a realistic chance of winning. In my humble opinion he become a bit to predictable and should have been more versatile especially with all his experience.

[@joeexotic5831]

He rides from the front when he wants, Ive seen him do it, Id suggest hes a good mate of barneys. He loses so often on fancied horses by holding them up and they come too late, then wins on outsiders from the front every blue moon when theres money for it. Ive seen him 2 or 3 times in last 6 months, suddenly ping the lids and go from near the front. Hes not 1 dimensional as he wins most of the times Ive seen him do that, but yet he reverts back to exaggerated hold up tactics 90% of the time, Id say the only reason for that is its easier to get beat doing that than it is if they are closer to the pace, if you hold horse up and it gets there too late, it tends to be put down to bad luck and not looked into by stewards, many times you see a Jamie Spencer stitch up job get going too late from the back win a much more valuable race in its next couple of runs

[@hectorroca9523]

Cost 💲 me a lots of money at Arlington on powercourt

[@briansmith7205]

Not a great jockey.Mediocre and not so good either. Tried to use Harry Wragg tactics the head waiter.

[@IanCarpenter-walker-nv5xe]

What emma and hayley saw in him fukc knows.

[@ponderosabonanza345]

not flavour able esp odds on

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

he looks very confident on camera...........hold up jamie THE worst jockey in the U.K

[@keithbennett3359]

Pull merchant

[@daraspeight357]

rich kid

[@zpeedz549]

Ballydoyle is bad place for horses,when i worked they put down many and trainer himself beat horse in front of us til head was bleeding, that is why i dont work for horse people anymore.

[@SpencerStaunton]

won races he should not have won but lost more he should have won

[@davidmcmahon5234]

Hundred percent right there no doubt about that

[@Chief_Brody]

The Superbowl this year was an awful game.

[@Stan1669]

Was stable jockey to Aidan with the great opportunity to ride fantastic horses and eventually got sacked as Aidan realised he was totally useless 😂😂😂

[@tj4592]

Paid to lose , loves brown envelopes

[@kevinflaherty9669]

Head waiter

[@nightowl7459]

@Kevin Flaherty But he waits too long too often.

[@kamalrai2789]

Waste of money jockey