A holiday present for the Sim!
By ITCH Dearest Simmers, let us ring in the New Year with more winners. I believe anyone in the Sim who does not bother to enter jockey selections for their runners would benefit greatly from reading this article. God Bless Ye Merry Simulated racers, and let me offer to all a gift of true value. What follows below is a list of who I see as the best four jocks at every Sim track. They have the highest in-the-money and winning percentages at each track for the past year. (These starts are soon to be re-set, you know.) Some Simmers doubt the role of Sim jockeys. I will say this: Two horses are entered in the same race. You don’t know anything about either horse. One has a jock who wins 20 percent, the other wins 10 percent. I will suggest that over the long term, the 20 percent jock has twice the chance of winning as the 10 percent jock. Simple enough, and it’s rather hard for me to believe that there are many an experienced Simmer who continue to ignore the jockey selection process. Some say it is tedious. Up until now, I have said this is an advantage for minor operators like me, who don’t have to enter so many jockey selections. This list ought to make it easier, though. Also, when you get a good jock, he or she may very well make up for your lack of training or spotting skill in any particular contest. I don’t know about anyone else, but I need all the help I can get. Just like they say, “breed the best to the best and hope for the best,” we can say, “hire the best jock, let him or her decide best, and hope for the best.” I regularly get one of my four jockey selections, which is the number I suggest for every entry. I am convinced it makes a big difference in both my win percentage and my ITM percentage. So, I would suggest all players who do not have a list already copy and paste the following into a Word Document, and use it when you make your selections. If you are a new player who would like to win more and hit the board more, and you have not been paying much attention to jockey selections, I believe this will make a big difference. Good luck! Itchy’s jockey list 1- 39 3196 16 32 2- 46 42 66 80 3- 120 116 96 81 4- 145 2910 153 122 5- 3147 196 178 2911 6- 238 231 209 202 7- 252 255 248 2663 8- 282 2664 3241 3386 9- 3180 353 3567 3204 10- 372 3553 3487 3178 11- 408 3387 3340 422 12- 2441 473 460 449 13- 489 485 3321 481 14- 548 526 536 522 15- 565 598 570 3255 16- 604 2922 629 615 17- 645 3562 3245 352 18- 687 688 3337 2924 19- 753 748 3169 735 20- 772 765 800 764 21- 3156 827 816 823 22- 880 841 3441 3445 23- 881 915 893 882 24- 928 956 938 939 25- 977 3162 968 976 26- 2682 3507 1026 3373 27- 1076 2757 2994 1072 28- 1089 1085 1095 2758 29- 1135 3151 1136 3401 30- 1165 2805 2804 1175 31- 1207 1227 3264 1208 32- 1269 1274 1257 1244 33- 3344 1298 1288 3493 34- 2646 1327 2940 1324 35- 1394 1387 1381 1376 36- 1413 1402 3149 3139 37- 1442 2656 2647 2653 38- 1493 1503 1485 2768 39- 1539 1531 2769 1541 40- 1584 3183 1592 1596 41- 1613 1610 1608 1631 42- 1651 1660 3290 1646 43- 1712 1719 3558 1694 44- 1745 3430 1741 1748 45- 1788 1790 2951 1784 46- 1810 3308 1803 1830 47- 1859 2953 1869 1862 48- 1881 1911 1890 1904 49- 1933 3289 1950 1928 50- 3516 1996 1976 1967 51- 2998 3517 2016 2036 52- 2042 2077 3348 2958 53- 2103 3292 3158 2093 54- 3409 2155 2126 3237 55- 2188 2179 2168 2200 56- 2234 2207 2231 2712 57- 3389 2246 3387 2261 58- 2309 3380 2304 2788 59- 2335 2350 3267 2337 60- 2370 2384 2375 2377 61- 2406 3481 2422 2416 62- 2444 2466 2968 2477 63- 2484 3450 2488 2518 64- 2550 2558 2532 2529 65- 2585 2587 2564 2568 66- 2598 2613 2618 2606 67- 2677 2644 2973 2629 68- 2405 2080 2724 2403 69- 582 3565 1008 963 70- 1778 1338 2726 1733 71- 7 586 2730 1560 72- 345 2803 1001 1561 73- 2814 3008 2811 2823 74- 3573 2836 2839 3582 75- 2869 2865 2872 2860 76- 2896 2887 2893 2889 77- 964 125 3192 1004 78- 3402 3390 3428 2533 79- 1425 803 2985 3270 80- 2454 2986 2156 2197 81- 2283 2157 2388 2641 82- 2109 3003 2592 2330 83- 3036 3024 3033 3107 84- 3049 3053 3451 3050 85- 3060 3117 3331 3069 86- 3098 3244 3085 3110 87- 3414 1456 2482 1809 88- 3412 235 3526 3295