I've noticed that Cohen always saves something, and Ramon runs out of ground on a regular basis.

Philly regular Cohen is the nation's 5th leading rider in number of victories and ranks 25th in purse money earned. He is sneaky good for your bankroll.

He may do well, and I hope he does ride well as the more capable riders the better, but to suggest he is outriding Ramon is ridiculous.

Riding in NY is a major change from riding the favorite in small fields at Delaware. Take a look at his ride in the 2nd race today if you honestly think he is riding as well as anyone in NY.

I never seem to have any luck with Ramon riding or gambling but I would be first in line to take him over Cohen..If the kid sticks around he will do well on the cold grey days of Jan and Feb...he has a long way to go to be anywhere near the top of NY. IN fact I do believe the best and most underrated young rider on the NY circuit is Maragh..BAiley is working with the kid and he has a great grasp and better attitude. Granted his BC ride was horrific but day in and day out he gets better and better. Incidentally he will win the 6th race on Sat..holding off JV to complete the exacta..Two scary good animals.

Rajiv is terrific. I agree.

He and Lezcano both have HUGE futures.

For some weird reason I find being called "ridiculous" by Andy a compliment

I have never considered Cohen to be a top rider but he's firing at 24.47% for 2009 (270 for 1103). The other day he scored the early DD at 5/2 and 3/1 for a stinky $28 so somebody's been on him. He's 6th leading rider at Philly for the year (74 for 329 22+%) with the five guys above him having hundreds of more mounts. No, we're not cousins - I'm just saying that Cohen is a live rider.

I see that as well Andy. Very bright futures.

Cohen was hot stuff today, I think he had three.

parker coming soon watch and learn