Betting 360 Ep 020: Jockey Profiles From A Top Notch Manager with Mark Van Triet




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Summary: Mark Van Triet is the manager of some of the best jockeys in Australia. He's responsible for booking their rides, doing form analysis, and assisting them with race tactics. In this episode, Mark shares some his personal thoughts on his jockeys, how he identifies promising horses and much more. Punting Insights You'll Find The value of having the right tools. Major differences between Victoria and New South Wales racing. How Mark picks the right horse for his riders. How and why jockeys need to do their own form analysis. His personal view of each jockey in his stable. Today's Guest: Mark Van Triet  Michael's Closing Tip: " He's (Brenton Avdulla) driven, and with the right opportunity he can go all the way. " Get the Transcript: Episode 020: Jockey Profiles From A Top Notch Manager with Mark Van Triet David: Hi this is David Duffield, and welcome to another episode of Betting 360 podcast. Today I’ve got Mark Van Trieton the line, he manages Damien Oliver and Chad Schofield in Melbourne, and also Glyn Schofield and Brenton Avdullaup in Sydney. So his job is to get those four on the best mounts possible, and get them to ride a bunch of winners. So some of the work involves booking of the rides, form analysis, and basically just handling the racing affairs of those four fellas. So let’s have a chat with Mark and see how he goes about it. David: Thanks very much for joining us today Mark. Mark: Thanks Dave, it’s a pleasure, thank you. David: Yeah it’s an all star stable you’ve got there. It’s Damien Oliver, Glyn and Chad Schofield, andBrenton Avdulla.What’s your role in managing those guys? Mark: Well basically it’s just organising their rides, chasing rides for them, that’s the crutch of it, and you know trying to get them on the fastest horses. So it’s all about managing them really. And look there’s obviously some horses you can’t get them on, but it’s just keeping on top of things, just letting them know where certain horses are going, what races, and just keeping them in check as best I can. David: And so how do you go about that? Probably you have a database there, because you must have to plan a little bit in advance, and not necessarily even a horses next start, but also where they’re headed to after that. How do you actually track all of that, and keep on top of it? Mark: I’ve got a database, actually very similar to what your senior form analyst Rick Williams uses and that’s Southcoast racing database. And in that I’ve got Vince Accardi’s times, so I feel as though you’ve got to have the right tools, it certainly helps you making the correct decisions. We don’t get them right all the time. But as the planning, it’s actually, I mean I’ve got two guys in Victoria, and two in New South Wales, and New South Wales is actually done quite a bit different to Victoria. New South Wales they actually work 2 to 3 weeks ahead of schedule, whereas Victoria’s for example, nominations closed today, well for Saturday today. Whereas you do the majority of Victoria in the morning, whereas New South Wales was done this time last week for Saturday, so they actually work a fair way in advance. David: Right okay, that sounds a little bit like Hong Kong. When we did have a chat with Tommy Berry earlier in the year, and he could tell 2 or 3 weeks out. Obviously a lot fewer races over there, but a few weeks out he knew exactly which horses he was going to be on. So New South Wales leans more that way, whereas Victoria’s a bit more 7 days out is it? Mark: That’s right. But I think it’s probably because it’s just that both states are structured a bit differently. Whereas Victoria is full on 7 days, where the main days in New South Wales, especially for my guys are obviously Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday. And then New South Wales is more heavily focused on trials, they have a set of trials at least once a week, maybe twice a week, whereas it’s a bit different in Victoria,