Welcome to my web site!

Look in this area for Mike to answer questions and make comments. We are working on a kind of "iPod-like-like" audio. Look here also for occasional relevant or fun downloads.

Please email (questions@mikesmith-jockey.com) and ask a question.

What does it mean to "throw a cross" and why does it work?

Answer: Click on the button to hear Mike's answer.
Please be patient as the file may take a few seconds to start up. Please wait for one answer to finish or click on the STOP button before starting to listen to the next unless you want to hear Mike in stereo. To hear an answer over again, please refresh your browser. Please adjust your volume as needed. Mike's answers were recorded over the phone and the volume varies.



Question: Do you use uneven stirrup leathers (acey-deucy) to compensate for turns? Do you adjust differently for the style of different horses and or tracks with tighter turns?
Answer: Click on the button to hear Mike's answer.
Please be patient as the file may take a few seconds to start up. Please wait for one answer to finish or click on the STOP button before starting to listen to the next unless you want to hear Mike in stereo.


Question: Do you use different saddles and how do you choose them?

Answer: Click on the button to hear Mike's answer . To restart the answers please refresh your page. This is a work in progress.

Question: Do you have a special good luck charm you carry with you when you race?

Answer: Click on the button to hear Mike's answer . To restart the answers please refresh your page. This is a work in progress.

Question: I am planning to be a jockey when I am older, do you have any advice ?

Answer: Click on the button to hear Mike's answer . To restart the answers please refresh your page. This is a work in progress.


SOME FREE DOWNLOADS

DESKTOP WALLPAPER

Pick a photo that you like and want to make your desktop wallpaper. Click on the link for the size you need according to the screen resolution you are using. After pulling the image up in your browser, right click on the image and choose "Set as Wallpaper."
If you use Windows 98 or a newer version, you can also set the Display option in your Display Properties to "Stretch." This works for screen resolutions both larger and smaller than the image to show the image full screen.



Click here for 800 x 600
Click here for 1024 - 768



Click here for 800 x 600
Click here for 1024 - 768

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JS EQUINE IMAGES


 

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