In support of Peter McCormick’s Roundtable Discussion, “The Assistant Situation”, we reached deep into the Rockbottum CC film vault and found Ludell’s take on the situation from 2014.
Where Are The Assistants?
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Plenty of people looking for assistant jobs. No one even looking at qualified applicants like myself.
Current number of asst jobs listed on TurfNet: 219
2nd Assts: 59
AIT: 53
Total: 331 or roughly double the number listed when Ludell made this film in 2014
Been feeling like a rented mule lately 😂
Kevin,
Maybe you’re suffering from a malady I had for almost fifty years . . “Titanium Mistress Syndrome”, wherein the victim feels like their only purpose in life is just a motor for an expensive bicycle and it cannot skip a day.