Did today change your mind?

I had a feeling someone was going to bring this up. :D

5 Lee Stewart Pino M G 123 6.90 4.20 2.90

9 A J Kids Pino M G 120 22.60 11.60 8.70

1 Malibu Moonshine Pino M G 115 31.60 10.20

Pinheads are only as good as the last ride they give. Hes fine for the night, he will resume being a goat around 1pm tomorrow.

He rode them fine.....two were the best in bad fields and one got a great set up. He didn't do anything remarkable with any of them.....just as he hasn't done nearly as much wrong as some seem to think.....at least in my opinion. Being the second best rider at Aqueduct right now isn't a lot to be excited about.

Frankly, Pino is what most of these guys aren't....a professional jockey. I say this as a compliment. He doesn't get left a majority of the time ( see Rajiv Maragh ), he tries to save ground when possible ( unlike Norberto Arroyo among others ) and he displays a reasonable sense of patience. He rates to win, like today, when given the opportunity.

One ride??? The call was him for him to leave the state....There's no difference between the Aqueduct inner and Laurel, none!

Speaking of chest thumping...

I thought Taylor Hole's ride on Wayoutsidethebox was solid. He didn't panic and just let the horse run his race. A novel concept these days.

Norberto is a Kamikaze.

Love watching him and Coa hook up. They just need swords and shields.

Its like Medieval Times with wagering

Okay, he can stay. Is that what you wanted me to say?

But seriously, I'm pretty sure ANYBODY would have won the Stymie today aboard Malibu Moonshine. The horse was too slow to keep up and can run 2 miles if he wanted to. The other two horse were done after 3/4's. I thought he'd win by 10 when they turned for home. You can't seriously think that ride was some kind of genius on his part?

And by the way, in case you didn't see the races, his ride on AJ Kids was a thing of beauty, being 6 wide on the turn. If he got caught I'm sure you wouldn't be asking me these questions.

And he almost got taken down on Lee Stewart with some savy left handed whip action nearing the wire as his horse drifted out pretty good.

He wasn't six wide on the turn with AJ's Kids. He was two wide for most of the turn and angled four wide late on the turn and was forced/bumped out wider into the stretch. I thought he rode that horse fine.

I also think he should have been DQ'd in the first race.

Don't really want to argue with YOU, but he looks like he's about 5 wide when they get to the 5/16ths pole, then gets bumped wider as they approach the quarter pole. Of course, I'm not in a blimp over top of them so there is really no way to see.

He won, so it's really a non issue I guess...

Agree on Pino Race 1 Saturday
 

I also think he should have been DQ'd in the first race.[/quote]

I could not believe they kept him up and there was also no inquiry by the stewarts. Jockey claim of foul and they kept him up. Glad they did as it did help me out in the DD....

Makes you wonder how they keep a horse like that up and take down some of the ones that they do...

Agree with the fact that he would have a hard time come spring....Look, he's a hard working, "bring the lunch-box to work" type jock. He's been doing the same thing in MD/DE day in and day out for about 25 years....Outside of Dominguez, there's no real star quality at the meet.

Funny, I noticed that as well.

Okay, he has to pack up and leave now...

Did he have a wager on Levine's horse in the 3rd today? He spent an awful long time looking for him after strangling the crap out of Ain't No Saint.

What in the PP's gave him the notion that he should be pressing the pace with this horse?

And once he was commited, just go...