Bejarano does it too, but it's not as good. They still let him do it though. From what I remember, he does more of a herding or gradual thing. Gomez has by far the best intimidation move. Works almost each time he does it. They move over, there's usually not that much actual contact (cuz they move over.) He quickly gets his horse moving forward again, and the enemy(who wasn't expecting to have to move laterally) loses that slight momentum advantage they had. I would guess the jocks didn't call it, because they didn't think they would get it changed(and both Bejarano n' Coa like to do it too.) Heard Bejarano after, and he didn't even mention it.

Watch the 3rd race head-on at Anita on Jan 10 2009. That's the same move. He feels the other horse has momentum. HE HITS HIS HORSE HARD AS HE CAN LEFT-HANDED. The horse shoots outside, and he miraculously (immediately) corrects him. Meanwhile, the other horse has lost a bit of it's momentum. In this case, the other horse is able to barely re-rally for the win. That winner had Bejarano up. He has seen this guy do this. Would Gomez have been d.q'd if he held on? ??? Who knows? I doubt it. Face it. He is good at this, and they consistently allow him to inhibit a challengers momentum by making them move out in a hard jerk motion that does (often) bother them enough to be unable to re-rally enough to get by. It looks almost like unimportant stuff, but it's the hard sudden lateral movement that forces the challengers to lose the momentum advantage that seems insurmountable (when that's lost, it's usually enough to change the outcome.).........In the Derby it was worth what? 25k-30k to him, and how much to some of you?