LOL....I hope he at least does well during the RTR, he's one of my two jockeys.

on a pletcher horse i hope

agree , agree , agreee

You like baseball analogies, here's one. Pletcher is like the Yankees (Brian Cashman). He's considered one of the best trainers in the game. He has all this high priced talent every year and unless he wins a couple of the huge races, then some people think he has been a dissapointment. There have been times when Pletcher has had 20% of the derby field and still hasn't hit the board. He probably deserves some of the grief he gets.

As far as Ramon goes, you see the list of horses he ridden. It seems like he's done very well with some not so live horses. He's coming into his own and you would think that he will soon be (if he's not already) considered in that top crop of jockeys that trainers fight for. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think he's on the verge of exploding. And the numbers you bring up are unfair and unjust and don't tell the real story.

Is it really snowing at Aqu today as the website says?

matt just 1 question that is out there that you have not answered

we know cashman is the gm but do you really believe he has final decision on all major moves in the organization - i don't (randy johnson et al)

now to my question that no one here has answered , do you think todd wanted to run every one of those starters in the derby? do you think he had a choice on each horse ?

i don't think he wanted to run certain horses in those big races , thus in my opinion i think it's unjust and unfair for people here to bash his record to the extent that they do because they don't know what the owners wanted to do

I agree that a couple of those Pletcher horses were only there becuase the owners wanted them there and you would think Todd probably thought that they were in over there heads. But that being said, they did need to have the earnings to get there so they did earn their way into the gates.
But the arguement you make isn't about Pletcher, it's about Dominguez.

Yes, you are probably correct that some of these entries were "owner decisions," but the reason a lot of people question Pletcher's big race record is that his stable has not performed the same on these days when the horses are more closely surveilled than it does the rest of the year. For that reason, your analogy between Pletcher and Dominguez is completely flawed.

so you mean to tell me they aren't watching on oaks day or grade 1 days in ny when it's not belmont day ,or florida derby day at GP is that what you are trying to say

the cops are really only out at the BC and 3 TC races - 4 days a year? , the rest of the time they are there but just sleeping like the cop in the parking lot that's supposed to be on duty , is it that simple???

ramon deserves more time , i will give you that

and what is the % of pletcher starters that start in the bc or tc races vs his total starters what is it ?? u still haven't put the % up

do you think it's fair for him to get bashed not only on here but in the media on what i will say is proably less than 5 % of his total starters , isn't that cherry picking as well?

who was going to beat smarty jones, who was going ot beat barbaro , was it todd's fault that the jocks gave street sense a perfect rail trip for borel to take for the best horse in the race , this arguemnt can go on and on

if you want to continue send me a PM , i'm done on this topic

ramon is a very good jockey , i'll leave it at that

Gales is hopeless.

What's your next brilliant conclusion.....Secretariat was fast?

Blackthroatedwind has rich friends.

Please no opportunities for him to name drop.

Having you as a friend makes me rich.

No, but they are certainly watching them differently with their "big race teams." A few years ago, an out-of-town trainer had his Belmont Stakes horse in our trainer's barn at Belmont during the weeks leading up to the race. They had someone outside the horse's stall monitoring the horse around the clock for the two or three days before the Belmont. That this is not taking place on the typical Grade I day in NY or any of the other venues you cited does not mean they are "sleeping in the parking lot"; it just means that they don't have as many cops on the beat those other days.

so are you saying todd cheats on g1 days that are non tc races and non bc races and can't cheat on the tc races or the bc days because there are more "eyes" around

so let me guess during derby week , todd had his oaks winning filies hidden away , far far away , and brought them in in the cover of the night after juciing them to the gills at some far away farm ,away from all the prying eyes that were watching his barn that week beucse the derby horses were there , wow you could turn this story into a movie it would be a hit

Marty let it go Ramon is perhaps the best Jock currently in the states. Peyton Manning is still Peyton Manning eventhough he and Eli have the same number of SB wins.. You made a bad cal, it happens, I do it ALL the time

fine freddy but how is TP not the best trainer in america right now and in the last 10 yrs , this thread can end and you can PM me and tell me who the best trainer is

Dixie Porter.

Now go away.