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Originally Posted by copying
"Matos, the agent for Gryder and Espinoza, contends that the Southern California jockey colony has never been stronger.
“Garrett Gomez showed he's a top rider when he went back East and won back there. I think he showed that we have the best riders in the world out here in California,” Matos said.
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Without getting into the Gomez "great/not great debate", the above highlighted segment of Matos' comments is perhaps the dumbest thing I've seen on this topic. Gomez showed he's a top rider when he went back East? Yup.. real hard showing how top you are riding 30 Pletcher mounts a week. That will test your horsemanship like little else.
Not convinced? Do the words 'Chris DeCarlo' help?
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