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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
If you don't think jocks have an eye on the chalk horse,THEN YOU'RE A FOOL.I play the horses I like,and won't avoid one due to a jock.People make mistakes.I understand that(only too well.)When people say this guy is a great jock,I just can't agree(because I have seen all the mistakes he makes..usually repetitive ones...and you can't be great if you make that many dumb mistakes.)As far as trainers go,lets get something straight here.1)Trainers can simply wheel a horse back,and try again.2)Owners request certain jocks,and so trainers can't really complain about rides(they may lose the ability to use that jock.) 3) a guy like Gomez is a hothead ,and Baffert knows he will be defensive if he is critical of him.4)Trainers simply take jocks off horses if they want to.The main reason they don't get that upset though,is they can always try again.People who bet,and lose money due to a bad ride,don't get another chance.They get one chance.Jock and trainer just tee it up again.Very,very different situations.
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Yeah you're right I'm a fool. Because I'm sure Baffert really gives a s**t if Gomez is defensive. Baffert is a straight shooter, and he loves to have his name in print. I have heard absolutely nothing coming from him about the ride, and if you think trainers don't get upset at a bad ride, or if they don't win then you haven't been to a track. The thing about horse racing is you may not get another shot, so like in every other post in this thread you are wrong. Baffert has done enough as a trainer to be able to criticize whomever he wants, and he didn't. You see Frankel do it, and who can forget how critical Lukas was about Victor Espinoza's ride on Spain in the 2001 Distaff. And jock and trainer don't just tee it up, they want to win, and if you think Gomez was just "teeing it up" I want to see you get on a horse and try and come up the rail. A lot of jocks won't do it, and Gomez will. Look I get what you're mad at, you needed the horse because you bet him, and I have been victimized by many a bad ride, but I just think you're wrong. I do know that Gomez is one of the most sought after jocks in the world, by all of the top trainers, and I don't think they would want him if he wasn't great. Just taking a shot but I'm thinking they know more than you. And Pletcher could have had anyone come to ride first call for him when Johnny V. went down, and he CHOSE Gomez. I challenge you to find a better horse racing mind than Pletcher.