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Originally Posted by cmfhb411
Hard Spun: definitely not a good ride, by Gomez, but this was a tough assignment from the get-go. And owner and trainer have to take some criticism for this too.
Disagree and voice your displeasure with jockey Mario Pino after the Preakness ? I don't agree with it, but somewhat understandable.
But taking him off, like Hard Spun is the most controllable/ratable horse in the history of the sport ? I didn't get that from the beginning ( sorry to break that to all of those who needed HS in the Preakness and Belmont ).
Wait a While: I don't see Gomez not getting greif if he let her loose earlier and lost anyway. So IMO, those who needed her would have complained as long as she lost no matter how it happened. Therefore, I can't pay attention to any who backed her.
Dream Rush: this is the ride to completely hammer Gomez on. He had enough experience on her, to know that rating her for that long wasn't going to work in her favor. He should have let the horse run, and tell his clients she wasn't taking to rating kindly enough so he had to let her run, if they complain about it after the race. He doesn't have to scratch and claw for mounts anymore. He can do that.
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The Dream Rush race was a mile. She went :45 1/5 for the half. It's very hard to win going :45 1/5 in a mile race. Did you want her to go :44 4/5? That would be suicide. When was the last time you saw a horse go :44 4/5 in a mile race and win?
Dream Rush has only gone faster than :45 1/5 once in her life and it was in a 6 1/2 furlong race.
If there would be any criticism of the ride on Dream rush, it would be that he went too fast, not too slow. You can't win a mile race going :44 4/5. It's almost impossible. It is kind of funny that the original criticism for that ride was for going too fast and now someone says that he didn't go fast enough. I'd hate to be a jock. They get criticized no matter what.