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Originally Posted by eurobounce
Oh my gosh. This arguement is stupid. The only thing that matters in horse racing is wins and money earned. So instead of trying to analyze rides and how someone prepares for a race and how stupid or smart a jock is lets just look at the jocks standing for wins and money earned.
Edgar and Garrett are 1 and 2 in the jockey standings nation wide when it comes to money earned. Now Johnny V is winning at 26%. If Johnny V wasnt hurt then he prob would be at the top of the standings. But these three jocks are prob the best in the nation right now. So to say that a jock who has earned over $10mm this year and is winning at a 18.8% is stupid then the person calling this jock stupid should take a nice long look in the mirror.
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I don't think anyone who earns his or her way to the top of his or her profession could possibly be stupid; I just thought it was interesting that people have seen more inconsistent riding from Gomez this year and was curious to toss out the "What about prep work?" thought. (I enjoyed RP's response very much, btw, thank you!)
I'm a big believer in luck, but I think luck can be directed to some extent by hard work, too.
But I don't know any more of Gomez's prep work than anyone else who doesn't know him. Or any other jockey's for that matter.