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Originally Posted by jcs11204
gomez is far from the best... he is easily the most overated though.
we could go on for days about who the best is, there is really no way to tell, because trainers go hot/cold all the time, and when that happens, its sometimes not the jocks fault. as for gomez, IMO i would rather have... JV, kent, coa, julian l.... thats just 4, im sure there are more.
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Agree with BlackThroat, I haven't always been a fan of Gomez on a ride by ride basis but he is the most consistent and he can get a horse to the wire first who might not normally get there. JV is very solid but he has his very poor periods. Last summer when he could stay on a mount he was absolutely terrible. Kenny D. (he hates being called Kenny) has an occasional good to great ride but is incredibly unpredictable. He is a know it all and if he feels your horse has a chance he'll ride him/her. If not, he doesn't. And given that his judgement is not good on that question, he's cost horse players money over the years. Surely you don't think Big Brown was a unique ride for him. And there is more than one trainer who has went to Sellito, his agent, and told him to "lose my number". But he now has his house up for sale in NY and hopefully he'll be gone from here for awhile.