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Originally Posted by oracle80
It was indeed pure luck and you obviously didnt see teh race if you don't know that. Gomez was "all in" on the turn pumping as hard as he could and losing ground behind the dueling leaders. They blistered fractions and he caught them late. Its also his first win since Friday. Gee, thats just swell. A guy riding nothing but live horses wins one race in 4 racing days, wow, he should go straight in the hall of fame for that one!!! LOL!!! Umm, how many guys is he trailing up here?
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You are so funny. Whenever Gomez gives a good ride, you say it was luck. His $12.4 million in purses, which is more than any other rider in the country ,must be luck too. When he gives a good ride, it was good racing luck but when he gets into trouble it was not bad racing luck, it was his fault. If you are going to hold him responsible for the bad trips, you have to give him credit for the good trips.
With regard to his ride in the feature today, he rode the horse perfectly. I saw the race. He wasn't "all in" and pumping as hard as he could on the turn. He was riding the horse somewhat to stay close. He may have had to get after her a little bit to keep her running into the dirt that she was taking. Anyway, he placed the horse perfectly and he made his move at the right time. Whenever he started asking the horse was obviously the right time. He won the race didn't he? Actually that doesn't always mean that the ride was good. I've seen bad rides where a horse was so much the best that they won despite getting a bad ride. But that wasn't the case here. I don't think you can critique this ride. He stayed out of trouble and he timed his move right. He rode her perfectly.