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Originally Posted by oracle80
Rupert,
That horse does exactly what he wants to do when he wants to do it. Have you seen his other races? bejarano was just a passenger. Gomez didn't choose to rate that horse, the horse did what he wants. Choosing to rate means breaking well and grabbing a hold and taking back.
he didn't do anything wrong, but his reaction when the horse started that crazy move was funny to watch. Horse took him from 15 back to 6 back in a matter of seconds. he was saving ground(the right thing to do when trailing) and when the horse started that run without him urging him, he yanked him HARD to the right because it honestly looked like he was scared that he was gonna run into the back of the leaders. That was a pretty scary move.
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One of the reasons that Gomez is so good is that he let's his horses settle in the place where they are most comfortable. There are pleny of jocks that would not have let that horse fall 15 lengths back. They would have been afraid to fall that far behind. They would have pushed the horse to stay closer. Gomez doesn't do that. If the pace is really fast, he's not afraid to let his horse drop 15 lengths back. I agree with you that CQ caught the field much sooner than GG was expecting. He had to swing out quicker than he was expecting.