Look, you don't get it. Leparoux got boxed in that race, I don't think you understand the game. Leparoux saved ground that day and simply couldn't get through. They shut him off in the lane, I just don't see that as tragic. he didn't form a plan at the start of the race to get himself locked in down the lane.
You are really missing it here, totally. Gomez is the strongest jock alive, no doubt about it. Hes also agile. But hes so stupid. That ride I've shown you here, don't you see the difference?!!!!!!!! HE CHOSE TO DO WHAT HE DID!!! Nobody forced him into a bad spot, he chose to take one. He does it very often, and YES that makes him inconsistent.
I'm sorry but getting locked in with a closer, well thats unavoidable. YOu really aren't getting the difference at all. Sometimes racing luck lands you in a bad spot, like happy Ticket. Anyone who would criticize Garret for that ride is a moron. He had poor racing luck early, and his only chance was to try to get through that hole. No problem with that. But you can't seem to distinguish the difference between a roach like Pulpiteer(which is why hes still a maiden!!!) witha lack of speed getting locked in, and a guy standing up and grabbing a speed horse so hard to dead last after breaking great, that the track announcer uses the word wrangled. The fact that you wer reluctant to identify that ride initially as as bad as it was, tells me you must just worship the guy and be blinded to its horrendousness.
You won't see any posts on me knocking guys who get locked in a jam on closers in tight big fields, its gonna happen.