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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Leparoux has had the misfortune of losing a lot of good recent mounts.
* I'll Have Another finished in the middle of the pack with Leparoux in the Hopeful. Wins his next race at 43/1 and never loses again.
* Wise Dan finished 4th in an Alw race at Churchill with Leperoux on -- and came back a few weeks later to romp in the Firecraker at 14/1 odds with Leparoux off.
* Questing was off the board in back-to-back starts in turf alw races for Leparoux -- she switched to Irad Ortiz Jr. AND dirt. Huge figure alw win, followed by back-to-back romping Gr 1 wins.
* Fort Larned was beat by 12 lengths in the Foster with Leparoux up -- and he came right back to dominate the Cornhusker at 7/2 and win the Whitney at 7/1 for Brian Hernandez Jr. in his next two races.
* Emma's Encore was 2nd in a dirt alw at Belmont with Leparoux before she went to Junior Alverado and won the Victory Ride at 39/1 odds and the Grade 1 Prioress at 5/1 in her next two starts.
* Union Rags was 3rd in the Florida Derby to Take Charge Indy and well beaten in the Kentucky Derby with Leparoux -- he won the Belmont at 5/2 with Johnny V.
At the very least, Julian has been unlucky. That's a lot of quality mounts he couldn't capitalize on . Fortunately for guys like Mario Gutierraz, Junior Alvarado, Irad Ortiz, Brian Hernandez Jr., and John Court who don't get many shots on real horses these days.
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Great stuff! I am amazed at how many good mounts Pepe gets when there are so many good jocks, even young ones and a very good bug, in the locker room. I have to believe that trainers/owners are not realizing how many top horses have been upgraded with Leparoux off. He should not be riding regularly in New York.