Gomez off Lucky...on Dublin

[NTamm1215]

I really think everyone needs to stop the hysteria with the Gomez bashing.

Bringing up the BC Juvenile and it being a poor ride is crazy. He had a wide trip on a track where wide moves win.

He ran into trouble in the Rebel that was no fault of Gomez's and the SA Derby incident had to do with saving ground. If you whine and cry about every time a jockey saved ground with your horse you must love John Velazquez.

In the Derby, he ran into trouble in the opening quarter but had nary a straw in his path afterwards aside from a slight alter of course in the stretch. The fact that he couldn't outfinish Noble's Promise for 5th and that Make Music for Me blew by him in the final quarter doesn't bode well for the horse.

He could win the Preakness, but I think the horse is at best at a mile and this incessant Gomez bashing is ridiculous. If I was Gomez I'd have a hard time ever getting on another Baffert horse after he said he needed to buy him Jerry Bailey DVDs. Remember also that if you're taking him in the Preakness you're taking a smaller price than he was in the Derby.

NT