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JustinDew Just Doesn't Get It 11 28.21%
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:12 PM
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maybe they could take a page out of the gate selection show that thankfully no longer exists...have a mockup of the two horses, and he puts a cardboard cutout of himself on one of them. it would be as exciting as the heisman award show.
That is too complicated. Put the name of the winning horse on the front of a cap, have the cap placed backwards (which will appeal to an entirely new audience) on Gomez's head, and at the appropriate time, Gomez turns the cap around and utters some ad jingle. It will be a happy marriage of commercialism and cheesieness.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:32 PM
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he might be too upset now knowing he doesn't have an oaks mount(yet) to show for the decision.
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Old 04-18-2009, 10:37 PM
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Hope the magic Anderson worked for Bailey in picking Derby mounts rubs off on Gomez!
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:14 PM
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I have a question.


WHO CARES???
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:22 PM
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WHO CARES???
You expect them to want to fight this circlejerk riptide?
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:29 PM
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You expect them to want to fight this circlejerk riptide?
It's laughable how people think jockeys picking their mounts make such a big deal. I must have heard a million times how Smarty Jones couldn't win the Derby because Stew Elliott was his jockey. Whatever. Some horrible riders have won huge races and good ones haven't. Hell, Gomez is a great rider, no doubt, how many triple crown races has he won?

That's right- ZERO.

In the case of Gomez' choices, either POTN is going to like the dirt and run well, top 3, or he isn't and he'll finish 12th, and Dunkirk is going to continue to move forward and run well, top 3, or he's going to melt down due to the lack of experience and he isn't. It's a guessing game for us and a guessing game for him. It doesn't matter in the end who he chooses.
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:29 PM
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Jon White?
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:53 PM
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I hope he picks Advice
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:53 PM
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i wonder when gomez celebrates his birthday, and where it falls in relation to barbaros derby victory....
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Old 04-19-2009, 01:19 AM
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I think the Derby post position draw would be more fun for everyone if the trainers/owners got to hang the actual jockey on a little hook under the gate number.
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