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

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by 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

At no point did I say that the BC or pretty much any of the rides by Gomez were poor or his fault. I just stated that it was poor racing luck. It's nobody's fault he drew the 13 for the BC or the rail for the derby. The points you make for the derby are well taken, but obviously there were other issues/factors that might have came into play that day.

[Revidere]

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[philcski]

Originally Posted by Revidere

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...ID=20104230393

He's still riding for Lukas in the Preakness on Northern Giant.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

At no point did I say that the BC or pretty much any of the rides by Gomez were poor or his fault. I just stated that it was poor racing luck. It's nobody's fault he drew the 13 for the BC or the rail for the derby. The points you make for the derby are well taken, but obviously there were other issues/factors that might have came into play that day.

I was not directing anything specifically at you or anyone, there's just been a ton of stuff said about that particular race that I've long disagreed with.

I don't find LaL nearly as impossible in the Preakness as I saw Sidney's Candy in the Derby, but I do think it's put up or shut up time for him.

NT

[clyde]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

At no point did I say that the BC or pretty much any of the rides by Gomez were poor or his fault. I just stated that it was poor racing luck. It's nobody's fault he drew the 13 for the BC or the rail for the derby. The points you make for the derby are well taken, but obviously there were other issues/factors that might have came into play that day.

Ignore him,Meth..he's a fat fucl<.



Ten big ones for your take on Lookin'AtYucky.

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[2Hot4TV]

Please correct me if my blind a s s didnt see thing as they really were , but in the Derby LAL had the #1 hole (which looked like it was not inline with the rail ) and didnt have enough speed to get a clear position before the rail came into play. The other riders didn't give him his path and pounded LAL into the rail. Gomez hit the brakes , found a position behind horses and LAL started to climb the mud being thrown in his face......LAL lost all chance in the first 1/4 mile of the race.

If you like the horse, it shouldn't matter who is riding him.

I liked Brother Derik afew years back and as it turned out it didn't really matter that Alex Solis rode him like the sissy he is, he was the wrong horse.