Luis Saez

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

Has to be the smartest rider around. The reason I say this is whenever he shows up n a horse the horse seems to find much more early speed than it normally shows.

Saez has realized two very important things. 1) speed is a weapon 2) Most riders are allergic to the lead.

He’s almost always sending out of the gate to establish position, instead of allowing others to do that to him like 95% of the riders around. Plus, when his mount breaks well he doesn’t yank them back for no reason.

It’s the difference between a 20% rider and a 5% rider.

That's the reason he rose up the ranks at Gulfstream so quickly, and why he seamlessly transitioned to New York where most other riders have struggled. Javier is a lot like this too, and Kendrick Carmouche has stuck around in New York pretty much exclusively due to his aggressiveness. More 5-10% jocks would do well to take notice of this.

Saez is awesome though, probably the most underrated rider in the country and the only person I felt bad for when Maximum Security got DQ'ed. Did a story on him last summer at Saratoga too and he couldn't have been nicer.