Prado

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Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

i follow racing all over the country including ny regularly. i have tvg, a race replays account and i live 5 minutes from the track and work there everyday.........believe me finding ways to watch races is notta problem at all. you make it like ramon is riding at portland meadows or something the way you talk and its like he can do no right in your book. if he makes a mistake hes a horrible jock, if he wins you think oh well he should cuz edgar and johnny v arent in town

None of this is either relevant or makes a lot of sense. The simple fact is you defended the NY riding colony by citing, first, Mike Smith who Stevie Wonder could see is riding poorly. Then you went to Santos, who ANYONE following NY knows is hopeless, and then Bridgemohan who through even a quick appraisal of his numbers is obviously struggling.

Once again, nobody said Dominguez is a " horrible jock ", and you accusing people of that only weakens any argument you are trying to make. What was accurately pointed out here was that Dominguez gave an extraordinarily puzzling ride. These comments were proven out when the trainer of the horse involved, Gary Contessa, went on the record ( with Steve Byk ) blasting the ride, and Dominguez himself apologized profusely.The fact that you need to continue to claim what was said was incorrect flies in the face of all reason and sanity.

The simple truth is that when the big boys come back to NY Dominguez returns to a lesser curcuit. Until he stays in NY and competes successfully at the highest level he cannot prove to be one of the best riders in the country. This does not make him a bad rider just as your claims don't make him an exceptional one.