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Old 05-10-2007, 03:47 PM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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I wouldn't call Gomez's riding "great all the time." That's for sure...
He's the leading rider in the country for the second year in a row. If he's not a great rider, I'd like to know who is. He is doing great all the time. He's winning millions in purses every single month. I bet he doesn't have a single month where his mounts earn less than $1 million.

You guys are a tough crowd. You guys are very hard to please. Even being the best in the country is not good enough for you. I hope you're not that hard on yourself. If you got an "A" on a test, would you be upset if you got 98% but not 100%?
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Old 05-10-2007, 04:00 PM
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He's the leading rider in the country for the second year in a row. If he's not a great rider, I'd like to know who is. He is doing great all the time. He's winning millions in purses every single month. I bet he doesn't have a single month where his mounts earn less than $1 million.

You guys are a tough crowd. You guys are very hard to please. Even being the best in the country is not good enough for you. I hope you're not that hard on yourself. If you got an "A" on a test, would you be upset if you got 98% but not 100%?
Yes.

With that said, not knocking Gomez, but he has had his fair share of questionable rides.
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Old 05-10-2007, 04:07 PM
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Yes.

With that said, not knocking Gomez, but he has had his fair share of questionable rides.
Nobody is perfect. Tiger Woods has bad tournaments sometimes. But overall, these guys are the best. Over the course of the year, they are consistently the best. That's what it means to be the best. It doesn't mean that they are perfect. It doesn't mean that they don't make mistakes. It just means that over the course of the entire year, they are better than everyone else.

By the way, I find it hard to believe that you would be upset if you got 98% on a test in college.
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Old 05-10-2007, 04:10 PM
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Nobody is perfect. Tiger Woods has bad tournaments sometimes. But overall, these guys are the best. Over the course of the year, they are consistently the best. That's what it means to be the best. It doesn't mean that they are perfect. It doesn't mean that they don't make mistakes. It just means that over the course of the entire year, they are better than everyone else.

By the way, I find it hard to believe that you would be upset if you got 98% on a test in college.
If I got a 98% on a test, the red sea usually parted at the exact same time and that meant I could take the next month off of school
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