Gomez

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I do too. In her wins she was put into the race far earlier than yesterday when Gomez choked her back. Maybe the plan was to take her back not to compromise Indian Vale. Who knows how far back Pletcher told Gomez to take her but It's hard to believe he told him to wrestle her down like he did. The way the race played out, IV quit after a 1/4 mile and Octave was too far out of it.

Whoever said Octave is a hanger is either basing that utterance off one race or just finding another reason to knock Pletcher.

I don't see anyway you can say he "strangled" her back, she was climbing like hell on the backstretch, thats what was causing her to fall back, never at any point was she being restrained to run in the back, read Pletchers quotes, she was hating the mud hitting her in the face, once she started to level off and start running she had an absolute dream trip, she just hung as she always does, she just likes to catch up to the other horses, not pass them.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

I don't see anyway you can say he "strangled" her back, she was climbing like hell on the backstretch, thats what was causing her to fall back, never at any point was she being restrained to run in the back, read Pletchers quotes, she was hating the mud hitting her in the face, once she started to level off and start running she had an absolute dream trip, she just hung as she always does, she just likes to catch up to the other horses, not pass them.

I'm referring to the first 1/8 mile.

[IrishofNDMan]

Octave was one of my biggest plays of the day, dissapointing she couldn't get up. I don't think Gomez had her to far back. From watching the replay, I actually think Octave slowed down when she drew near the other horses, just my opinion.

[IrishofNDMan]

if I would have read this thread the point I just made was already talked about by Laharge.