Nice ride by Gomez

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Bad trips are not always the rider's fault and She's All Eltish has proven a tough horse to ride and one that has made a premature move in many of her races. Take a look at the Bonnie Miss. Not so dissimilar. In that case the field was possibly worse and the wet track probably hurt her yesterday.

It is a misconception to immediately gravitate towards the jockey when a horse gets a bad trip. It is often jockey error but far from always. In this case I tend to think it was situational and the horse.

It's the jocks fault. It has to be. Or else people would have to look elsewhere for blame, justification or something of the like. LOL.

Eric