Gomez Leading Standings at Saratoga But...

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Rupert there is no way that Gomez is not a friend of yours because your analysis of a race is usually dead on but in this case you are quite delusional, to the point where I wonder if you actually saw the race.
First of all Milwaukee is a horse that has some speed. She was not "rank". She was overly restrained behind a crawling pace and grabbed to death. She was not allowed to even gallop along at her normal cruising speed. As far as flattening out? Are you mother******* kidding me?!!!!!! After being grabbed to death, choked down, steadying for a mile, and swinging outside and steadying again, she still ran on for third beaten about 2 1/2 lengths. You have to be kidding me. That ride went into my all time top 10 bad rides and I can't even do it justice with words. That was an absolute trainwreck disaster. The Titanic had a better trip than Milwaukee did. Anyone who would even attempt to defend that ride is not seeing things objectively.

I can't guarantee you that she won't win next time but I certainly will not be betting her. I didn't like the way she was moving the final 100 yards. She was really struggling.

You're wrong to say she wasn't rank. All "rank means" is pulling and hard to control. She was certainly pulling and hard to control. When you're in heavy traffic and your horse is pulling hard, there's not much you can do. He had nowhere to go.

[dalakhani]

I didnt see the race but I am of the opinion that Garrett Gomez is one of the best riders in the country. He isnt perfect...none of them are and Bailey certainly wasnt either.

Gomez can ride any type of horse on either surface from any part of the track. If Ron Anderson sees fit to manage his book, it must tell you something.