yeah, that Garret Gomez really Sucks

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

It was indeed pure luck and you obviously didnt see teh race if you don't know that. Gomez was "all in" on the turn pumping as hard as he could and losing ground behind the dueling leaders. They blistered fractions and he caught them late. Its also his first win since Friday. Gee, thats just swell. A guy riding nothing but live horses wins one race in 4 racing days, wow, he should go straight in the hall of fame for that one!!! LOL!!! Umm, how many guys is he trailing up here?

You are so funny. Whenever Gomez gives a good ride, you say it was luck. His $12.4 million in purses, which is more than any other rider in the country ,must be luck too. When he gives a good ride, it was good racing luck but when he gets into trouble it was not bad racing luck, it was his fault. If you are going to hold him responsible for the bad trips, you have to give him credit for the good trips.

With regard to his ride in the feature today, he rode the horse perfectly. I saw the race. He wasn't "all in" and pumping as hard as he could on the turn. He was riding the horse somewhat to stay close. He may have had to get after her a little bit to keep her running into the dirt that she was taking. Anyway, he placed the horse perfectly and he made his move at the right time. Whenever he started asking the horse was obviously the right time. He won the race didn't he? Actually that doesn't always mean that the ride was good. I've seen bad rides where a horse was so much the best that they won despite getting a bad ride. But that wasn't the case here. I don't think you can critique this ride. He stayed out of trouble and he timed his move right. He rode her perfectly.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Well,he did look "all in" on the turn to me,and appeared to lose some ground(hence.."all in.") This is what I feel the guy is best at(riding the hell out of a price horse.)It became a Batan Death March,and he was rewarded for staying after his filly the whole time.Guy is always a good play on a price horse that can come late.Now,if he can learn to keep chalk from getting trapped(and/or intimidated,) then he will be worth playing on chalk.

[GPK]

No doubt it was a good ride yesterday, but I still think it was more the benefit of a crappy ride by Jara who was stretching a filly from a 5 furlong debut to 6.5 furlongs and still felt the need to run the 1st quarter in :21.8 and the half in :45 flat. I think Jara clearly had enough horse where he could have let some of the inside speed take off and sit right off them and let them do all the work early....but what the heck do I know?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Kev,I like a fair track.That track is no such thing.The leader went fast,but lets face it here...they went 1:19 for 6 1/2f. I mean how tiring do you think that track was for that Monmouth filly to come pass nice fillies that easily for 2nd? Track is a joke.I ain't playing it.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Kev,I like a fair track.That track is no such thing.The leader went fast,but lets face it here...they went 1:19 for 6 1/2f. I mean how tiring do you think that track was for that Monmouth filly to come pass nice fillies that easily for 2nd? Track is a joke.I ain't playing it.

I hear ya there. I have been playing some turf races there, but have stayed away from the dirt for the most part. Only reason I even played that race yesterday was because it was the middle leg of the late Pick 3 that looked very hittable at a small price. I will pick a couple spot plays in the last few weeks, but for the most part, I will wait for the fall Belmont meet to start up where I generally have good success.

[Cajungator26]

The thing about Gomez is this:

He's either on or he's off. There seems to be no inbetween with this guy. When he's "on", there is no better rider, but when he's "off", watch out...

I personally like a more consistent rider, but what do I know?