Spa jockey/agent title race

[Gander]

Gomez had some very cagey rides yesterday. He rode Judy Soda very smartly on the front end. Then he rode Wynsome Wesley (a horse that was most likely "not trying" first time out behind a runaway winner very well resisting the urge to move too quickly. Anybody could have ridden his 3rd winner of the day whatdreamsaremadeof.

As they say in Harvard, Garret is doing "more with less" this year at Saratoga.

[Gander]

I'm just very thankful Garret didnt win the last race
His mount Continuity scared me a bit and "a little birdie" said that horse would be very tough to beat.

Did everyone forget Velazquez had a serious injury in late April? Rushed back in early June. Do you honestly expect him to be back to normal by now? I think he's doing outstanding considering the injuries he suffered.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Did everyone forget Velazquez had a serious injury in late April? Rushed back in early June. Do you honestly expect him to be back to normal by now? I think he's doing outstanding considering the injuries he suffered.

That has ZERo effect. He is 100% healed.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

That has ZERo effect. He is 100% healed.

Sure thing, doc.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Sure thing, doc.

Velasquez is the one who said that is 100%

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Velasquez is the one who said that is 100%

Of course he's going to say that.

Do you actually believe he is the same rider he was before the injury? Please tell me you do because the stats say otherwise. Obviously the guy is not 100% right now. But he will be and i'll flat out say that he'll repeat as top jock at Gulfstream this winter.

He sure looks 100% to me. But he simply doesnt get the mounts on a daily basis to compete for a win title. Now if you want to accuse me of redboarding i can show you the post i made before the meet began in which i stated that Prado was 3-5 to win the title in my mind. Its there, look it up.
If hes riding so badly then explain to me all the bad rides hes given and cite examples. hes not. just because the public bets a Pletcher horse down doesnt give it a shot. His catch mounts are just awful and I dont really think he or Angel care. They are all about the money.

Its you two novices who are doing the spinning, not me.
Richi, johnny/Angel are forced to ride all the Pletchers, he can rarely if ever get permission not to. The other two aren't pinned down. Now you can argue that gives johnny some automatic wins, and it does. But it costs Angel the chance to spin to live mounts. In addition, you will note his catch rides are most often for dead barns. the live ones go to Prado because they know he might ride the horse back, whereas Angel always has to tell everyone that he can ride back unles Todd runs something in there.
In terms of number of races won, Prado will always beat Johnny at any meet, not just this one.
And richi, you are insane if you think Gomez hasnt been riding chalk. Look at yesterday!! 4-5, 3-2, and 2-1 were his winners, so you are either a liar or unobservant.
Euro- Anderson is a better agent perhaps at securing stakes mounts, but in everyday competition Frieze is the King. Not known as a particularly warm and fuzzy guy, he always has the edge and thinks three steps ahead.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Its you two novices who are doing the spinning, not me.
Richi, johnny/Angel are forced to ride all the Pletchers, he can rarely if ever get permission not to. The other two aren't pinned down. Now you can argue that gives johnny some automatic wins, and it does. But it costs Angel the chance to spin to live mounts. In addition, you will note his catch rides are most often for dead barns. the live ones go to Prado because they know he might ride the horse back, whereas Angel always has to tell everyone that he can ride back unles Todd runs something in there.
In terms of number of races won, Prado will always beat Johnny at any meet, not just this one.
And richi, you are insane if you think Gomez hasnt been riding chalk. Look at yesterday!! 4-5, 3-2, and 2-1 were his winners, so you are either a liar or unobservant.
Euro- Anderson is a better agent perhaps at securing stakes mounts, but in everyday competition Frieze is the King. Not known as a particularly warm and fuzzy guy, he always has the edge and thinks three steps ahead.

Of course Gomez rides some chalk. They all do. I'm not interested if he rode chalk yesterday. I'm interested in the median price of his horses for the meet. That's all that matters. It doesn't matter whether he rode chalk yesterday or over the weekend. I'm interested in how much chalk he rode for the meet out of his 144 mounts.