Gomez off Lucky...on Dublin

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

He's not tactical, he grinds and those horses have lots of trip issues. Full field ahead and Garcia is a down grade. No thanks.

I think he's tactical and versatile. I just think he has some extremely poor racing luck. He came to a walk during the Santa Anita Derby and almost held on for second. Obviously he had trouble from the rail in the Derby. Even in the BC he drew the 13 post and was at least 5-6 wide going into the first turn while being wide the enitre way around and just missed by a nose. He did overcome being checked/stedied in the backstretch of the Rebel (I understand that it wasn't a great field, but then again not too many of the races had them either) and go on to win. Agreed Garcia is not in Gomez's class, but could have he done any worse then Gomez in the last two races? Probably not, because most of the trouble was uncontrollable anyway. But I just don't think it's fair to say he needs a perfect trip to win a race. The trouble that he has ran into has been far from minor.
I just think he's a gritty horse that gives his all everytime he goes out and as long as he stays away from the trouble he has found he has a big shot. I'm just hoping that alot of people go to sleep on him.