Rafael's ride on Rail Trip--Jon White comments

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by perkinpeak

Ron Ellis and Jon White's comments seem to me to be pretty much sour grapes.

I have no idea who Jon White is but Ellis lost ALL credibility with me when he continued to ride Valdivia on this horse last year. This, of course, resulted in the horse getting beat in races where he was best. Now, I realize that Valdivia FINALLY got a clue (or just lucked into a good ride) in the Gold Cup but since Ellis kept riding him (before that) I'll just assume that he was clueless as to the poor rides that the horse was getting. It thus follows, that Ellis is CLUELESS when it comes to evaluating rides/trips and really needs to STFU or risk embarrassing himself (even further). Not saying RT got the best of rides by Bejarano but ELLIS really adds nothing to the mix with whatever he had to say in terms of evaluating the race.

I wonder how Ellis, and the other Southern Cali trainers who seem to specialize in the stretchout (the sprint once then beat routers routing next time out angle) would do at other tracks, as this seems to be a Southern CAL 'specialty'.