8/1 (MTH): Haskell (G1), Oceanport & Matchmaker (G3's)

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Garcia has yet to ride him on synthetic. Those trips he gave him would be 0 for 2 on the stuff Gomez had to ride him on. And I don't care about the KD because Jesus would have lost from the 1-hole there, assuming he could ride horses like he rationed bread.

Exactly, Garcia has done nothing for this horse that anyone else wouldn't, and a lot wouldn't have been as wide and premature. Garcia is an average jock, nothing more, nothing less.

[Travis Stone]

I think it's rare where a jockey really moves a horse up... certain horses sure, but for the most part, no shot. I don't think it's rare, however, for jockeys to move horses down. Lookin at Lucky was lengths the best on Sunday... he wins with a lot of different riders on him, but take nothing away from Garcia, because one thing he didn't do was screw-up.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I think it's rare where a jockey really moves a horse up...

Back when Cordero, Pincay, Antley, etc, were riding, I had many things to say during one of their races. 'PUT HIM IN A ****IN' DRIVE', was never one of them. Funny how this pretty much is the only thing I have to say while watching races these days. And, it doesn't really matter whether they're at major or minor venues, as the top jocks (with very, very few exceptions) don't finish any better than the poor ones. It is what it is.