Paco Lopez

[Calzone Lord]

Lezcano is another excellent jockey. I agree with NTamm. He'd be a perfect fit on any closer in this race.

I hate to see the same old names Mike Smith, Gary Stevens, Johnny V, etc always get the choice open mounts. Those guys, at this stage of their career, are clearly inferior to a guy like Paco Lopez.

Really, Victor Espinoza is a much better dirt route jockey than Smith, Stevens, or Johnny V.

The trainers are the king-makers. Smith, Stevens and Johnny V. are all very good jockeys and all were better earlier on in their career -- but they're definitely overrated in a sense. Especially at this point in their careers.

If the "Dumb Ass Partners" sell California Chrome to a major owner, and he gets moved from Art Sherman. Victor Espinoza never keeps that mount.