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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |
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![]() Rup he would have held 3rd. Its not a major big deal to the connections, but it is to anyone who keyed supers or tris.
My position on Gomez has always been the same, and continues to be now. Incredibly strong and agile and incredibly stupid on a horse very often. Does not "handicap" the rest of the fields he rides agaisnt and is pathetically unaware and out of sync with prevailing biases much of the time. Rupert you keep knocking Prados strength down the lane and seem amazed that he is a leading rider. Strength and talent alone won't win races, you need a brain. |
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Where do you rank Gomez overall back East. It sounds like you would take JV or Prado over him. Do you think that Gomez is the 3rd best rider back there overall? |
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![]() "leading money-winning rider in the country "
This seems to be the get out of jail card for every bad decision the guy ever makes.Like I said,he gave these 3 chalks(Kewen,Sigfreto,and TM Bling)totally f'd up rides,because he keeps horses in an awful position,and the other guys keep him in the trouble that he gets into (with his own poor decision-making.)What were these 3 horses...7/5,3/5,and 6/5.He is a good play on the medium to high priced horses.Anything he rides with odds that have a 5 in the bottom of the fraction(5 as denominator,)I don't want.Keep that sht.If I like the horse,I'll skip the race.I haven't mentioned him f'n up anything since TM BLING.That's cuz I haven't played him since then.Problem solved. |
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![]() People say he isn't dumb,but he mainly makes the same exact mistake(bad spot..stays there..other jocks lock him down tight....guys who played him get their balls in a f'n glass jar.)See,if a person keeps making the same mistake,then some people would call that person stupid(and the mistake would be called a stupid mistake.)
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![]() I watched that replay of race 10 again this morning and second that. Gomez rode his horse out and got beat for 2nd and 3rd. Have I ever seen a jockey try harder for 2nd and 3rd than Gomez did in that spot? Heck yes. Watch Jorge Chavez if you want to see the definition of riding a horse out. But Gomez did not just concede 2nd and 3rd spots. No way.
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Da Hoss if you are in town why not stop over at Steves BB stand and say hello to some of us? WIll you be there today. Its always nice to meet other trailers. |
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![]() My opinion on the guy hasn't changed one bit and its not like I want to have that opinion about him. I'd much rather he just put some polish on his already immense physical skills with some mental work on what the prevailing bias is and knowledge of his own horses' tendencies as well as the others in the race.
Yeah Edgar isnt strong as a bull but he always knows where he is supposed to be with a horse. Johnny is the same way. They also keep tabs on their main opponents in the race and where they are (kinda like The Breeders Cup Sprint when Gomez went for that hole and Prado said where do you think you are going jagoff?). Its splitting hairs when you start talking about things this detailed but in order for him to join Johhny and Edgar as the absolute best he simply has to learn that he does not have a liscense to get the rail move every time and that sometimes you need to send a horse and get an advantage if thats how the race shapes up instead of just grabbing and riding like he prefers to ride. |
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![]() To me he's been Jeckell and Hyde. Lately a lot of Jeckelling out there.
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"I don't feel like that I am any better than anybody else" - Paul Newman Last edited by Crown@club : 08-07-2006 at 02:50 PM. |
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![]() I know but the guy can really drive you to drink. One race he looks so great you are in awe, the next hes boxed inside on a dead rail and you wanna tear your DRF into a thousand pieces of confetti.
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