Nice ride by Gomez
 

I didn't bet the race. Just commenting after (finally) watching the replay on Calracing.

Why was Gomez in such a hurry on Shes All Eltish? And, you'd think he's learned that putting a horse under pressure while entering the stretch guarantees a DUCK IN. (Well, at least he wasn't sticking righty.)

Abused and passed late by a suckup run. Nice...............

Back to your regularly scheduled posting.

...and he's arguably the top jockey in the country. It's borderline depressing how bad the jockey colony is.

give me mena or give me death!!!gogo is abit on a slide..he will bounce back..

The three blind mice have spoken and as usual, have no clue to what ACTUALLY occurred! BBB

oooooowww!!!!!

i like when he jerks her head back to the right on two occasions.

They said on ESPN that the starting gate spooked her. . .

You got that wrong: I believe he hit ONE pick4 last fall; paying a whopping 4:1 or so. I mean, his plays at SAR, for example, were beyond embarrassing. I was at the point where I was pitying the DOOFUS last summer as he was stumbling and bumbling his way to one blown pick 4 after another.

And, the ironic thing is that he's clueless when it come to trips. :rolleyes:

Let's get something out of the way first.....this is how you return to posting on the net, after a two week sabatical, due to your absurd Derby opinions? You honestly don't have a clue. The Fat Man has a better understanding of trip handicapping than 99.99999% of all horseplayers....and that's probably understating it. And, frankly, even if he didn't, there is no denying he is 100% correct that She's All Eltish was much the best in today's Black Eyed Susan.

It's pretty astounding the arrogance you continue to display both here and elsewhere considering you have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to have one of the single worst handicapping opinions in the history of horseplaying. Combine that with a total lack of betting acumen and you are the complete package of hopelessness.

Things have gotten so desperate for you that you might need to call some of your friends back to remind us what a genius you are.

well, when is the professor going to share his wisdom and let us know what ACTUALLY occurred.

BBB is right that turf rail placement is worth noting. Somewhere in the funny are a few good concepts.

its a lot safer to just say something off the wall , or laugh at the person who says it, then to actually break down a trip and stretch run

your a fng re -re who couldent find a winner if it ran over them..be gone !!!
keep talking that bs to yourself and huge fan base you have at noah...

**** oph i mean good cappin
bbb

Thanks for the compliment, Triple B. To be included with the likes of Fattie and hooves is an honor.

I keyed She's All Eltish with all the horses but BSharp in $20 Exactas and $5 Trifectas, I did end up hitting a savor tri but she didn't seem to coorperate today, headstrong and Gomez fought it, and rightfully so.

I am just pissed I didn't take full advantage of tossing the unbelievable bet BSharpsonata

Brutal ride by Gomez

i agree. for all the bad mouthing thats going back and forth here. i needed that horse on top. i think he moved too early, the horses to his inside were dead. if he waits a little longer, i think, she wins. what was weird is hes usually the last one to move, maybe he thought he had it won. he took a shot , but i was wondering because horses were flying down the lane like the winner did. i thought he used his move prematurely.

Bad trips are not always the rider's fault and She's All Eltish has proven a tough horse to ride and one that has made a premature move in many of her races. Take a look at the Bonnie Miss. Not so dissimilar. In that case the field was possibly worse and the wet track probably hurt her yesterday.

It is a misconception to immediately gravitate towards the jockey when a horse gets a bad trip. It is often jockey error but far from always. In this case I tend to think it was situational and the horse.

It's the jocks fault. It has to be. Or else people would have to look elsewhere for blame, justification or something of the like. LOL.

Eric

Instead of always focusing on the jockey, people need to think more about the trip in general, and stop clouding their minds with jockeys.

Trust me....it can't hurt.

the jockey has nothing to do with the trip?

Who said that?

When you try to put words into people's mouth like I just did, without reading the entire thread, you run the extreme risk of putting your foot in your own mouth.

FTFY.

For what its worth Shes All Eltish was indeed the best filly in the race, but to blame Gomez for her defeat, is disingenuous at best and ignorant at worst.

Approaching the pole the filly spooked. She did not lug in as the chart indicates and she did not duck in as many track observers have stated. If you have ever been on a horse that spooked or even had one on the shank, you will be lucky to retain possession.

Gomez with a sterling piece of horsemanship kept this one from going over the rail. The thread starter and his posse of prattlers may have watched the race; but they didn't see it. BBB

So as to be fair....FTFY too.

Infinite OOOOOOOOOO

There are 2 differences between a jock moving prematurely into the pace of a race and a cyclist (or group of cyclists) making a premature break:

1) While the early move might cost the jock the race, the one paying for it is the horse, in terms of needless OVER-extention, and, thus, jocks continue to do it; while the breaker in a cycling race pays for it, similarly to the horse, when the pack comes to him and buries and abuses him.

2) The premature move works, and works quite often, on the many BUSH speed favoring tracks. Thus, jocks, trainers, handicappers, etc., have come to think that it's proper to move, for example, 3 wide into a pace where the winner is sure to quit.

Why go after the winner on the turn, where you're at a disadvantage in terms of ground covered, when you can just sit and get her in the stretch? Unless, of course, your intent is to collapse the race AND PUNISH YOUR horse.

The horse might've had a a history of rankness YET she was doing quite nicely until Gomez decided to gun her on the turn. Moreover, Castro was her 'regular' jock ---need more be said?

P.S. There are 2 ways to BID wide on the turn:

1) Go all out, like Gomez did and thus make it highly likely that you will DUCK IN immediately upon entering the stretch --this happens all the time in turf races (Gomez and Johnny V specialize in this).

2) Do it the way that Kent D described his run of BB in the Derby: put the horse in position and just have it sit with the pace and ASK AFTER you ENTER. So, I imagine that if Kent knows the difference, some of the other jocks do as well.

only that the loss was not due to the ride. this wasn't a horse nipped at the wire, she was passed with ease.

best ftfy ever.