Gomez To Announce His Mount

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Gomez is coming to NY after the Derby and staying into Belmont in the Fall. He may go to California for the Oak Tree meet. He will be in Saratoga.

andy - i don't want to get in a spat with you but i just have a few points feel free to bury me:

we are now 4 months into they year - isnt it safe to assume that at a minumum GG will ride more in California this year than NY

I assume he won't be in the winter meet at Aqu in early nov - dec

i assume he will be in Califorina those 2 months , that gets him to 6 months in So Cal

if he spends any other time in Cali won't that mean that the majority of his racing days will be spent is So Cal , and since Bob has more horses in So Cal than Todd didn't that factor into the decision on whom to ride in the derby?

[Antitrust32]

I think it is obvious that Jon White had something to do with the decision.

[jjf1031]

Originally Posted by gales0678

andy - i don't want to get in a spat with you but i just have a few points feel free to bury me:

we are now 4 months into they year - isnt it safe to assume that at a minumum GG will ride more in California this year than NY

I assume he won't be in the winter meet at Aqu in early nov - dec

i assume he will be in Califorina those 2 months , that gets him to 6 months in So Cal

if he spends any other time in Cali won't that mean that the majority of his racing days will be spent is So Cal , and since Bob has more horses in So Cal than Todd didn't that factor into the decision on whom to ride in the derby?

Actually Gomez has been in Keeneland most of April. So majority of time would be outside of California. Not to split hairs

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by jjf1031

Actually Gomez has been in Keeneland most of April. So majority of time would be outside of California. Not to split hairs

fair eneough

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by gales0678

andy - i don't want to get in a spat with you but i just have a few points feel free to bury me:

we are now 4 months into they year - isnt it safe to assume that at a minumum GG will ride more in California this year than NY

I assume he won't be in the winter meet at Aqu in early nov - dec

i assume he will be in Califorina those 2 months , that gets him to 6 months in So Cal

if he spends any other time in Cali won't that mean that the majority of his racing days will be spent is So Cal , and since Bob has more horses in So Cal than Todd didn't that factor into the decision on whom to ride in the derby?

Ya Think?!

Didn't Baffert ship many of his horses to Saratoga last year because he was unhappy with (I believe) the Delmar surface last year?

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Ya Think?!

Didn't Baffert ship many of his horses to Saratoga last year because he was unhappy with (I believe) the Delmar surface last year?

that is correct

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by gales0678

that is correct

This thread is being overanlalyzed to death.
Who really cares?

I'm sure someone can pull up this information, but I'd venture to guess Gomez has ridden a lot more for Pletcher over the past 2 years than Baffert. And do you think Gomez wouldn't be able to sleep at night if he doesn't get some of Baffert's potential "A-list" mounts, if he chose Dunkirk? he's argurable the most indemand jockey in the country.

And if it was strictly a case of "which trainer do you not want to burn your bridges with", you would have to side with Pletcher. The size of his operation and the potential for stakes mounts is greatly superior to what Baffert can offer.

[gales0678]

we'll see if garett stays the whole meet at Saratoga the are some others on another racing message board that think garett will spend this summer at Del Mar - will see what happens

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by gales0678

we'll see if garett stays the whole meet at Saratoga the are some others on another racing message board that think garett will spend this summer at Del Mar - will see what happens

Are they also posting their Top 5 Derby Horses on that board?

Del Mar is not racing on Monday's this year. Saratoga is where the $ is. Gomez is staying in NY.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Are they also posting their Top 5 Derby Horses on that board?

Del Mar is not racing on Monday's this year. Saratoga is where the $ is. Gomez is staying in NY.

no they have a derby top ten thread you can go over and check it out if you like some additional thoughts for the big race