06-12-2007, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I don't know if anyone has brought this point up yet....but it was Gomez who, in last years Belmont, carved out the 23 flat and 47 1/5 fractions aboard post time favorite Bob And John.
The horses racing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th after a half mile in last years running....all would be beaten 20 or more lengths by the mighty last-to-first winner Jazil....who is still looking to get through his N2X allowance condition.
One of those four quiters came back to win the Ohio Derby next out, and two others had fairly nice recent performances (Bob and John and High Finance)
Perhaps Gomez had regrets about getting burned up on the lead in this race last year, and that was on his mind this year--however, once he saw no one else wanted the lead.....
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You can't blame Gomez for the ride in 2006. Baffert admitted that he instructed GG to go to the lead. |
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