Gomez To Announce His Mount

[Scurlogue Champ]

I'll guess Dunkirk

[_ed_]

Yeah, I think so too.

Whether or not that's the right choice remains to be seen.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I think the Derby post position draw would be more fun for everyone if the trainers/owners got to hang the actual jockey on a little hook under the gate number.

LMAO


this is overblown. how often have we seen the jock make the wrong choice? or the first choice not even make the gate, and the jock doesn't ride? he's still making a guess, and it could very well be the wrong one.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by justindew

First of all, Gomez needs to get over himself. Going on TV to announce his decision is unbelievably lame.

Second, if I was Baffert, I would have already kicked him off POTN. The horse is a multiple Grade I-winner, and has won four graded stakes in a row. And Baffert is supposed to hold his breath while the regular jock decides if the horse is good enough?

Gomez should F himself.

baffert would be the first to disagree with you. he understands the business.

[cowgirlintexas]

I always find it amusing when the jock takes off a horse and then that horse and another jockey end up beating him You know what they are saying riding back to get unsaddled

[docicu3]

It would be better TV(G) if they took POTN and Dunkirk out to the paddock at KE before the first race with John White describing GG who parachutes into the infield, and rather than making an announcement White interviews GG like Vince McMahon who then ends the interview to walk over to both horses going back and forth acting like he is trying to make up his mind while Ron Anderson in vaudeville hat keeps pulling GG toward Dunkirk......

..... with White pleading with GG in tears " Please don't be the only jockey in the history of the sport to walk away from a certain Triple Crown Winner".

.........finally GG rips off his 3 piece tear away Armani suit to reveal the royal blue of Mrs.Magnier and Tabor casting his destiny as he mounts Dunkirk for a 5F breeze under the familiar Twin Spires of CD as Jon White falls to the grass unconscious.....

....the camera zooms in on a pale unconscious White while a strangers hand reaches into the frame to awaken him............"I'll take it from here Jon"

.......is heard from the outstretched arm as the camera pans back and White is resurrected to his feet revealing the yellow Superman "Z" on the chest of his rescuer who is wearing the Tiel Blue silks of Zayat. Jerry Bailey gallops off on POTN under the distant background of Twin Spires never looking at the open mouthed GG on Dunkirk he passes .......if your going to make it a wrestling like circus lets go all the way....

[jms62]

Just saw it and he picked Jenna Jaimeson.... Go Figure.

[justindew]

Originally Posted by Danzig

baffert would be the first to disagree with you. he understands the business.

Maybe Baffert would, but I know for a fact Gomez and Anderson's handling of this has irritated some within Team POTN.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by justindew

Maybe Baffert would, but I know for a fact Gomez and Anderson's handling of this has irritated some within Team POTN.

Then they should announce that they are going with a new rider. The fact that they are pandering to this silliness makes them just as guilty as everyone.

To be honest, this whole circus makes me wonder just a little bit about Dunkirk, as no sane person would choose Pioneer of the Nile over Dunkirk for this race, unless there's an untold story. Now, the untold story could be a number of things ( use your imagination ), but the fact that it's being dragged out like this has to make you wonder.

But, there is no reason for Team Zayat to be annoyed, as there are very capable riders without Derby mounts that they could have already signed up to ride Pioneer of the Nile.

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I think the Derby post position draw would be more fun for everyone if the trainers/owners got to hang the actual jockey on a little hook under the gate number.

Very Funny!! LOL

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

To be honest, this whole circus makes me wonder just a little bit about Dunkirk, as no sane person would choose Pioneer of the Nile over Dunkirk for this race, unless there's an untold story. Now, the untold story could be a number of things ( use your imagination ), but the fact that it's being dragged out like this has to make you wonder.

I had a similar conversation with a friend of mine, but I thought it was related to whether or not he would get into the race. It's been clear he's in for at least one week now, so why the wait? On the flip side, if they thought POTN was a superstar who could handle any surface, wouldn't they have chosen him already as well?

[NTamm1215]

The hell with the Kentucky Derby, I want to see who Gomez goes with in the Andy Serling Invitational, which will be a 3 horse race between Discreet Treasure, Dunkirk, and Ready's Echo.

NT

[justindew]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Then they should announce that they are going with a new rider. The fact that they are pandering to this silliness makes them just as guilty as everyone.

To be honest, this whole circus makes me wonder just a little bit about Dunkirk, as no sane person would choose Pioneer of the Nile over Dunkirk for this race, unless there's an untold story. Now, the untold story could be a number of things ( use your imagination ), but the fact that it's being dragged out like this has to make you wonder.

But, there is no reason for Team Zayat to be annoyed, as there are very capable riders without Derby mounts that they could have already signed up to ride Pioneer of the Nile.

Yeah, you'd have to be an idiot to choose the lone multiple Grade I-winner in the field who's bred for the distance and dirt, and who has won four straight graded stakes, defeating the winners of the Wood, Gotham, El Camino, Cal Derby, and Ark Derby in the process.

And the fact that he's trained by a three-time Derby winner just adds to the lunacy.

I say go for the Unbridled's Song.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Then they should announce that they are going with a new rider. The fact that they are pandering to this silliness makes them just as guilty as everyone.

To be honest, this whole circus makes me wonder just a little bit about Dunkirk, as no sane person would choose Pioneer of the Nile over Dunkirk for this race, unless there's an untold story. Now, the untold story could be a number of things ( use your imagination ), but the fact that it's being dragged out like this has to make you wonder.

But, there is no reason for Team Zayat to be annoyed, as there are very capable riders without Derby mounts that they could have already signed up to ride Pioneer of the Nile.

You usually use my name when you talk about me. Are you getting soft in your old age?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

The hell with the Kentucky Derby, I want to see who Gomez goes with in the Andy Serling Invitational, which will be a 3 horse race between Discreet Treasure, Dunkirk, and Ready's Echo.

NT

I actually like Dunkirk.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Am I the only one that thinks it's smart marketing for the race? Sure it's ridiculous and really, who cares? But people are talking about it. Here and on other sites.

I can see the post parade now, where the commentators will make mention of it. And if his choice, or the one he chose off wins....forget about it. It's way over the top, and really kind of silly. But it could make for an interesting side story.

Marketing horses is impossible, but jockeys are around all the time.... but, no horseplayer ever speaks favorably about them, then again, they're not the ones racing needs to market to.

[zippyneedsawin]

Gomes should be in the paddock with POTN & Dunkirk and start calling their names.. whichever one comes to him first is the one he rides.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by justindew

Maybe Baffert would, but I know for a fact Gomez and Anderson's handling of this has irritated some within Team POTN.

Like anyone should feel sorry for them after the Alaazo/PA Derby fiasco last year.

[smuthg]

Gomez to stay with POTN...

And I absolutely love that HRTV stole TVG's breaking news.

[ezgoerbaby]

makes me wonder about Dunkirk. hmmm...