Apprentice to Watch
 

There's an 18 year old bug boy new to Laurel Park via Puerto Rico name Jeiron Barbosa. He won with his first two mounts here and what I find most impressive is how he finishes. You rarely see an apprentice who can finish strong, let alone one that is so young. A little unpolished, but I think he has a big career ahead of him.

Kid just won that race by a pole. Next Steve Cauthen ?

For a great example of an apprentice not being able to finish take a look at races 3 and 6 today at Santa Anita today.

Diego Herrera can’t finish a race. Very few jocks lose either of those races

While we are discussing apprentices, have to talk about Jose Gomez in NY. Kid rode lights out all winter and was always one of the first to catch on to a bias. Patient, but also will send when it calls for it.

Another one poised for a big career.

He got Flowers for Lisa to pass….. unbelievable. Sitting there with 5-9 on the turn, brilliantly said the deuce doesn’t pass ….