Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

"Songster is very talented and no one was going to beat him that day."




Well,I have no fear in calling a spade a spade.This statement is that of an idiot.If you think Bling couldn't have beaten this horse ,then you're an idiot.The horse simply needed a ride.He was kept in neutral,and he is not used to that.The incredible thing is all the excuses made for this guy.No matter what he does..."it couldn't have been helped"..."oh..bad luck" etc.etc.
My God,everybody who rides a horse from the 1 hole has a built in excuse from now on.He got Behaving Badly off the rail,and into the winners circle today.No reason he couldn't have done it with Bling.The amazing thing is that Bling is so versatile.He won the 2nd start this year by going right to the lead.He won his 1st race this year,and the Aqueduct race,by closing.He let Prado and Vega make all the decisions.They rode his horse.He let them do that by not staying out of trouble.He is the chalk on the rail.He has to use the horse's speed to get out of there,or take back.What he did was allow somebody else to clear and come over in front of him.He thought he could sit behind him,and get a hole to get out? Well,we all know that if he is on chalk and in New York,he will get covered up like Prado did.After you guys get done making excuses for him,you'll realize Prado would have won if rode Bling.He never would have placed his horse 2nd behind the leader.He would have laid back further,and got off that rail(either on the backstretch ,or in the stretch.)Gomez put this horse in "No Man's Land"(RIGHT BEHIND THE SPEED,AND ENTICED OTHERS TO LOCK HIM IN.)I'm sorry,but I fail to see why Gomez thought he wasn't going to get locked in.He allowed another big gray at Santa Anita to get locked in the same way.The horse never did get out.It was like the worst ride all meet,but the fact is he repeated the mistake in New York(a few months later.)