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Old 02-12-2007, 06:57 PM
POINTGIVEN1985 POINTGIVEN1985 is offline
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Default gomez or jv

who is pletchers go to rider, it was jv forever now it seems like gomez might be the man
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Old 02-12-2007, 07:08 PM
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wilko vs funny cide?
gomez vs. johnny v?
i've got one for you:
blockheadd vs. pointgiven1985.
who is your favorite all-time poster?
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Old 02-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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ok well this is a more serious then the funny cide post, i just saw that gomez is coming east to ride keenland for pletcher.
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Old 02-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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wilko vs funny cide?
gomez vs. johnny v?
i've got one for you:
blockheadd vs. pointgiven1985.
who is your favorite all-time poster?
wow dude, GREAT CALL right there
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Old 02-12-2007, 07:12 PM
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No. Johnny V is the man still for Pletcher. Gomez rides the West Coast stock and since Pletcher sent most of the Tabor horses to CA, GoGo has ridden all of them. Apparently GoGo will ride for Todd at Keeneland then maybe he'll be back in NY. Gomez can make it in NY w/out Todd, the guy is incredible in my opinion.

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Old 02-12-2007, 07:13 PM
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Quote:
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wilko vs funny cide?
gomez vs. johnny v?
i've got one for you:
blockheadd vs. pointgiven1985.
who is your favorite all-time poster?
"This is my last post" vs "I'm 100% sure that ..."
which is your favorite post?
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Old 02-12-2007, 08:08 PM
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Gomez did a great job for Pletcher when Johnny V. was out. I am sure that might have had something to do with Johnny healing faster than usual, LOL. Anyway, Gomez will be going to KY to ride for Pletcher. It's an excellent strategic move. Johnny V., eventually, can only ride one colt for Pletcher in the Classics -- if he get there of course. This move also puts Gomez in the middle of the fray, not just in the CA market. You've got trainers from all over the North America heading to KY and there is a lot of business that can be picked up.

Johnny V. has got one monster edge, besides of course being a great jock -- and that's Angel. Gomez on the other hand has a monster edge as well, besides being a great jock -- and that's Ron Anderson.

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Old 02-12-2007, 08:11 PM
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Gomez is a better finisher. He gets a horse in more trouble, but hes stronger.

They are both fantastic.
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Old 02-12-2007, 09:21 PM
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Quote:
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wilko vs funny cide?
gomez vs. johnny v?
i've got one for you:
blockheadd vs. pointgiven1985.
who is your favorite all-time poster?
thats easy, its blockheadd, not even close.

this kid has a future, no doubt, but he will have to work hard imo to catch blocky.
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Old 02-13-2007, 12:10 AM
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Gomez hits at a higher clip with Pletcher and would dominate JV's a s s. Even when Gomez stayed at Saratoga last year he rode 2nd call for pletcher rode less horses than JV but still won way more races. JV looked good for so long cause the stock he rode for Pletcher and when Gomez went East for Pletcher he exposed that fact
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Old 02-13-2007, 07:53 AM
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jv dominates gomez in my opinion
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Old 02-13-2007, 10:49 AM
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jv dominates gomez in my opinion
Dominates? Interesting choice of words. GG is probably the best finisher in racing today and continue to make his mark riding for other stables other than Pletcher. Like it was said above, he finished second at Saratoga where I had the chance to see him ride first hand for the first time and he rode basically second call for Pletcher. Think while JV is excellent GG riding a tad better at this point if not even. Dominates is kind of silly to use here and it has no basis in past years results
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Old 02-13-2007, 10:52 AM
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i saw gomez ride all summer at saratoga, i missed 3 days the whole meet, he is a very good rider, but he does get horses in trouble alot, he also tends to move early and then be empty late.
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Old 02-13-2007, 11:00 AM
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i saw gomez ride all summer at saratoga, i missed 3 days the whole meet, he is a very good rider, but he does get horses in trouble alot, he also tends to move early and then be empty late.
So that would make JV dominate him? If anything I think especially at Saratoga meet JV rode cautiously and missed holes that appeared or was too late getting into them. Made Saratoga comment to say yes I have seen both of them ride which it appears you have too. But when asking who I would take now I would obviously take into account the past year and it is my opinion that GG is slightly better. ANd either way you said dominateswhich to me is crazy to use for either rider when compared to each other
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