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Old 08-12-2009, 04:28 PM
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I must say watching Garcia day in and day out, he is right now the best grass jockey in the country. Not even close.
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Old 08-12-2009, 04:33 PM
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I must say watching Garcia day in and day out, he is right now the best grass jockey in the country. Not even close.

Couldnt agree more. His ride on Tahoe Warrior today was phenominal. Any other rider, and I chalk it up as a loss when he was dropping back and losing ground to the stalkers. Saved enough gas in the tank to re-rally for the win.
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Old 08-12-2009, 04:34 PM
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Couldnt agree more. His ride on Tahoe Warrior today was phenominal. Any other rider, and I chalk it up as a loss when he was dropping back and losing ground to the stalkers. Saved enough gas in the tank to re-rally for the win.
If people have an ROI on Garcia on the turf at the SPA meet I would say it would be in the 10 to 14 range.
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Old 08-12-2009, 04:44 PM
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Garcia has gotten very, very good on the grass but Leparoux came back in the 9th with a pretty flawless ride of his own.

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Old 08-12-2009, 07:34 PM
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If people have an ROI on Garcia on the turf at the SPA meet I would say it would be in the 10 to 14 range.
Dollars? That would be just about impossible.

He's now 36-9-2-3 on grass this meet - with a $3.32 ROI.
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Old 08-12-2009, 07:37 PM
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Dollars? That would be just about impossible.

He's now 36-9-2-3 on grass this meet - with a $3.32 ROI.
Thank you. 9 for 36 on the grass is awesome considering how full the fields are at Toga. I guess he's hit with lower priced horses than I thought. Still a terrific ROI.
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:12 PM
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Probably a better ROI is Linda Rice for Turf Sprints at SAR
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Old 08-12-2009, 09:30 PM
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Ive really been watching Garcia closely on the turf this meet.
He almost always saves as much ground as possible. Then at the top of the stretch he get his horse in a position offf of the rail where he has options- Rail run, split horses, angle outside.
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:01 PM
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I must say watching Garcia day in and day out, he is right now the best grass jockey in the country. Not even close.
At a minimum, Dominguez and Maragh are in the conversation (and as much as I hate to say it, Desormeaux, too), and they may be even better.
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:18 PM
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just starting to notice that Maragh might be the best if you have the horse with the most kick
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:28 PM
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There is no way to name a best... Ramon, Kent, Maragh, Julian and Garcia are all very very good. This is a great colony.
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:31 PM
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No Robby Albarado?!? and just think if your man Stew Elliot was there.

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Old 08-12-2009, 06:05 PM
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looks like Pletch has a BC Marathoner hopeful in Americain.
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