8/1 (MTH): Haskell (G1), Oceanport & Matchmaker (G3's)

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Originally Posted by LARHAGE

And despite that he still outrides Garcia. Gomez is riding a lot of longshots at the elite meet in the world, Garcia is competing in short fields on Baffert caddies, take away Baffert and Garcia
would be spreading mayo on wheat.

I'm not going to diss Gomez.

A couple years back one of my handicapping angles was that he would find a seam to get his horse through on the turn or in the stretch.

It was successful, at least as I recall with a nod to the adult beverages I might have consumed while placing the bets.

Plus, Gomez was hurt really bad in late 2008. Any jockey gets a bit of a performance pass from me at least, when that happens in this sport.

There are "five tool" baseball players.

Martin Garcia's skills are innate. No argument at all that he still has much to learn.

For those saying any jockey could have gotten Lucky home first in the Preakness and Haskell, I'll offer I remember VERY FEW Lookin at Lucky fans here in late 2009 and early 2010.

Sometimes we're all full of crap.