Garret Gomez sucks

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Now, on Hard Spun.....while the tactics were probably foolish, and his best chance ( not that he had any ) was perhaps to try and bottom out the field, do you honestly think Gomez made the decision to ride him that way? Highly unlikely.

The final time in the Acorn was over 54 seconds faster than the Belmont Stakes...which is obviously four furlongs further.

I guess that speaks volumes about how amazingly slow the pace was in the Belmont Stakes.

How do you think Street Sense would have faired in such a ridiculously run race?

I'm struggling with that question myself....but it would very likely have depended upon where he was placed. His turn of foot is obviously clearly superior to anyone in that field...but he'd have needed to have been very close to the pace for his weapon to be most effective.

It would have been very interesting if Curlin had won, going from a facile wire-to-wire debut winner sprinting in February, to having to better a 23.83 second final quarter mile, in a 12 furlong stake, just four months later.

I still haven't gone back and re-watched the races yet....but there seem to be a lot of interesting things to think about just as I start to look over the charts.