Dominguez

Left Bank · #1 02-07-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants

It's time his family sacrifices a little for him. He belongs in Florida.

The guy does travel around on the weekends though.I think he is fine at AQU.Why should he go to FLA and ride full time when he gets good stakes mounts already.I think he's got it made,if you compare him to Gomez and the traveling he does in the summer.

Seattleallstar · #2 02-07-2009, 07:19 PM

Ramon is one of the best, he gets his chances on mounts for Motion, Frankel, and Pletcher. I read someone mention him to a east coast Russell Baze defintely not the case. I agree with left bank. Dominguez has the luxury of riding in the delware/maryland circuit but is still fortunate enough to be on top of some of the better stakes mounts

ateamstupid · #3 02-07-2009, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Ramon is one of the best, he gets his chances on mounts for Motion, Frankel, and Pletcher. I read someone mention him to a east coast Russell Baze defintely not the case. I agree with left bank. Dominguez has the luxury of riding in the delware/maryland circuit but is still fortunate enough to be on top of some of the better stakes mounts

He gets more/better mounts than Baze, but don't be an idiot. You get my point.

Left Bank · #4 02-15-2009, 08:06 PM

Ramon Stays in New York Permanently.Good for him! He will do well.
http://www.delawareonline.com/articl...44/1002/SPORTS

blackthroatedwind · #5 02-15-2009, 08:14 PM

Ramon is a good rider but he certainly didn't show that in either Wednesday's 8th or today's 1st. Sometimes being overly cute isn't the cleverest move.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #6 02-15-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Ramon is a good rider but he certainly didn't show that in either Wednesday's 8th or today's 1st. Sometimes being overly cute isn't the cleverest move.

Definitely for sure with Casual

NTamm1215 · #7 02-15-2009, 08:45 PM

Monday will be nice with him out of town to see the "B" list jockeys duke it out. No one's horses get overbet like Ramon's.

NT

Rudeboyelvis · #8 02-15-2009, 09:01 PM

He gets my vote. He was able to get Purrfect Bluff do something that Pablo Morales couldn't get through his thick skull in three previous tries - settle off, then move. She won going away under a hand ride.

the_fat_man · #9 02-15-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Ramon is a good rider but he certainly didn't show that in either Wednesday's 8th or today's 1st. Sometimes being overly cute isn't the cleverest move.

If by 'Wednesday', you mean the 11th, and Pu Dew, I can't tell what he did wrong.

As for today's 1st: is it his fault, or the stewards, that Maragh, in the 3 path, decides to come in a path going into the turn, and squeezes him? This happens a few times a day, at every track, and the stewards, at some point, will realize that it's as dangerous as anything else that can happen on the track and will start fining jocks for not keeping a straight path entering the turn. Someday, it just might happen. There were a couple of blatant cases of this (squeezes into the rail on the turn) at TAM last week; I mean, these were so ****in brutal that it's a wonder the horse/jock didn't go down; and the stewards did **** about it. However, it's good to know that should a jock (other than Castellano or Sutherland) drift a half lane or so in the stretch, the stewards will be there for the takedown.

Bobby Fischer · #10 02-15-2009, 09:28 PM

Dominguez is one of the best on the front end in a turf route - maybe the best. Other than that he is a solid jockey, he is classy and seems fairly smart, not the most physically gifted jockey in the world, more of a finesse and brains type.

blackthroatedwind · #11 02-15-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by the_fat_man

If by 'Wednesday', you mean the 11th, and Pu Dew, I can't tell what he did wrong.

As for today's 1st: is it his fault, or the stewards, that Maragh, in the 3 path, decides to come in a path going into the turn, and squeezes him? This happens a few times a day, at every track, and the stewards, at some point, will realize that it's as dangerous as anything else that can happen on the track and will start fining jocks for not keeping a straight path entering the turn. Someday, it just might happen. There were a couple of blatant cases of this (squeezes into the rail on the turn) at TAM last week; I mean, these were so ****in brutal that it's a wonder the horse/jock didn't go down; and the stewards did **** about it. However, it's good to know that should a jock (other than Castellano or Sutherland) drift a half lane or so in the stretch, the stewards will be there for the takedown.

You take a real risk jamming horses between horses in traffic, especially when you are on super logical horses that don't need to get lucky to win. Dominguez does this too often in my opinion. He did it with PU Dew and never was clear to be able to run. I have no idea what his plan was in today's opener. The winner was the lone speed, but he had the speed to stay close, yet left unaggressively and literally begged the others to shut him off. They obliged. Now, he may not have had any horse anyway, but I still thought it was a surprisingly amateurish ride.

Don't get me wrong, Dominguez is a very good rider, not as good as some people think, but overall he is very smart and capable. But, getting overexcited by his performance at Aqueduct, where he gets his choice of mounts in basically every race, and the overall colony isn't great, is to not see the whole picture. Sometimes he makes the mistake of riding overconfidently and gets into unnecessary jackpots.