Bob Black Jack, Zenyatta, David Flores

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

David Flores took off Zenyatta to rider Bob Black Jack in the Santa Anita Derby rather than go to Oaklawn to rider her in the Apple Blossom.

As career decisions have gone by riders, could there be a more unwise career move? I mean who is David Flores at this point?

Just thought that interesting.

Hard to knock flores for making that move. Flores was most likely trying to secure a derby mount which is every jockeys desire rather than ride in the Apple Blossom which was Zenyatta's first step into G1 and was second choice.

[mbahadur]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

Hard to knock flores for making that move. Flores was most likely trying to secure a derby mount which is every jockeys desire rather than ride in the Apple Blossom which was Zenyatta's first step into G1 and was second choice.

Tiago, who Smith had the mount on, made the trip with Zenyatta to Oaklawn and ran the same day as Zenyatta in the Oaklawn Handicap. It made sense for Smith to ride both horses that day.

What a great stretch battle in the Oaklawn Handicap between Tiago and Heatseeker. I cannot believe that Tiago has not run on the dirt since.

[chucklestheclown]