Congrats Martin Garcia

stonegossard · #1 05-15-2010, 05:44 PM

Rather hilarious seeing Go Go on that hopeless horse just trying to keep him on the track as Garcia rides Gomez's former horse to victory in a triple crown race. Wonder how Ron Anderson feels right now ?

2Hot4TV · #2 05-15-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by stonegossard

Rather hilarious seeing Go Go on that hopeless horse just trying to keep him on the track as Garcia rides Gomez's former horse to victory in a triple crown race. Wonder how Ron Anderson feels right now ?

They will see sucess in the year, but I bet they dont ride the Kentucky Derby favorite in the near future.

stonegossard · #3 05-15-2010, 05:51 PM

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They will see sucess in the year, but I bet they dont ride the Kentucky Derby favorite in the near future.

I have to disagree with that. The kid will be riding all of Baffert's first call's. And Baffert is the premier trainer of 3 yr olds each year. If he has a good horse in 2011 , Garcia will be on it.

2Hot4TV · #4 05-15-2010, 05:56 PM

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I have to disagree with that. The kid will be riding all of Baffert's first call's. And Baffert is the premier trainer of 3 yr olds each year. If he has a good horse in 2011 , Garcia will be on it.

Read it again, I'm saying that GoGo wont be on the fav in the near future.

stonegossard · #5 05-15-2010, 05:59 PM

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Read it again, I'm saying that GoGo wont be on the fav in the near future.

Sorry dude. My bad.

paulo537 · #6 05-15-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by stonegossard

Rather hilarious seeing Go Go on that hopeless horse just trying to keep him on the track as Garcia rides Gomez's former horse to victory in a triple crown race. Wonder how Ron Anderson feels right now ?

Wealthy.

eajinabi · #7 05-15-2010, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by stonegossard

Rather hilarious seeing Go Go on that hopeless horse just trying to keep him on the track as Garcia rides Gomez's former horse to victory in a triple crown race. Wonder how Ron Anderson feels right now ?

LOL. Gomez is the best jock in the country, and he is going to have another year other jocks can only dream of. LAL will get beat somewhere and dont be surprised if Gomez is the one that beats him.

stonegossard · #8 05-15-2010, 05:56 PM

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LOL. Gomez is the best jock in the country, and he is going to have another year other jocks can only dream of. LAL will get beat somewhere and dont be surprised if Gomez is the one that beats him.

Best jock in country ? He wasn't even the best in So-Cal.

Not sure if he is top 3. Now that he isnt riding in So-Cal vs a below average colony he won't be getting all the best mounts. He is gonna have quite a battle this summer at MTH and Sar.

eajinabi · #9 05-15-2010, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by stonegossard

Best jock in country ? He wasn't even the best in So-Cal.

Not sure if he is top 3. Now that he isnt riding in So-Cal vs a below average colony he won't be getting all the best mounts. He is gonna have quite a battle this summer at MTH and Sar.

I would love to know who you think is the best in the country. Ramon Dominguez? Gomez is the best money rider out there and you knock him for two unlucky rides on LAL? Gomez doesnt ride in bulk but his win % is way above average so he may or may not win riding titles as much as Ramon or Bejarano.

Cannon Shell · #10 05-15-2010, 07:44 PM

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I would love to know who you think is the best in the country. Ramon Dominguez? Gomez is the best money rider out there and you knock him for two unlucky rides on LAL? Gomez doesnt ride in bulk but his win % is way above average so he may or may not win riding titles as much as Ramon or Bejarano.

Jerry Bailey

freddymo · #11 05-15-2010, 07:48 PM

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Jerry Bailey

Ramon is close.. Bailey was simply way smarter then most and could read a racing forum

eajinabi · #12 05-15-2010, 07:52 PM

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Ramon is close.. Bailey was simply way smarter then most and could read a racing forum

...and he could also read the racing form too.

eajinabi · #13 05-15-2010, 07:50 PM

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Jerry Bailey

I was refering to active jockeys but I agree about Bailey being one of the best money riders.

philcski · #14 05-15-2010, 09:28 PM

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Jerry Bailey

I sent you his DVD's for your birthday

Cannon Shell · #15 05-15-2010, 09:35 PM

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I sent you his DVD's for your birthday

Awesome!

stonegossard · #16 05-15-2010, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by eajinabi

I would love to know who you think is the best in the country. Ramon Dominguez? Gomez is the best money rider out there and you knock him for two unlucky rides on LAL? Gomez doesnt ride in bulk but his win % is way above average so he may or may not win riding titles as much as Ramon or Bejarano.

Ramon is tons better than Gomez. Right now I feel he is the best in the country hands down. Anyone watching racing the last 2 yrs can see that. Bejarano is another who is better. If guys like Castellano and Lezcano got the mounts Gomez is handed they would easily put up the numbers he has "money wise". Gomez is a good rider no doubt.....but he is by no means better than the guys I just mentioned. One could also argue that Leparoux and Rosario are right up there with Gomez......

Rupert Pupkin · #17 05-15-2010, 08:45 PM

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Best jock in country ? He wasn't even the best in So-Cal.

Not sure if he is top 3. Now that he isnt riding in So-Cal vs a below average colony he won't be getting all the best mounts. He is gonna have quite a battle this summer at MTH and Sar.

Gomez doesn't care about being leading rider at a meet. That's not his main goal. He doesn't want to ride 8 horses a day. His goal is to be leading rider in the country in terms of money won. He has done that the last 4 years in a row.

Not only that, but he's not going to be the leading rider at that many meets when he's constantly travelling and missing days. I don't know how you could hold that against him. He's won the national riding title 4 years in a row. A guy can't do much better than that.

the_fat_man · #18 05-15-2010, 08:51 PM

Today, Baffert, effectively, pulled Gomez' pants down and paddled him like a (Catholic) school kid. Well deserved, IMO. I'm sure Gomez will dismiss this as easily as he does his MANY blown rides.

Sure

stonegossard · #19 05-15-2010, 10:16 PM

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Gomez doesn't care about being leading rider at a meet. That's not his main goal. He doesn't want to ride 8 horses a day. His goal is to be leading rider in the country in terms of money won. He has done that the last 4 years in a row.

Not only that, but he's not going to be the leading rider at that many meets when he's constantly travelling and missing days. I don't know how you could hold that against him. He's won the national riding title 4 years in a row. A guy can't do much better than that.

He is definitely a very good rider. My point is I don't think talent wise he is any better than the jocks I mentioned a few posts ago.

As far as leading money rider in 2010? Well....getting a pick up ride at the last second in some cheap claiming race at HP just so he could beat Leparoux while Leparoux was out of the country was very weak on his and Ron Anderson's part. Pretty sad in fact. But it didn't matter as the Eclipse voters saw past their bs and gave the award to Leparoux who deserved it.

my miss storm cat · #20 05-15-2010, 10:42 PM

Congrats to Martin. The more I read / hear about him, the more respect I have for him.

Seems like a really decent type... good for him.