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[Scav]

Oh you hit the grand slam?

Everyone thought you hit the pick four that paid over $900

no ididn't play the national pick4, i would have lost.

it seesm everyone that bets on this board is always looking for the 4 digit payout.
try to string together four 250 payouts, that works too.

if i had tried the national pick4, i would have had to string 6 in the 11th, too much, the grand slam was 20 and an easy win.

had i palyed it for all the money i would have used in the national pick 4, i would have made 300, not just 95.

Paul you can't blame Gomez for trying to steal the race. I thought it was a great attempt. With High Finanace the only other speed in the race and his qulaity very much at question in stakes company, making the lead was a bright attempt. Just wasn't the horses day. But I gotta give Gomez a lot of credit for trying. He was aggressive but the fractions were sensible. I can't blame him for trying.

Originally Posted by oracle80

Paul you can't blame Gomez for trying to steal the race. I thought it was a great attempt. With High Finanace the only other speed in the race and his qulaity very much at question in stakes company, making the lead was a bright attempt. Just wasn't the horses day. But I gotta give Gomez a lot of credit for trying. He was aggressive but the fractions were sensible. I can't blame him for trying.

i agree 100 oracle. bob and johns only hope was to get the lead and try to steal it. that horse had no business being in the race anyway. everyone knows he couldnt go the distance. the fractions were modest and gomez did what he had to do.

[Buffymommy]

Baffert and Gomez were dufuses on Saturday. I was mad watching the entire race. WHY go back to a front running style when he had been doing something different in his last races? I was fuming mad the entire friggen race. I am mad at them still. They can go fly a kite for all I care. Maybe I will forgive them later, but right now, they are on my caca list.

you don't steal the belmont, its too long.
this was a stupid thing to do, by a jocket who , since going to NY isn't thinking right. Jeez, i wonder why ??
is there something he is drinking that may be causing his thinking, since he got to Ny ,to be off a bit, or smoking, or snorting ??
the only other horse that i think could have won this was bLUcat, had he DRAFTED jazil around the turn instead of bringing it to him in a head to head five furlongs out, he could have drafted him for 4f , poped out at the quarter pole and motored by, but no, he couldn't let jazil by and draft him for 4f and then go head to head, he had to engage and not just let him go by and draft, in the turn.
johnny V, you idiot .

don't these jockeys understand the physics of racing ??

Originally Posted by Secretariat

you don't steal the belmont, its too long.
this was a stupid thing to do, by a jocket who , since going to NY isn't thinking right. Jeez, i wonder why ??
is there something he is drinking that may be causing his thinking, since he got to Ny ,to be off a bit, or smoking, or snorting ??
the only other horse that i think could have won this was bLUcat, had he DRAFTED jazil around the turn instead of bringing it to him in a head to head five furlongs out, he could have drafted him for 4f , poped out at the quarter pole and motored by, but no, he couldn't let jazil by and draft him for 4f and then go head to head, he had to engage and not just let him go by and draft, in the turn.
johnny V, you idiot .

don't these jockeys understand the physics of racing ??

Now wait a minute, I will absolutely rant when he screws up but I think you guys are confusing horses who wernt good enough to win with bad rides.
Obviously he and Baffert looked at the way the track was playing and had discussed strategy. And you can steal the Belmont, just ask Pat Day and Commendable. I think they decided if they outbroke High Finance that the jock would take back because they wouldnt gun for fear that he couldnt go that far. Quite frankly I think it was a masterful plan. The horse just didn't have it, thats all. Two races earlier in the day went 1:08 and the &f race went in 1:21:1. That track was defnitely hopped up and going 1:12 in the Belmont on the lead on atrack that fast is not speeding. He gave his mount every chance to win, and its not like he got nailed on the line, he stopped on the turn.
I'm not a member of his fan club but I'm not irrational either. The guy gave his horse a good shot, and the horse just didn't cooperate.