Gomez to ride Perfect Drift in Classic

#1 10-10-2006, 11:15 AM

Gomez will be aboard Perfect Drift in the Breeders Cup Classic, this news courtesy of Steve Haskin of bloodhorse.com, just posted 10 minutes ago on their site.

Scav · #2 10-10-2006, 11:17 AM

You better be ready Mike, if he wins this friggin thing, the whole world will be coming here telling you how Gomez got the all time hanger to win

I can't stop smiling right now because of the hilariousness this is going to cause

#3 10-10-2006, 11:18 AM

Oh ****. And he won't be the favorite either.

Buffymommy · #4 10-10-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Scav

You better be ready Mike, if he wins this friggin thing, the whole world will be coming here telling you how Gomez got the all time hanger to win

I can't stop smiling right now because of the hilariousness this is going to cause

I am not going to do that Scav. I already have a plan in motion for all you Drifty doubters...

Oh, but if he loses, I will be sure to blame Gomez since Drifty can do no wrong...

#5 10-10-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Scav

You better be ready Mike, if he wins this friggin thing, the whole world will be coming here telling you how Gomez got the all time hanger to win

I can't stop smiling right now because of the hilariousness this is going to cause

I'll put that threat right up there with1) Asi hitting the board in the Distaff, 2)Kellys landing hitting the board in the Sprint, and the 3)Alciabades winner hitting the board in the Filly Juvy race. 4) Throw Hunter winning the Juvy colts in there as well.

Those are five Oracle gurantees for BC Day. Save the post, and print if you need to. Noones gonna say I told you so about any of those things.

Scav · #6 10-10-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Oh, but if he loses, I will be sure to blame Gomez since Drifty can do no wrong...

Can't blame PD because no one has been able to get him. I doubt Angel Cordero could have gotten him up

tycharles01 · #7 10-10-2006, 11:35 AM

Mike, say you got a horse in the BC and u got 3 choices for jock who u take??

1 Gomez
2 The Little French Bastard
3 Crackhead you find on the corner in Louisville before your trip to the track

Cannon Shell · #8 10-10-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tycharles01

Mike, say you got a horse in the BC and u got 3 choices for jock who u take??

1 Gomez
2 The Little French Bastard
3 Crackhead you find on the corner in Louisville before your trip to the track

Can P Val sub for # 3??

slotdirt · #9 10-10-2006, 11:38 AM

Is Tricky Trevor coming to the Downs for the sprint? He looked phenomenal on derby day.

repent · #10 10-10-2006, 11:40 AM

lol,
if he could not beat the Foster field at Churchill, how is he going to win the BC Classic there?

I guess this was the best Gomez thought he could do, and at least he might get a piece of the money.
although I seriously doubt it.

Ill go along with what Oracle said about those polytrack horses and PDrift.
no chance.

Repent

Seattleallstar · #11 10-10-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

Gomez will be aboard Perfect Drift in the Breeders Cup Classic, this news courtesy of Steve Haskin of bloodhorse.com, just posted 10 minutes ago on their site.

who cares? only Pat Day and Gary Stevens can get this horse to win

#12 10-10-2006, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by tycharles01

Mike, say you got a horse in the BC and u got 3 choices for jock who u take??

1 Gomez
2 The Little French Bastard
3 Crackhead you find on the corner in Louisville before your trip to the track

If you are referring to Pval in number three, I would take 3 any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
By the way to the guys who contend I'm wrong about Gomez still giving nightmarish rides that deserve having a car battery hooked up to his testicles that guys like Johnny, Edgar and Pval don't, I refer you to the 3rd race at belmont yesterday where he gave a ride that a 10 pound bug would have been ashamed of. Breaks well with the speed of the race dropping out of an open comonay stakes race, wrangles back hard after a 1/4 mile for no reason at all, gets in traffic, grabs some more, and ends up 4 wide spotting them lengths turning for home beaten a neck. It was just as disgusting an effort as you will ever see. For all his talent and great rides hes still so prone to completely unexplainable lapses in judgement out there.
You can put the 2Yo NY bred filly Graeme Central in your bet back list next out. This one was really dumb.

#13 10-10-2006, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

who cares? only Pat Day and Gary Stevens can get this horse to win

Gary Stevens said he was the best horse he's ever ridden.

I'm unloading on him on BC day. Gary, that is.

Seattleallstar · #14 10-10-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

If you are referring to Pval in number three, I would take 3 any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
By the way to the guys who contend I'm wrong about Gomez still giving nightmarish rides that deserve having a car battery hooked up to his testicles that guys like Johnny, Edgar and Pval don't, I refer you to the 3rd race at belmont yesterday where he gave a ride that a 10 pound bug would have been ashamed of. Breaks well with the speed of the race dropping out of an open comonay stakes race, wrangles back hard after a 1/4 mile for no reason at all, gets in traffic, grabs some more, and ends up 4 wide spotting them lengths turning for home beaten a neck. It was just as disgusting an effort as you will ever see. For all his talent and great rides hes still so prone to completely unexplainable lapses in judgement out there.
You can put the 2Yo NY bred filly Graeme Central in your bet back list next out. This one was really dumb.

It is just criminal that Russell Baze will not be riding in the BC

repent · #15 10-10-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

It is just criminal that Russell Baze will not be riding in the BC

lmao.
yeah, about as criminal as Joy Scott not being there.

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Seattleallstar · #16 10-10-2006, 11:51 AM

i got no problem with Prado's ride on Giant, dems the breaks in turf racing. He saved ground but no daylight opened up. Better than running wide the whole way then being fanned wide in the stretch

SniperSB23 · #17 10-10-2006, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

I'll put that threat right up there with1) Asi hitting the board in the Distaff, 2)Kellys landing hitting the board in the Sprint, and the 3)Alciabades winner hitting the board in the Filly Juvy race. 4) Throw Hunter winning the Juvy colts in there as well.

Those are five Oracle gurantees for BC Day. Save the post, and print if you need to. Noones gonna say I told you so about any of those things.

Are they really going to run Asi Siempre in the Distaff rather than the FM Turf? That would be idiocy. Kelly's Landing will be 50-1 minimum in the Sprint if they are stupid enough to send him so predicting he won't hit the board is hardly going out on a limb. The Juv Fillies race is wide open but the Alciabades winner has just as good a chance as anyone does of winning or of not hitting the board.

So the only real prediction you made there is Great Hunter and I notice you aren't confident enough to say he won't hit the board or take my bet of him and Street Sense against Circular Quay (who you think is ten lengths better than them on dirt).

#18 10-10-2006, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I really don't either, but I'm sure there would have been a ton of criticisms on here if Gomez did it. Gomez did the same thing on Happy ticket, and was almost put over the rail, and there was a thread on here about same jock, same mistake. has to be consistent, if you're going to criticize one for it, have to do the other.

Big difference here Da Hoss, at least in my mind. Prado also got beat with Quickfire who was tons the best a week ago at Belmont. But like Happy and Frost, when a jock rides a horse the proper way(meaning running style) I don't scream when they get shut off and checked. I don't blame Gomez for Happy at all. His only chance was to try and get through that hole, he didn't have enough horse to win any other way. He gave everyone who bet on her the best shot he could. You can't control a bunch of 1000 pound animals being in your way.
What you can control are stupid tactical decisions that NOONE IS FORCING YOU TO MAKE!!!
Ok Hoss, if you need to see pp's I can email em to you for that race yesterday, and if you need a race replay you can get it off the NYtb website.
Now you watch that race and look at the pp's and you get on here and look me in the eye and tell me that horror show wasn't anything but his stupid fault to CHOOSE to do the increibly stupid things he did.
Thats the difference. I'm fair. Happy wasn't his fault at all, he gave you the best shot he could. You don't ever hear me screaming about a guy getting blocked and checked. Thats gonna happen a lot, its noones fault. Stupid cognitive moves burn me up. You watch and read and you tell me what exactly you think he was doing out there ok? You need the pp's?

#19 10-10-2006, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Are they really going to run Asi Siempre in the Distaff rather than the FM Turf? That would be idiocy. Kelly's Landing will be 50-1 minimum in the Sprint if they are stupid enough to send him so predicting he won't hit the board is hardly going out on a limb. The Juv Fillies race is wide open but the Alciabades winner has just as good a chance as anyone does of winning or of not hitting the board.

So the only real prediction you made there is Great Hunter and I notice you aren't confident enough to say he won't hit the board or take my bet of him and Street Sense against Circular Quay (who you think is ten lengths better than them on dirt).

You're on!! Like me and Euro in the same bet. Loser donates 20 bucks to a toys for tots at Christmas program or to a Thanksgiving Day feed the homeless shleter on behalf of the winner.

SniperSB23 · #20 10-10-2006, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

You're on!! Like me and Euro in the same bet. Loser donates 20 bucks to a toys for tots at Christmas program or to a Thanksgiving Day feed the homeless shleter on behalf of the winner.

Alrighty, always happy to help out the less fortunate, especially when it is with your money!