Ask The Experts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqOYtHbW8vg

At about 3:04 of the video, MM is stopping to turn around and trips/stumbles.  JOckey looks back like he\'s looking for a hole or something on the track. Could be a tired horse or could mean absolutely nothing.  Makes me a little uncomfortable, especially with the bearing out.  But I\'m certainly no expert.

I proposed some simple questions that I thought would be interesting to know the answers to.  For me to think that I don\'t win because of cheating in racing is  as absurd as someone who think\'s it doesn\'t exist.

I see zero value betting AK at 2/1 or 5/2.  Reportedly a tired horse coming out of the Preakness, not finishing his feed the next day.  While this is not completely unusual, it is never a good sign.  Motion says he wants the horse closer to the pace and I think the 47 and change workout was intended to do that.  Put a fork in him at the head of the stretch as he\'ll have nothing left for the drive.  Shak runs back to the Derby and tires late.  I like Nehro to run big and hope to get a price horse to run behind him.

Do you make anything of Gomez riding Pluck instead of Banned, besides the Pletcher factor?

Also regarding this race...am I crazy in thinking Rough Sailing is sitting on an 0-2-X and might run huge today?

Okay, Zen is the greatest horse ever to race on Pro Ride.  14-14 is impressive, no matter what the competition, but was she really such a big surprise in the Classic?  Who, or what, did she really beat?  Were the best horses even running in this race?  

MTB-well documented dislike for the Pro Ride, won his big race in the slop.  Lots of horses have beaten this guy since the Derby.

CJ-big gaps in the PP’s tell me this horse has issues.  Has run well on this surface but it’s been awhile since he put 2 in a row together.  Last was one of those “looked better than it really was” races as the pace collapsed even more than usual on synth.  

SB-never tried this surface and everything I read said he didn’t look near as efficient moving over the track as he did earlier this year on dirt.  Doubt if you’ll see him on synthetic again.

TO-Never raced on anything but turf.  Zero all weather experience.

RK-won an optional claimer at Laurel to start the year, went West and flourished on the surface.  Looked over the top coming in and another out of the Goodwood; the winner of that didn’t even run in the Classic.

GP-He’s a very good turf horse.  Tried the poly once this year and ran fifth.

Einstein-Very versatile horse who was “shuffled back after steadying sharply and was never close thereafter”

Girolamo-3 year raced in an Aoc in September, no experience on synthetic and never tried any of the big 3 year olds.  Why was he even here?

RVW-turf horse, no all weather experience, and had a bad foot.  Shouldn’t have even raced.

RR-tried this surface last year and stopped.  No chance on this track with his running style.

QR-disliked the track so much he wouldn’t even get in the gate.

AG-won the Hawthorne GC in the mud and an allowance race at Hol on the turf.  1-12 on all weather and I’m not sure if he’s ever raced on Pro Ride.  A real stretch.


I\'m just sayin...

Actually, G. Gomez rode for a while at Fonner Park.  He was basically run off the track because he was winning too many races.

In regards to the Tampa 7, as soon as I saw the name of the new agent (Washburn) it became pretty clear.  Look for an investigation into some sort of race fixing.

 I can\'t believe everyone is so down on Bo Derek.  Even though she may not be able to throw a 10 anymore, she\'s still hot for her age.