The wanting to run him on dirt angle makes more sense than saying Ellis screwed up. Bejarano got the horse beat. His ride was absolutely inexplicable. I\'ve seldom seen a worse ride in a big race. So the main pacesetter fails to break, and what does Bejarano do? Strangle his horse into submission 4 wide all the way around, and he was still running at the end of the race - it was a huge effort for Rail Trip. Bejarano is the worst leading rider at any track in North America. He has no sense of pace. His only strength is he has soft hands and very good mechanics as a rider, but he rides all monsters; take almost any jockey in the rider colony and give him Bejarano\'s mounts, and he/she would be number 1 too. No one goes west anymore because they\'re the best -they go west b/c they can\'t hack it in the east or they\'re running from something (usually their reputation) - that applies to horses, jockeys, and trainers. The opposite of what it was once like all those years ago when So. Cal had the best of everything. As far as Ellis, he has a Mr. Clean-type image (via TV shows and TVG), though I\'ve heard some less than flattering things about him (don\'t know him personally), and that he should be considered right up there with the great \"super\" trainers out west - you know all the usual suspects - Mitchell, O\'Neill, Sadler, Cerin, etc., etc. ....
