Garrett Gomez
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Garrett Gomez
Garrett Keith Gomezis a retired American thoroughbred jockey...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth1 January 1972
asking beat eighth horses mile period picture short time
To picture him doing what he just accomplished? No. From 5½ to a mile and an eighth in a short period of time and beat the kind of horses he did, that's asking a lot.
handled impressed
He's a grinder. I was very impressed with the way he handled everything.
bottled early kept punch quite
She wasn't quite all there for me today. She wanted to do too much early. If I could have kept her bottled up early on, she would have had some more punch for the lane.
backside field headed laying mouth notch stride tried
He was a little throttled up from laying over on the field and I had his mouth gagged over going into the first turn. Once I headed up the backside I just kind of let him out a notch and tried to just get him to find his stride and get comfortable.
alex asking bit horse quarter quite
My horse was getting a little bit tired. I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex was just cruising and we just couldn't quite make up that much ground.
alex asking bit horse looked maybe pole quarter quite
My horse was getting a little bit tired. They quickened at the half-mile pole and it looked like maybe Alex got a little breather around the turn. My horse is so big, I was really asking him going to the quarter pole, but Alex was just cruising and we just couldn't quite make up that much ground.