Garrett Gomez
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.
chasing race shape
That's not the way I wanted the race to shape up. He was getting late, but so was everyone else from chasing him.
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.
handled impressed
He's a grinder. I was very impressed with the way he handled everything.
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.
fence focused good head home lead ran somebody turned wish worked
He ran a good race. I didn't want to be down on the fence when we turned for home but it just worked out that way. He made the lead there and I really wish I could have been head and head with somebody to keep him focused a little better.
acted came felt gate left run side time woke wrong
He felt good, he acted like he always does and he actually left the gate wonderful. But when it came time to run he just wasn't there. He must have woke up on the wrong side of the bed.