Garrett Gomez
Garrett Gomez
Garrett Keith Gomezis a retired American thoroughbred jockey...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth1 January 1972
handled impressed
He's a grinder. I was very impressed with the way he handled everything.
I don't know what happened; he was just flat.
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.
dropped finding handled knew matter settle speed spot took track
She handled the track OK, but she wasn't skipping over it. I let her settle and took my time. I knew there was a lot of speed and when I dropped her in at the three-eighths pole, it was just a matter of finding a spot for her. I did and she did the rest.
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.
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.
came cost eighth felt five four horse outside plenty room turn
I felt I had plenty of room when I started up in there. Just about the eighth pole, the outside horse came over. He was about four wide, five wide. When I come off the turn and come over, I had no room. It cost me the race.
anyone chance close fast morning worked
The other morning I worked him and he didn't do anything wrong. I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going, I wouldn't give anyone a chance to even get close to him.
acted against found horses leads running switched time tired top
This was the first time he was running against these kind of horses, and he had been off for a while. With the combination of the two, I really didn't know what to expect. He acted like he was getting a little tired at the top of the lane, but he switched leads and found another gear.
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.
anybody beat bob chance close fast might minister ready sharp sinister
There wasn't anybody going to beat Sinister Minister today. No one. Bob had him sharp and ready to roll, and he was much the best. I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going, I might as well keep him going and not give anybody a chance to get close to him.
ask crying explain icing ride wondered
This is icing on the cake. I couldn't ask for anything more. I feel like crying right now ... I wondered if I'd ever ride again. To be in this position, I can't explain it.
anyone bit chance close fast headed race respond seemed start turned
I wouldn't say I thought I had the race won. It was all in the way he was going to respond to me when we turned for home. Once we headed to about the three-eighths pole, he seemed to start to come back to me a little bit more than I liked. And I said, 'I'm going to go now.' I thought I went fast enough that as long as I had him going I wouldn't give anyone a chance to even get close to him.