Garrett Gomez
Garrett Gomez
Garrett Keith Gomezis a retired American thoroughbred jockey...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth1 January 1972
accept beyond bill happy less wildest win
I'm just happy to be able to participate, much less win two and then accept the Bill Shoemaker Award. It's beyond my wildest dreams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
handled impressed
He's a grinder. I was very impressed with the way he handled everything.
bottled enjoy phenomenal ten
He's got phenomenal speed. If he can keep that bottled up and enjoy himself, he's ten times better.
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.
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.