Rosario

[FrankD.]

No one has ever confused him with Jerry Bailey on the turf but todays Belmont 3rd race defied any sort of logic.

The horse ran the last 100 yards at a 45 degree angle towards the rail and he is continuing to smack him right handed all the way to the wire?

Days are coming for this ride.

Frank D.

[Tavasco]

His trip in the 5th may have been worse? Nah, but terrible!

[ringato3]

I realize it is easy to criticize riders, but something is wrong with this guy.   If u have a few minutes, watch all his rides at belmont today.   He screwed the pooch on 4 of them.   (Not just the two mentioned, albeit they were the worst)

People don\'t just lose it that fast.

Gamblers aren\'t the only ones noticing.  He was removed on Tonalist this week.   Won\'t be the last big horse he loses.  

U really have to think twice about betting him on horses.  He is still priced as a big time jockey on horses but running nowhere near that level

Rob

[Boscar Obarra]

If you just looked at the stats, none of this would hold water.

 50-9-11-9  before today.

 He placed well on a few today ridden without incident.

 Are we sure this isn\'t circumstantial?

[FrankD.]

Boscar,

\"Ridden without incident\" He was moved from 2nd to 5th for his ride in the 3rd race and will certainly get days for his actions.

I have been critical of his grass rides from the minute he came to NY; speed balls on the engine he is fine. This guy gets lost constantly on the green.

How do you explain his Gulfstream meet this year?

Frank D.

[richiebee]

He has seven mounts on Belmont\'s Sunday card, five of them are ML favorites...

[johnnym]

He was a big concern for me Derby day as he stunk it up at Gulfstream this year..

[ringato3]

Boscar,

I don\'t know if you are a semi-regular player or a student of the game.  But those that fall into the latter category and played Gulfstream this year know he isn\'t the same guy.   He ALWAYS had flaws (going wide), but used to be able to make up for it with aggression and strength.  no more.  He is wide or blocked race after race.  Hard to do that with the quality of mounts he gets (which is going to change)

Getting dumped on Tonalist is just the beginning.   Expect to see a steady downward spiral in quality of mounts and also expect him to have a brutal Saratoga meet.

Rob

[Boscar Obarra]

Not saying there isn\'t an issue, saying he\'s 1/2 40% of the time, and how much higher would you like that # to be?

 60%?

 I\'ll watch him more closely and see if I detect any ineptness.

[philywheel]

great ride by Rosario in the 1st at Bel    timeing was great

[FrankD.]

Boscar,

Look at the positive; when is the last time you were considered young enough to be a student of anything:)

[Tavasco]

Great Ride?

Lost two lengths getting out of the gate.

Went widest of all.

Just got up to win.

On a horse that was 4/5 and should have won by open lengths.

Didn\'t get DQ\'d or hurt anyone. Yeah Great!

[philywheel]

He had it measured

[Tavasco]

Yes he did!

Fans .. Gotta Love em.

[philywheel]

Widest of all ? , he ran 3ft less than the 2nd pl horse

 (mph) (ft) (ft)
 
Jumpin Frac Flash
13.68 665 19.5 33.1 Head  1:38.66 36.9 5339 ---
 
Sunny Puzzle
13.88 665 13.6 32.7 Head  1:38.69 36.9 5342 3
 
Northern Call
14.16 664 6.8 32.0 4  1:38.71 36.8 5330 -9
 
Dynamo Flotilla
14.20 665 7.4 31.9 5  1:39.50 36.5 5333 -6
 
Overthespeedlimit
14.81 666 3.2 30.7 1  1:40.59 36.1 5329 -10
 
Fit to Keep
14.58 664 19.2 31.1