Gomez on record winning pace
Santa Anita's leading jockey, Garrett Gomez, has the opportunity to set a single-season record for most wins at the Arcadia meet if he continues at his current pace. The record is 138, set by Laffit Pincay, Jr. during the 1970-71 meet. Gomez has 44 victories through the first 31 days of this 85-day meeting.
“He’s in a zone and everybody respects him,� Gomez's agent, Ron Anderson, told Santa Anita's Ed Golden. “He seems to be making all the right choices (in the races) and I’ve been lucky enough to make a lot of the right choices, too. The combination of the two makes him a dangerous commodity. He’s awfully, awfully good. But as far as breaking records, you’ve got to be real lucky. You can’t keep winning 10, 11 races a week like he’s done a couple times. It’s just not in the cards, but we’ll see what happens.�
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