Who's the best big-race rider in the nation?

OK, you have a top 3-year-old who is ready to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes in New York. Who are you going to get to ride him/her?

If you go by the past two seasons, two-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Garrett Gomez is the best big-race rider in the country. He's led the nation in money earned the past two years and is second so far in 2009 with $7,178,479 in purse money.

The top five, through Monday's racing:
1. Julien Leparoux -- $7,536,539
2. Gomez
3. Rafael Bejarano -- $6,890,028
4. Ramon Dominguez -- $6,302,698
5. Calvin Borel -- $5,021,156
6. John Velazquez -- $4,956,270
7. Joel Rosario -- $4,848,809

So there you have it. Money-won totals for the first five months of the year. Couple that with your own opinions on how these guys ride in big races. Tell us what you think.