It makes you feel good when you win those major preps. It makes you feel like you have a legitimate chance. It's just that I've been getting better horses. I'm in a good place, and I have good 3-year-olds. |
It took awhile for him to come around. He needed to get his confidence. |
It's important to every trainer to be in the Derby and I've been lucky enough to have some good horses in it. We are in the picture this year but we've got a long way to go. |
It's just the way the chips fall. We try to get here every year. Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield. That's the way it works in this business. |
It's like playing poker. Eventually your hand will come. You have to be lucky, but you still have to have a good horse. I have a couple of good ones. |
It's part of horse racing you never really get used to, ... These horses are like our children, so when something happens like that it's pretty devastating for everybody involved. When it's unexpected like that, it makes it worse. |
Jerry Bailey said he didn't bring his 'A' game to the Travers, ... I asked him if he still thought he could get a mile and a quarter, and he said he could if he ran like he did in the Haskell. |
Just goes to show you that there is so much speed in California, it's like a vacation when you get away from there. |
Midnight Lute is very talented. As long as we keep him healthy, he has a bright future. He looks like a great prospect. |
Once he got past Keyed Entry, his job was done. He needs a target. |
One of these days I'm going to win that thing, and you're not going to see me again. But I'm not leaving until I win it. |
Plus, out here in California you have these speed-favoring tracks, so there was a lot going against him. |
Point Given was a beast and War Emblem had to have the lead. This horse is learning from every race. He's picking up at a good time of the year with the Breeders' Cup around the corner. |
She was sitting on a race like this. I was leery about running her on this track but all the riders said it was safe. |
Silver Charm had the ideal running style. You could put him on the lead, or take back. He was smart and intelligent, a push-button horse to ride. |