Everything was good. It was the first time I ever rode her, but I'd been watching how she runs. I almost got the mount, but it never worked out. Today it did and she was easy to ride. Everything went perfect for me. |
He really felt nice today. It's great to see that he's coming back to his best again. It's just a matter of time and experience. He's improving every time out. |
I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem. |
I kind of lost my position right out of the gate. There was just a little too much ground to make up. I think it turned out to be a good experience for him, getting dirt kicked in his face and all. |
I think it helped me a lot to get that position in the first turn. That was the key right there. |
I was happy somebody went to the front. I didn't want to be on the lead. I just tracked right next to [Hawkinsville] but at the three-eighths pole I had to pick up the pace a little bit more. I wanted to get a good run for him through the stretch and when he turned for home, I just opened it up. He's really good right now. He finished well. |
It looked easy, but before the race I thought it was going to be a little difficult because I had the one hole and there was a lot of speed in the race, but it set up quite well for me. I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem. |
It was a perfect trip. He just stalked the leader and kept running at the end. My horse is really nice to ride and he knows what's going on. So I don't have to do too much. |
That was easy. She was just cruising around. She tries hard, this old mare and I didn't want to knock her out for this race. I made sure I just galloped around and won the race by two or three lengths. |