I told them (the other drivers) I admired them and appreciated them because they're out racing these cars for people to see. These (cars) aren't hangar queens. They (the racers) are very selfless about sharing their love for these cars with everybody here. You could tell from the reception, with cars in the paddock area, that a lot of these fans here are excited to see these cars again.
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He didn't turn a hair, and there was a lot of action going on in there at the time, especially around the walking ring. He's never usually much of a problem in the paddock, but it never hurts to school just a bit.
He broke well and we sent him because we didn't want to get into any trouble. I let him run a little down the stretch because I wanted him to get something out of it. People were hooting and hollering in the paddock before the race but it didn't faze him. All he does is keep making me look good.
It will be interesting to see what reaction we have and how many fans walk over to the paddock to see him. The fans support our sport. If we can do any little things to help them have interest and have a good time at the races, it's something that everybody has to step up to the plate and do.
You can only hope to get a good spot and wait for a hole to pen up. I guess today it came a bit too late. I guess you could say I went out with a bang, because Silver Tree kicked me in the paddock. If I weren't in so much pain going into the gate, I probably would have broken down. The crowd was beautiful. I just hope more of them bet to place than to win.
We need to deal with some of our ball control issues, defensive issues and our kicking. We still had a good side out, with four British Lions out on the paddock, and we should have done better.
We're getting a lot of comments on the paddock, and they're all positive. People who get around the country tell us it's one of the best three paddocks in the country. It ought to be. A lot of work went into it and a lot of money.
There were a number of times towards the end of last year after I had some more surgery I didn't quite know whether or not I'd make it back onto the paddock, so just to be running around again is a good feeling.
He didn't run for four months and when he got onto the paddock and ran he was very concerned because there was a fair amount of pain.
He was so much like his dad. Not just physically, but temperament, too. He was never a mean horse, but you wouldn't turn your back on him, because he was always ready to go. If you were letting him out in the paddock, he was ready to go if you were taking him to the breeding shed, he was ready to go if you were taking him to his stall, he was ready to go. I loved him. I'll be honest with you, I loved Danzig.
What we wanted was to bring the outside in. We're in the country, and we wanted to set the house in the midst of horse pasture and cow paddock.
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Nobody in the paddock was happier to see last season end than I. I worked hard this off season and I am really looking forward to 2006. I am optimistic that this is going to be a big year for us. There is a lot of similarity between this year and 2004 in that a lot of people are overlooking us heading into the season. I think we will surprise a few of the so called experts.
Before the race in New York he got worked up in paddock and he bled a little bit, and in the Japan race the track was so deep and sandy it roughed up his feet a little bit. He's doing well now and back to his home track. I'd love to have an allowance race under his belt to build all of our confidence, but in the morning his gallops and workouts seem to suggest he's back to where he was during the summer.
He's still struggling a bit with his neck and didn't train today (Thursday). We got an x-ray done and it came back pretty clear so we're hopeful he'll still be able to play. We hope to have him back on the training paddock tomorrow.
It was closer than I hoped for, but you are wrestling a returning state champ. You have to give credit (Paddock) wrestled to win.