Dan Hendricks Quotes on Horse (11 Quotes)

He is not a people's horse. He likes to be let be. He goes out to the track, and he is working-like, and he wants to be pampered and groomed. But, no, he is not an approachable horse.

If a horse wants to be sent out there and be ridiculous, let him. We'll be close. Everybody knows what our style is.

The fractions were a little soft and I thought Stevie was a little closer than I wanted him to be but it worked out. Alex had a lot of horse. He knows the horse and he rode him perfect.

If it were two turns, that would have been totally different. I know that he's a two-turn horse. He proved it today.

Everything with the horse seems to be right where we want it to be. He's fresh and going into the race with what I hope is a lot more in reserve. He seems to be advancing -- and he needs to.

He's more of the laid-back type but when it gets to this grand scale and we're on the top in the horse racing world, he gets very excited and very much enjoys it.

It's going to suit a horse that comes from off the pace. I think he can sit off the pace. If we get the suicidal pace, it's going to hurt us.

All they talked about was the winner and the third-place horse. He was ready to go a mile and an eighth.

You always hope to get a horse that just keeps improving. Each week, each race, he's done that.

I have some advantages going into this race. I just hope that it all works out. The Juvenile was a one-turn race this is different and it's not the ultimate goal for either horse, but it would be a nice, fun race to win.

Lying in a hospital bed, I had a lot of time to think about everything. When you look at a horse race and you look at the fighting in Iraq, it puts things into perspective.