Dan Hendricks Quotes on Weather (3 Quotes)

The next race will be either the San Rafael Stakes (a Grade 2, 150,000 race Jan. 15 at Santa Anita) or your race. It's 100,000 more up there. The grade isn't important what matters to me is another 100,000. We'll see how he's doing for the next couple of weeks and how the weather is.

Going a mile and an eighth, I have tactical speed. With a short field, it shouldn't be a problem, nor should the weather. There's only a 20 chance of rain, so we should be fine.

The races are two weeks apart, so he would have four to six weeks from the Futurity. It will depend on the weather, and whether he needs four or six weeks between starts. He's a good horse with minimal wear and tear going into the new year.