Jerry Bailey Quotes on Horse (9 Quotes)

Breaking from the No. 12 post, Bailey quickly got his horse in a good spot, fourth or fifth, albeit a little farther behind pace-setting Sun King than Saint Liam's backers were used to seeing. I really felt confident the moment I turned up the (backstretch), ... I knew I had the horses in front of me I felt pretty strongly. I know Borrego comes with a strong run, but I was actually pretty confident all around.

I was concerned with him lugging in there and 'would he rate' He struggled a bit with the track, but it didn't surprise me. He is a big, heavy horse. He came home a little slow, but they went pretty fast in the earlier part.

I'm not really surprised. If you had asked me a month ago, I would have said I didn't have those expectations, but it all worked out and as people lined up on the horse, he looked like he could potentially be a sale topper. You don't know before you come to the sale what's going to happen, but he's been as good as we've had all year. It was a lack of nothing wrong. He just did everything right. There were no problems.

Commentator, ridden by Gary Stevens, was another 12 1 2 lengths back, with Show Boot and Crafty Player bringing up the rear, another 47 1 2 lengths behind. I dont think he needed the rabbits, ... You just dont want to gut him chasing a horse today with 4 million on the line six weeks from now.

He seems to be a pretty good horse. I'm not ready to crown him a champion yet, but he was pretty impressive.

He's the best 2-year-old I've ever been on. You dream about a horse like this coming along.

I've always thought that one horse wouldn't make up my mind one way or the other,

You're either a hero or a goat. I guess I'll go eat hay tonight. I think Silver Tree was probably the best horse. But going into a turf race with a lot of speed, I knew it would probably set up that way. It didn't open up in time for me. I played the hand that was dealt me. It just wasn't enough.

I think he is adaptable to about anything. It depends if they want to run him (in the Breeders Cup Turf G1), but he did relax today. The course is very firm, but dont take too much away from this horse. He is a very good horse.