Barclay Tagg
Barclay Tagg
Barclay Taggis an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Barclay trains horses year round, spending spring in New York and winter in Florida...
deny good hard judgment wrong
Probably with good judgment and good sense, you wouldn't do it. But there again, they're only 3 once, and there's only one Derby. It's hard to deny them that when they've done nothing wrong in 2006.
enter goes slower stretch tomorrow wednesday workout
It was a little slower than I wanted him to go, but we just wanted him to stretch his legs. Everything is on go, as long as everything goes well. I'd like to see how he comes out of the workout tomorrow and gallop him on Wednesday before we enter him.
good judgment kentucky
Probably good judgment and good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby.
absolute handle hard horse knew manages pleasure plenty run smoothly
I thought he wasn't going to run and it was going to be a disaster, but Cornelio said he had plenty of horse and he was just cruising. He knew more about him than I did. It's hard to tell through binoculars. He manages to handle things smoothly and he's an absolute pleasure to train.
came
I thought he was finished. And he came on.
We'll probably run, but first let's see how he comes out of this.
bring exhaust hope knock might mile preferred race seven start whether wins
I didn't want to bring him back going a mile and one-eighth in the Hal's Hope because there are some hotshots in there who might make him overextend himself, and I didn't want to knock him out. He's really not a six-furlong horse. I would really have preferred to start him at seven furlongs or a mile, but I wanted to get a competitive race under his belt, and whether he wins or loses, it shouldn't exhaust him.
caught cracked hit panicked running
Richie said he started to idle, and then Richie panicked and cracked him. You really don't want to hit him any more than you have to. He got him running again, but I think it caught him off guard.
last lost lucky worse year
Last year was a lost year for him, and we're lucky anything worse didn't happen.
happen start
Too many things can happen to start getting excited.
beat beyond win
First, he's got to win on Saturday. I'm not going to think beyond that. I don't even know if he can beat Like Now.
fight hit rather second seen since start win
It was only his second start since July, and he had to fight hard. I'd have rather seen him not get hit and win by five, but I'm happy.
definitive good maybe pressure wish
It was probably too much pressure on him. I wish I had a more definitive answer. Maybe he's just not as good as he was.
good jump psyche sort
This is going to be a big jump for him. I usually don't like to do this sort of thing, but he's got such a good psyche about him. He does things with such ease. Mentally, it's like he's done it 100 times.