Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Robert A. "Bob" Baffertis an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Baffert's horses have won four Kentucky Derbies, six Preakness Stakes, two Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks...
ears hit shut
When he hit the wire, his ears went up and he wanted to shut down. He's still immature.
fast field happen
When you've got a 20-horse field and a fast pace, anything can happen out there.
horses nice speed
Those were nice horses in that race, (but) this horse is a speed freak.
best derby family horses kentucky might prince
When the prince died, the horses were like orphans. But these horses, they're like family. And to have a horse who might be a Kentucky Derby contender, that's the best medicine.
quality
There's a lot of quality in this field.
sit
You don't want to sit on them too long.
founder type
There was nothing they could do with this type of injury, ... It's the kind that won't heal, and they usually founder and suffer.
hope scares track weather
The weather scares me. I hope the track isn't too hard.
serious
This colt's got some serious gears. He's really fast. He's the quickest Cal-bred I've ever trained.
days decided four pull
something's brewing in the foot. It'll take about four days before we can do anything, so we decided to pull the plug.
blow class gone gut hold horse shows won
I thought the other horse was going to blow by. To hold on like he did shows his quality. This was a gut check. Class always prevails. If he could have gone slower, he probably could have won by more.
goes speed vacation
Just goes to show you that there is so much speed in California, it's like a vacation when you get away from there.
asked bailey bring game jerry mile ran
Jerry Bailey said he didn't bring his 'A' game to the Travers, ... I asked him if he still thought he could get a mile and a quarter, and he said he could if he ran like he did in the Haskell.
excited
He's doing really well, and we're really excited about him.