Dan Doocy
Dan Doocy
last year
I'm happy, but it's only one day out of 81. Last year was a disheartening start. I thought we'd build, but we never really did.
bit factor fill gives last solve work
We still have a lot of work to do. Purses won't solve everything. We weren't able to fill 200 stalls (in 2005). At least now, when we go to recruit, it gives us a little bit of a 'wow' factor that we didn't have the last two years.
hoping horses improve last mix ready run
I'm hoping that we have a better mix of horses and trainers to improve on last year. I think we have more horses here ready to run than last year.
certainly
Probably not, but they'll certainly have an impact.
benefit committed doubt help horses lose lure reluctant within year
I wanted to show that we were committed to maintaining our grade. This will help lure horses for the upcoming year. If you get a grading and lose it within a year or two, they're going to be very reluctant to give you the benefit of the doubt in the future.