Dan Hendricks
Dan Hendricks
Dan L. Hendricksis an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer...
fresh worked
It worked out really good. We had him a little fresh by not doing as much work.
confident easy horse lead might saw
That horse might still be a better horse. I didn't know I'd get an easy lead. When I saw him out on the lead easy like that, I was confident and happy.
asked fit looked santa since stretch week worked
It looked like he was galloping, and I thought he was going way too slow. But he went :49 1/5, and I asked him to go :49, so he got it pretty close. We just wanted to stretch his legs, get over the track, and do a little something because it's been a week since we worked him at Santa Anita. He's fit from his races; I didn't need a lot. It was just a little something as much for us as for him.
alex good ill position
It's a good position to see what everyone is going to do. Ill let Alex make the right decision.
afternoon fourth race school
We'll take him over to the paddock and school him this afternoon with the fourth race if it isn't raining.
goes improving overall plan planning saturday start
The overall plan has always been to get there. Luckily, we've been improving and he's doing well. Once we get through Saturday and everything goes well, we'll start planning on from there.
good ride
This makes you look like you can ride and I can train. The good ones will do that.
derby
This is what the Derby is all about.
brother bunch cecil enjoy peacock
This is the Cecil Peacock and Brother Derek party. We've got a bunch of friends going and we're going to enjoy it.
biggest win
This is the biggest win of my career.
next work
After his work next week, he'll be pretty much set for the race.
crown genius gotten horses nice reserved special thrown triple winners
Special? Now that is a big word, like genius. It should not be thrown around. Special should be reserved for Triple Crown winners and horses like Spectacular Bid. (Brother Derek) is a very nice horse and he has gotten better and better.
barn days derby fence hanging hard imagine media shook unlike
They were hanging on the fence and he didn't get shook up, unlike me and Cecil. The Derby is different. You have to get used to the media horde and the barn area. It's hard to imagine what it will be like. You need to get in there 10 days early.
edge turns twice
The only edge I know is I've been around turns twice and he hasn't.