Dan Hendricks
Dan Hendricks
Dan L. Hendricksis an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer...
He can run, that's all there is to it.
ended fresh good lightly plan planned ready seems year
He just seems better than ever now. I didn't plan for the Derby. I planned for the end of (last) year to have a fresh 2-year-old, and I think it ended up a good plan. I have a lightly raced 3-year-old ready to go.
goes likes pampered wants
He is not a people's horse. He likes to be let be. He goes out to the track, and he is working-like, and he wants to be pampered and groomed. But, no, he is not an approachable horse.
heal longer took
He had a fracture that took longer to heal than usual.
above band cost cut foot front injured left mild note problem state
He got one little cut above his coronet band on his left front foot that was really nothing. It just had a little blood. Technically, the state veterinarian made a note of it and put him on the injured list, but it's anything but. It was just a mild little thing and not a problem at all. It won't cost him any time.
couple easy ready
He'll take it easy for a couple weeks, then have a couple of breezes and be ready to run.
crank saturday
We just have to keep doing what he's been doing and crank him up for the first Saturday in May.
days edge fit five looks pound require six stays thursday took wednesday work
We took a little edge off him and everything looks good. He doesn't require a lot of works. I don't need to work him every five or six days and really pound him. He stays fit on his own. He'll do a little something Wednesday or Thursday and that should be it.
hope
I hope he does. I don't need the lead. If they want to go, let 'em go.
brought good grow matured ripple until
For some reason, he just matured from then until now. We just started to see him ripple and grow up some more. I don't know what brought it about, but it was good timing.
easy mapped race
If I could have mapped it out, he couldn't have done any better. It was a nice, easy race on him and he did it in racehorse time.
early reason run sealed track
I don't want to run on an off track or a hard, sealed track. There's no reason to this early in the year. There's no reason to take a chance, that's all.
barn buying enjoys horses hours looks sales spend together
He's not one to go into the barn and spend hours with the horses - he enjoys the buying of the horses. He comes and looks at the horses with me and we go to the sales together there and at the races.
enjoys excited gets grand horse racing scale top type
He's more of the laid-back type but when it gets to this grand scale and we're on the top in the horse racing world, he gets very excited and very much enjoys it.