Edgar Prado
Edgar Prado
Edgar S. Pradois a Peruvian-born American jockey, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth12 June 1967
CityLima, Peru
break followed humor humorous saw sharp
I saw Sharp Humor break sharp so I just followed him.
anywhere class fog horses lost puts rode speed starting talent
He showed a lot of talent and class that day. Lost in the Fog has a lot of speed and you can place him anywhere you want. In the stretch, he puts horses away. And when I rode him, he just was starting to rise.
ability horse strong tons
He's a very strong horse with tons of ability.
ride
He loped a little when he made the lead. I had to ride him at the end, but I wasn't all over him.
best came gave happy hard trying
This was not his best distance, but he was trying hard the whole way. He galloped out real strong, and he came back really strong. I think he's back. He never gave up. I'm very happy with his effort.
easy hard hold nice pulled took
They let me go nice and easy and I took it. She pulled real hard and was able to hold on.
cover either proven race sets wants
If she wants to go to the lead, we could, or I may cover her up. She can go either way. She has proven that. I will have to see how the race sets up.
best fast handle horse race training
He's the best horse in the race, and I don't think I should be worried. I mean, he's training super. He's doing great. We just have to find out how well he will handle a fast track, and I think he will do that fine.
broke gave happy hopefully horses sharp
Hopefully he's back. He broke sharp and was right with those horses from the go. ... He never gave up. I was very happy with his race.
best ran step
He ran good, and it's not his best distance. He was right there with the pace, every step of the way.
bumped coming finished happy hard lost worse
I never wanted to be worse than third, but he got bumped pretty hard coming out of the gate. We lost a little positioning after that. I was happy with the race. He still finished up well.
advantage asked horse kicked race speed took
This horse was the only speed in the race, and I took advantage of it. When I asked him, he kicked it in strong.
behind broke great hole kicked leaders-and-leadership opened sat
He broke great and sat behind the leaders. That hole opened up, and he got right through it and kicked on very strongly.
broke fourth middle pull time tried
He broke down behind. We were fourth at the time and I tried to pull him out so he didn't go down in the middle of the field.