Jerry Bailey
Jerry Bailey
Jerry D. Baileyis an NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American Hall of Fame jockey...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth29 August 1957
CityDallas, TX
close cup dubai olympian pinpoint race united victory
If I had to pinpoint a race for me, it would be the Dubai World Cup with Cigar. Not only was it a victory for me, but I was representing the United States. It was as close to being an Olympian as I could probably ever be.
future hold took turn turned
I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn offthinking of the future mile-and-a-halfand he turned off fine,
adaptable certainly future hold needed thinking took turn turned
I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn off, thinking of the future and a mile-and-a-half. He turned off fine. He was certainly there for everything he needed through the stretch. I think he is adaptable to about anything.
announcing beyond emotion emotions enriched great horse jockey life racing retirement wildest
It is with great emotion that I am announcing my retirement as a jockey in the sport of horse racing. Thoroughbred racing has enriched my life beyond my wildest dreams.
fact public responsibility songs
It's your responsibility to know for a fact that those songs are public domain.
kinds wonderful
It's wonderful to do these kinds of races.
game rest saint
It won't be easy, ... but I think on his game Saint Liam is better than the rest.
broke few ground instead leader leave saving stayed trying
When he broke, he broke out sharply and stayed there for 20 or 30 yards, so instead of saving ground for the first few jumps, I was loosing ground. I was trying to keep him off the leader as long as I could to leave him with a target.
dismiss fact horse post took worse
You shouldn't dismiss the fact that the post this horse had breaking. He took the worse of it today, and still was very authoritative in winning.
best dealt eat either guess hand hay hero knew open played race silver time tree
You're either a hero or a goat. I guess I'll go eat hay tonight. I think Silver Tree was probably the best horse. But going into a turf race with a lot of speed, I knew it would probably set up that way. It didn't open up in time for me. I played the hand that was dealt me. It just wasn't enough.
eat either guess hay hero
You're either a hero or a goat. I guess I'll go eat hay tonight.
access areas grim heard
There's a lot of areas we haven't been able to get access to but from what we've heard it's a pretty grim picture.
easy
This is as easy as you can win,
bit came concerned earlier fast heavy home struggled surprise
I was concerned with him lugging in there and 'would he rate'? He struggled a bit with the track, but it didn't surprise me. He is a big, heavy horse. He came home a little slow, but they went pretty fast in the earlier part.