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
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I'm not really surprised. If you had asked me a month ago, I would have said I didn't have those expectations, but it all worked out and as people lined up on the horse, he looked like he could potentially be a sale topper. You don't know before you come to the sale what's going to happen, but he's been as good as we've had all year. It was a lack of nothing wrong. He just did everything right. There were no problems.
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I knew I had that horse, ... Flower Alley is a good horse, you can't dismiss him. But I really felt confident.
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It's your responsibility to know for a fact that those songs are public domain.
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It's wonderful to do these kinds of races.
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It won't be easy, ... but I think on his game Saint Liam is better than the rest.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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This is as easy as you can win,
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I still enjoy competing in the biggest races on the best horses on the biggest days. But to get to those days, there are a lot of routine days, and I just didn't feel the passion I should have felt.
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I've always thought that one horse wouldn't make up my mind one way or the other,
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I don't think he needed the rabbits. You just don't want to gut him chasing a horse today with $4 million on the line six weeks from now.
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He's immensely talented, but I haven't even thought about that, ... I'm not going to let one horse here or there determine that. I'm just going to get through the Breeders' Cup, and in November, I'll sit down and think about it.