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
champion crown good ready seems
He seems to be a pretty good horse. I'm not ready to crown him a champion yet, but he was pretty impressive.
asked good lack lined looked month people sale worked
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.
alley dismiss felt flower good knew
I knew I had that horse, ... Flower Alley is a good horse, you can't dismiss him. But I really felt confident.
bit came good guess hole hope spot today wait
You can only hope to get a good spot and wait for a hole to open. I guess today it came a bit too late.
figure sun trying
Everyone was trying to figure out what Disco's Sun was doing, and it put me in the catbird seat.
dangerous far less seat
This new seat will be far less dangerous than my old one.
great last
If this is my last Breeders' Cup, it's a great way to go out.
blocked early feeling needed nowhere spot
I didn't get to a spot as early as I needed to. I got blocked and had nowhere to go. I had a feeling it was going to be too little too late.
came cigar found game horses loved
I didn't get into this game because I loved horses. But when I found Cigar I came to love horses. He was so genuine, so charismatic.
alabama closer competition distance drop easy handled heading pace presents problem skeptical
I was skeptical heading into the Alabama because of the distance and the competition then she handled with ease. She's pretty easy to ride. She doesn't drop out the back and she could've been a little closer in the Alabama had I wanted, but I thought the pace being what it was that I would just tuck in. She presents no problem for a rider.
confident
I was pretty confident all the way around.
taken thrown
She's taken everything that's been thrown at her,
walk
I want to walk away in one piece.
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.