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
best biggest competing enjoy horses passion races routine
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.
horse mind
I've always thought that one horse wouldn't make up my mind one way or the other,
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.
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.
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.
horse
He was the most genuine, charismatic horse I've been on in my life.
confident felt front horses knew moment strong turned
I really felt confident the moment I turned up the (backstretch). I knew I had the horses in front of me; I felt pretty strongly. I know Borrego comes with a strong run, but I was actually pretty confident all around.
best coming dream horse
He's the best 2-year-old I've ever been on. You dream about a horse like this coming along.
chasing gut horse line million needed six today weeks
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.
determine horse immensely sit
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.
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.
becomes extremely lawsuit sooner
We've been extremely patient. We've done everything we can to accommodate them. Sooner or later, the lawsuit becomes necessary.
expect explosions grueling type
I don't think you can expect those explosions you get in shorter races. It's more of a long, grueling type of racing.