Michael Matz
Michael Matz
Michael R. Matzis an American race horse trainer and former Olympic equestrian team member who was inducted into the show jumping Hall of Fame. He lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. As a trainer, he has scored two wins in the Classics, the 2012 Belmont Stakes with Union Rags and the 2006 Kentucky Derby with Barbaro. Matz also was named "person of the week" by ABC News for his heroism in saving four children from the crash of United Airlines Flight 232...
nervous
I was nervous about it, They're all in the same boat.
good horse work
We thought he was a good horse from day one. This horse makes me shiver when I see him work on the dirt. He really does have a lot of talent.
continues crossed fingers keeping
Everything continues to be great. We're just keeping our fingers crossed now.
asked dirt far grass handle last time trained whatever worked
Whatever we've asked him so far he's done, so we're going to try the dirt now and if he doesn't handle it, we'll still know that we have an exceptional turf horse. He'd only worked one time on the grass before his last race, and he's trained well on the dirt.
brother deal five four instead races run six weeks
Brother Derek is four weeks instead of five. I don't know what the big deal about this is. All his races have been run in five or six weeks. I don't see any problem.
assistant hopefully problems
My assistant said he didn't have any problems with the track, and hopefully he doesn't.
asked shows until whatever
I think he can do whatever he's asked to do until he shows he can't do it.
fortunate thankful
I feel very fortunate and thankful that we were OK. That's all you can be. You go on with life.
great ready worked
He worked great and is ready to go.
continues nice pleased ready
He went very well. He had a nice work. I'm very pleased with the way he is right now and if everything continues to go well, we're ready to run.
four weeks
He went real nice. For right now, we don't need to do any more than we're doing. We've still got four weeks to go.
care
We have to take care of the kids.
deal everybody fresh horse
We have a fresh horse. I really don't see that big a deal of it, but everybody did. If this horse would have lost, I think I would have been lynched tomorrow.
grateful guess job lucky pilot plane survive terrific time
The pilot did a terrific job getting the plane down. We were lucky enough to survive that crash. It's something you're grateful for, and I guess it just wasn't my time ...