Richard Mandella
Richard Mandella
Richard Eugene Mandellais a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame...
best guessing race ready run time
He hasn't run in a long time and I've never run him before. I'm guessing he'd need to get a race in him to get on his best footing, but he's ready to get started.
horse ill last month race ran sure train winter
This was the big obstacleto get him back, make sure he ran the race that he did last winter here, and he did that, ... From here, Ill just train him like any other horse and come back a month from now in the Breeders Cup.
few found later realized
We found this a few years later after we realized we didn't keep anything when he was around.
longer looks next ship
Everything's going great. He'll get a little longer one (workout) next week. We'll ship the 23rd, the way it looks now.
fourth looking ran
We were disappointed when he ran fourth that time. This is what we've been looking for.
gotten lost ready six tired weeks
Six weeks ago, he was ready to run. He's gotten tired of training; mentally, he's lost the edge.
kept sick thinking
I'm sick of him, ... I kept thinking he was not that good. He's pretty freaking good.
bigger finish good
I thought he'd finish good and that would set him up for bigger stuff. He may be better now.
focused might short training
He might have been a little short of training because of what we did. I think the blinkers may have focused him a little better.
along horse strange
He's a strange horse to get along with.
looked
He looked so comfortable and (Victor) looked like he had a lot of horse.
run since worked
I wasn't too impressed. But he's worked really well since then and I think he'll run his 'A' race.
good helps
He's very good right now, ... But I'm never comfortable. I'm only comfortable if I win. It's comfortable having a good horse. That helps. Helps a lot.
last running
Nothing was wrong, he just was not running as well as last year.