Ron Ellis
Ron Ellis
Ronald John Edward "Ron" Ellisis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Ellis played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ellis won the Stanley Cup in 1967, and took part in the famed 1972 Summit Series against the Russian National team. After playing, Ellis went into business, and later joined the staff of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
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It's the whole trail getting there that takes the toll. They ask a horse to run 1 1/4 miles for the first time (in the Kentucky Derby), but it's a long road getting there.
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I didn't think he was in the right place, mentally, to run in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), and I don't like to get a horse beat up. It looked like the light went on a little in this race. It was exactly what he needed, a good confidence builder. He has so much ability and always trains great and he should move forward from this.
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We believe the university should be a literary center of the region.
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I think he's elevated himself into that league.
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Man, winning one game will be like winning a championship around here.
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Four or five of those horses can really smoke. We'd like to sit fourth or fifth.
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We didn't expect to buy him, but we thought he was undervalued at that price. Here was a sound, proven horse costing less than yearlings. And we certainly had this race in mind when we bought him.
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tireless two-way player who was relentless but clean.
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To go 0-11 last year it was so tough on all of us mentally as well as physically. We all know there's so much potential for success here. We expect to have success and win some games now.
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The most frustrating thing for a trainer is when you know a horse has ability but doesn't put the effort forward. But that's our job, to make them want to do it. Teachers deal with kids who have tremendous ability but don't try. I feel like I'm giving him every opportunity to win and get confidence. If he'll just give his all he'll win. If he doesn't, anybody's eligible to win.
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The weather report last night said that the snow was going to be south of us.
reason
It has been frustrating, but there is no reason why he can't come back at 100 percent.
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I think we all did things in that series that we usually would have never done because it was such an emotional series.
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He was taking time to warm up, like he was stiff, which is not like him. He hadn't worked great, either. We did a nuclear scan on him, and the top of his left front cannon bone lit up. There's no fracture, his ligaments scanned clean, but there's something going on there.