Russell Baze
Russell Baze
Russell Avery Bazeis a retired horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth7 August 1958
bit chance eighth flattened good horse last mile move needed ran run running rush stop strong
When he first started to make his move I thought we still had a chance to run that horse down. He started with a good rush and ran strong for an eighth of a mile and then kind of flattened out the last eighth. At that point, he's usually running by all of them. He ran by all of them but the last one today. We needed that other horse to stop a little bit and he never did.
ahead bit came dropped grabbed horse knew love outside plan relaxed together turn
I love it when a plan comes together like that. Down the backstretch when Midwesterner came up outside of him, he grabbed the bit and didn't want him to get ahead of us. But on the turn when that horse dropped back, he relaxed and I knew we were all right.
home horses known loose shook turned
We turned for home and he kind of shook loose of those horses and pricked his ears, like he's known to do,
dozen eighth gave good inside later shook stick
I shook the stick at him and boy, he gave me a good little punch. About a dozen lengths later he just quit. Just inside the eighth pole, I had nothing left.
bothers cooler crowd horse rattle
I've never been on a horse cooler than this horse, ... Nothing bothers him. The crowd was hooting and hollering and it didn't rattle him at all.
bet hit lane money reached shot top walked
Boy, he made that exciting. He just walked out of the gate. At the half-mile pole, I reached back and hit him to get his attention. I thought I had a shot at the top of the lane because he was moving, but when we hit the wire, I wouldn't have bet money that we got there. That was tight.
anybody broke run sent stretch
That was real hard, huh. He broke well and we sent him away from there because we didn't want anybody hounding him. I let him run a little down the stretch because I wanted him to get something out of it.
front hoping horses lead pace walked
I was hoping there would be a little more pace in there. Instead, they kind of walked around on the lead in front of us and those horses just didn't get tired.
good hoping horse race ran speed
I was hoping that there would be a little more speed in there. My horse ran his race, but he just wasn't good enough today.
finished fractions run seem
It didn't seem like we were going too fast. He'd run fractions like that before and finished well for me.
eighth inside
Just inside the eighth pole, he had nothing.
coming fun horse year
I think this horse will only get better with more distance. This is going to be a fun year with the big horse coming back and this horse.
horse needed stop
We needed the other horse to stop a little bit, and he never did.
good news three
Give me some good news Doc, I've only got three weeks,