Tim Ritchey
Tim Ritchey
Timothy F. "Tim" Ritcheyis an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is best known as the trainer of Afleet Alex, a 2005 winner of two American Classic Races, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes...
cart focus routine work
We're not going to put the cart before the horse. We'll nominate him to a lot of things between now and the end of the year, but our focus is getting him back into a routine and then a work schedule.
arkansas definitely derby force healthy last looked relax stays triple watched work
I watched him work and he looked fantastic. I mean, he's the real deal. As long as he stays healthy and they get him to relax like they did last time, I see him being a force definitely in the Arkansas Derby and probably through the whole Triple Crown.
available barn bottom line longer moved race security since situation three worked
The bottom line is that since barn 14 was no longer a security barn and he would have to be moved on race day anyhow, I thought it would be a better situation in Barn 5. Since there were three stalls available there, it worked out perfectly.
faster forward good hoping means sign work
The work was faster than what I was hoping for. But I thought that was a good sign because it means we're more forward than I thought we were.
blowing expected harder pulling work
I expected him to be blowing much harder than he was after pulling up, being that it was his first work in two months.
running worked
I didn't have anything running that day. It worked out real well.
bet cancer dollar donate entire everybody fortunate juvenile lemonade local maybe move racetrack stand states throughout united
I said before, hopefully, Belmont day, I would move for every racetrack to have a lemonade stand on Belmont day throughout the entire United States and give a dollar to the lemonade stand or their local juvenile cancer fund. And, like I said earlier, everybody who was fortunate enough to bet on this horse, makes a little money, just take $1, donate it to Alex's Lemonade Stand or local juvenile cancer fund, and maybe we can make the world a better place.
saw
When I saw him this morning, he said 'hi' to me, and I said 'hi' to him.
pointing race
That is the race I've been pointing for.
everybody fans good help interest plate reaction step support time walk
It will be interesting to see what reaction we have and how many fans walk over to the paddock to see him. The fans support our sport. If we can do any little things to help them have interest and have a good time at the races, it's something that everybody has to step up to the plate and do.
healthy playing
It's been exciting. The Steelers got healthy at the right time, and they are playing great.
anyhow coming morning race
At this point, he's only going out once a morning anyhow because the race is coming up.
extra wants
(Cordero's) been bugging me for a year, ... He always wants to get on him, always wants to get on him. I think it was a little something extra for the fans.
Congratulations Barclay. You've got yourself the real thing there.