Barclay Tagg Hope Quotations

I don't know if we even belong with these horses, but you sure hope you do.

I didn't want to bring him back going a mile and one-eighth in the Hal's Hope because there are some hotshots in there who might make him overextend himself, and I didn't want to knock him out. He's really not a six-furlong horse. I would really have preferred to start him at seven furlongs or a mile, but I wanted to get a competitive race under his belt, and whether he wins or loses, it shouldn't exhaust him.

He galloped out strong; he came out of it well. He's doing really, really well. I hope he runs well.