Bobby Frankel Horse Quotations

He looks much better than last year. He's matured. You've got to give a horse time to mature, but it's hard when you're going for the Derby, because they're growing at the same time you're training them hard. It's hard for them to blossom. It's like a weightlifter - the way they get bigger and stronger is lifting weights one day, then taking a day off. He needed time off.

He was a good horse over there. Hopefully, he can reproduce that form over here. It's important that I win a Grade 1.

I was a little upset when he was that close during the early part. But on this turf course, it doesn't look like you can close much ground. It just shows how versatile a horse he is. He can come from way far back or he can lay up on a very fast pace. I don't think you've seen the best of this horse.

To win eight races in a row you have to be a horse that doesn't make mistakes and he doesn't make any,

Empire Maker is the best horse I have ever trained. We weren't within 10 lengths of seeing this horse's best race.