Beezie Madden Quotations

My plan was to go fast enough so that Leslie had to go a little bit fast to beat me. My horse is a young horse. Thursday was his first grand prix. He's a bit of a hot horse so if I go real fast, he'll lose his mind a little bit. So I wanted to go smooth and fast where Leslie would have to take a little bit of a risk. It didn't work today. But he tried hard and we'll learn from that experience.

I think he lost his footing somewhere in the turn. Under the lights it's a little spooky and I think he just lost a little heart out there.

I think he did lose his footing somewhere in the turn because as I was coming around the turn I saw that I had to hold out a little bit for the distance and all of a sudden it was very long. Something happened just as I went to commit to the fence. It's been a long circuit and there's not a lot of grass out there so he had a little slip and under the lights it's a little spooky and he lost a little heart out there. But he's never done that before.

We already went over budget with our windows we put in, so this is great, it will be put to good use. I love the idea of the bonus pool and toward the end it was getting very competitive. I hope it returns next year.