Bobby Frankel Quotations

The extra distance is going to help him, too. It could be a hot pace.

Last year was a rush job. That's how the Derby ruins you. We're lucky we got out of that in one piece with this horse.

She slipped a little behind leaving the gate, but Alex played it cool. He sat still and waited to move.

She bled in that race, which is why I ended up getting her.

She's a bleeder, which is why they never ran her too far in Australia because they couldn't treat her over there.

I was going to run him in the Cigar Mile, but he's doing so well I might run him in the Sport Page,

But it's hard not to talk about this horse. She's very smart and she did it easy today.

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's a bigger horse, a stronger horse. It looked like he could get a mile and a quarter the way he ran today.

He's a big asset. Horses are running great for him. I don't know if it's Patrick or the horse, but I'm not going to experiment.

He's a real nice horse, and he tries hard. When he gets competition, he tries even harder. When horses come to him, he'll go on.

He's a very nice horse. Very easy to train, good-looking horse, does everything right.

He's been fighting a cough and he's got mucus. As simply as I can put it, he's not right. I can't run him in a race like this right now.

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

He used to like hanging around his horses but he was too strong today. When I see him on a lead it's good because nobody has ever passed him.

He couldn't have rode a better race, ... She had never been a mile-and-a-quarter before. I wasn't really comfortable until five jumps from the wire.

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.

I was experimenting, but nothing worked. I just had to stop on him.

I'm still not convinced he can get a mile and a quarter.

That way, if it rains for the Breeders Cup at least we won't have to worry about it.

What's great about Bailey is he rode like he was still 25. He wasn't scared. I was impressed the way he'd go through holes with no fear. And he came into the paddock before the race well prepared. He knew exactly what was going on -- he'd handicap the horses and the jockeys.

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.

It was an easy race for him, because he made an easy lead.

The thing that makes him so special is he tries so hard. He's so competitive. He wants to outrun you; he wants to beat you.

This is the smoothest ride she's ever had since I've had her,

I want to be the Martha Stewart of the health-food industry — without the jail.

It was just too much for him last year. We rushed him a little, trying to make the Derby. He just never got a chance to blossom. He needed to be freshened.

It's not a great race going in, but maybe somebody will come out of there.

I'm happy that we can get her going with a win.

If there is speed, I want to get the same trip. If there is no speed, he can go to the lead. It looked like the other day he could get the distance. He was very impressive.

I just knew she was a real good filly. Then, they sent the tapes on her, and it was very impressive. I know she has accomplished a lot.

How about Intercontinental going a mile and quarter?

I don't know if I'd say six furlongs is too short for him. He doesn't like dirt in his face too much and there's going to be a big field in the Sprint.

I didn't think he'd take the lead. We just played it by ear.

I didn't even know she was a Cal-bred until the owner told me.

He's a hard one to judge. I'd like to see him run. He doesn't train real brilliantly like one that wants to go fast in the mornings, but he's doing well and he's acting great.

He's a nice horse, but everybody's jumped on the bandwagon. I'd like him to lay a little off the pace. If he can't lay off the pace, he can't be a very good horse.

If he's 100 per cent I'm sure the owners will want to go,

I'd rather not have the 1-hole. She doesn't have too much early speed. But she's brave. She's got a decent shot. You've got to be a little lucky from the rail, luckier than if you have the outside.

I don't want to take credit for the Queen's Plate, to be honest,