Barclay Tagg Quotations

He hurt his back last year, and we had to completely stop on him. He looks good and strong now, and he training better than ever.

He has to be in tip-top condition. I'm not going to put him into a tough race. Probably good judgment and good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby and he's done everything we've asked of him, so you think you have to give him a chance.

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

We'll probably run, but first let's see how he comes out of this.

I'm just happy he showed some life this time. The biggest thing is that he proved he could still run hard from the start and finish strong.

Probably with good judgment and good sense, you wouldn't do it. But there again, they're only 3 once, and there's only one Derby. It's hard to deny them that when they've done nothing wrong in 2006.

Probably good judgment and good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby.

Last year was a lost year for him, and we're lucky anything worse didn't happen.

Richie said he started to idle, and then Richie panicked and cracked him. You really don't want to hit him any more than you have to. He got him running again, but I think it caught him off guard.

He was full of himself. If everything looks good on Wednesday (of Derby Week), I'll enter him and if everything looks good on Thursday, I'll ship.