Barclay Tagg
Barclay Tagg
Barclay Taggis an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Barclay trains horses year round, spending spring in New York and winter in Florida...
beat beyond win
First, he's got to win on Saturday. I'm not going to think beyond that. I don't even know if he can beat Like Now.
derby enter full good looks wednesday
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.
definitive good maybe pressure wish
It was probably too much pressure on him. I wish I had a more definitive answer. Maybe he's just not as good as he was.
enter goes slower stretch tomorrow wednesday workout
It was a little slower than I wanted him to go, but we just wanted him to stretch his legs. Everything is on go, as long as everything goes well. I'd like to see how he comes out of the workout tomorrow and gallop him on Wednesday before we enter him.
fast last quite
He didn't go quite as fast as he did last time. This is what we wanted.
deny good hard judgment wrong
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.
growing kept
He kept going lame. He was going through growing pains, I guess.
couple feels good looks races training
He's got a couple of races under his belt, he's training dynamite, he looks good, he feels good. We've got no excuses. I feel good about it. Right distance, right spot, right track. He's perfect. He's as right as I can get him right now.
happen start
Too many things can happen to start getting excited.