Dan Hendricks
Dan Hendricks
Dan L. Hendricksis an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer...
loves santa
We're set for the Santa Catalina. He's here, he loves this track, so why leave?
bed fighting horse hospital lying puts race time
Lying in a hospital bed, I had a lot of time to think about everything. When you look at a horse race and you look at the fighting in Iraq, it puts things into perspective.
alex closer fractions horse knows rode soft stevie worked
The fractions were a little soft and I thought Stevie was a little closer than I wanted him to be but it worked out. Alex had a lot of horse. He knows the horse and he rode him perfect.
barn days derby fence hanging hard imagine media shook unlike
They were hanging on the fence and he didn't get shook up, unlike me and Cecil. The Derby is different. You have to get used to the media horde and the barn area. It's hard to imagine what it will be like. You need to get in there 10 days early.
horses mile ready talked winner
All they talked about was the winner and the third-place horse. He was ready to go a mile and an eighth.
enjoys excited gets grand horse racing scale top type
He's more of the laid-back type but when it gets to this grand scale and we're on the top in the horse racing world, he gets very excited and very much enjoys it.
barely bit broke hair took
It barely broke the skin. He just took a little bit of hair off.
faster run
He can run, that's all there is to it. He's got tactical speed. It's just that no one has run faster yet.
ended fresh good lightly plan planned ready seems year
He just seems better than ever now. I didn't plan for the Derby. I planned for the end of (last) year to have a fresh 2-year-old, and I think it ended up a good plan. I have a lightly raced 3-year-old ready to go.
bath half walked
He walked about a half hour, had his bath and is doing fine.
alex coming francisco friday morning rest stay works
He will gallop Friday morning and when he works on Monday, Alex Solis will be there for the work. Luis Ortega is coming for the first part and will stay through the work and then Francisco Alvarado will be here for the rest of the week.
crank saturday
We just have to keep doing what he's been doing and crank him up for the first Saturday in May.
edge turns twice
The only edge I know is I've been around turns twice and he hasn't.