Jerry Bailey
Jerry Bailey
Jerry D. Baileyis an NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American Hall of Fame jockey...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth29 August 1957
CityDallas, TX
determine horse immensely sit
He's immensely talented, but I haven't even thought about that, ... I'm not going to let one horse here or there determine that. I'm just going to get through the Breeders' Cup, and in November, I'll sit down and think about it.
chasing gut horse line million needed six today weeks
I don't think he needed the rabbits. You just don't want to gut him chasing a horse today with $4 million on the line six weeks from now.
announcing beyond emotion emotions enriched great horse jockey life racing retirement wildest
It is with great emotion that I am announcing my retirement as a jockey in the sport of horse racing. Thoroughbred racing has enriched my life beyond my wildest dreams.
walk
I want to walk away in one piece.
broke continued four jumps three until
He broke to the right and continued that way for three or four jumps until I could reel him in.
alley dismiss felt flower good knew
I knew I had that horse, ... Flower Alley is a good horse, you can't dismiss him. But I really felt confident.
easy
This is as easy as you can win,
becomes extremely lawsuit sooner
We've been extremely patient. We've done everything we can to accommodate them. Sooner or later, the lawsuit becomes necessary.
dangerous far less seat
This new seat will be far less dangerous than my old one.
accessible food
We're only able to look at getting food to the accessible pockets,
broke few ground instead leader leave saving stayed trying
When he broke, he broke out sharply and stayed there for 20 or 30 yards, so instead of saving ground for the first few jumps, I was loosing ground. I was trying to keep him off the leader as long as I could to leave him with a target.