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
champion crown good ready seems
He seems to be a pretty good horse. I'm not ready to crown him a champion yet, but he was pretty impressive.
future hold took turn turned
I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn offthinking of the future mile-and-a-halfand he turned off fine,
cuts hope learning loose reason room second shook shown time top
He shook loose at the top of the stretch, but that was the second time he lugged in. But he's young, and we hope it's just a learning process. He has shown he has a lot of room for improvement, especially if he cuts out the two-year-old stuff. But he is very unique, and part of the reason is because he has a whole lot of ones (victories).
horse
He was the most genuine, charismatic horse I've been on in my life.
adaptable certainly future hold needed thinking took turn turned
I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn off, thinking of the future and a mile-and-a-half. He turned off fine. He was certainly there for everything he needed through the stretch. I think he is adaptable to about anything.
cuts improvement room shown
He has shown a lot of room for improvement, especially if he cuts out the two-year-old stuff.
ride thanksgiving
I'll ride through Thanksgiving and think about it.
kinds wonderful
It's wonderful to do these kinds of races.
dismiss fact horse post took worse
You shouldn't dismiss the fact that the post this horse had breaking. He took the worse of it today, and still was very authoritative in winning.
created hate perfect scenario
I hate to see Javier come off, but it created a perfect scenario for me.
blocked early feeling needed nowhere spot
I didn't get to a spot as early as I needed to. I got blocked and had nowhere to go. I had a feeling it was going to be too little too late.
accessible food
We're only able to look at getting food to the accessible pockets,