Tim Ritchey
Tim Ritchey
Timothy F. "Tim" Ritcheyis an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is best known as the trainer of Afleet Alex, a 2005 winner of two American Classic Races, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes...
angel asked extra fine glad ok
Angel has been bugging me for a year. He has always wanted to get on him. When they asked me to do this, and the X-rays were fine and everything was OK to go on the tack again, I called him up and said I've got something for you on Saturday. He was more than glad to do it. I think that it was something a little extra for the fans.
cigar mile run
Right now, we want to run in the Cigar Mile if he is 100 percent,
jeremy start
I told Jeremy to start him off real easy,
anticipate fit hours keeping muscle percent point problems putting stress tone walking
I don't anticipate any more problems because it's 99.9 percent healed. He still has a lot of muscle on him. He doesn't have a big belly. That was the point of walking him two hours a day -- keeping him fit and maintaining muscle tone without putting stress on his legs.
move normally
You can't make that big move when you normally make it, because you won't get to the finish.
breeze ideal ill job plenty race races week winning
If I can do that it would be the ideal way, but Ill know more after a week of gallops and after I get a breeze into him, ... Hopefully, it can be the Breeders Cup, but if its not well find another race for him after the Breeders Cup. There are plenty of races out there. My job is to get him back to winning form.
arkansas definitely derby force healthy last looked relax stays triple watched work
I watched him work and he looked fantastic. I mean, he's the real deal. As long as he stays healthy and they get him to relax like they did last time, I see him being a force definitely in the Arkansas Derby and probably through the whole Triple Crown.
easy horse horses laid took
Hes a very laid back and very easy going horse and he took it better than most horses would have,
happiness happy track
He went to the track and jogged a mile, and he was very happy to get out,
alex believe bump formulate overcome plan previous racing
I believe he will overcome this bump in the road. I believe we can formulate a plan that will have Alex back racing at his previous level.
grade ideally race running second
Running in a Grade 1 in his second race is not ideally what you want to do, but Menacing showed me a lot off the first race,
met nice team
It made me feel very good. It was a very nice thing for him to do. I've never met the man, and he was thanking me for being a team supporter.
horse horses speed
I can't see a speed horse getting away on his own.
blowing expected harder pulling work
I expected him to be blowing much harder than he was after pulling up, being that it was his first work in two months.