Todd Pletcher
Todd Pletcher
Todd Pletcheris a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses entered in his career to win the Run for the Roses. He also won the 2007 Belmont Stakes with filly Rags to Riches and the 2013 Belmont Stakes with Palace Malice...
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Date of Birth26 June 1967
felt focused horse
I felt like if we can get this horse straightened away and focused and he matures, then he can be any kind of horse.
exactly fresh horse ran
He was a fresh horse and ran exactly the way we wanted him to.
best certainly horse lead letting likely maybe pace run scenario somebody wants
He can run from off the pace if we need to do that, but maybe letting him be a free-running horse is his best style. We're certainly not going to try to take him off the pace. The most likely scenario is he's going to be on the lead, but if somebody else wants the lead then that's fine, too.
close forward might
He has a forward style. He might not be on the lead, but he'll be close to the pace.
alley dandy flower home hoped jim next performance
Everything unfolded the way we thought it would and the way we hoped it would. This was a home run. The Jim Dandy was the kind of performance that propelled Flower Alley to the next level.
energy good level looking race seemed since
The race (Davis) seemed to take nothing out of him and his energy level has been good since the race. It was just what we were looking for.
against eighth horse mile order potential quarter race run stretch surprised
What this race will tell us is if we have the potential to stretch him out to a mile and an eighth or a mile and a quarter against the very best. I would be surprised if he didn't run well at a mile and a sixteenth. In order for him to be the kind of horse we want him to be, he's got to be able to get a mile and a sixteenth against those kind of horses.
We wouldn't be here if it was still a one-turn mile. We need some two-turn experience.
course delivered obviously terrific took
Obviously she had a terrific trip. She took to the turf course here well and delivered a big race.
decision final kentucky run
No final decision has been made. He is going to come here with the possibility he could run in the Kentucky Derby. We will make the decision from here.
although hurry precocious resting settled since
Since the sale, he's been at Ashford, resting and doing a little jogging. We're in no hurry with him, although I still think he's the precocious type. We're just going to let him get settled in and take it slow.
bonus distance runs six
Six furlongs is a better distance for him, and he's a New York-bred - he runs for bonus money.
fast interested quality shown sloppy track
She's a filly that's shown quality without having to be on a sloppy track to do it. Like everyone else, I'll be interested to see if she's able to do the same thing on a regular, fast track.
consistent durable gave horse type
Pollard was tough, durable and consistent -- a real warrior, the type of horse everyone would want to own. He gave you everything he had.