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
considered pros rain weather worry
We considered all the options, the pros and cons. The weather looks, temperature-wise, like it will not be poor. And we don't have to worry about the rain with him.
dandy dominate jim performance race time
I thought the Jim Dandy was a breakthrough performance for him. Any time you dominate a race like that I think it's a pretty big deal.
blue consistent decided grass hopefully likes train worked
I thought he worked real well. I think he really likes this track. We decided to train here because if you get rain, it's a little more consistent surface. And hopefully after the Blue Grass he'll be back here.
asked entry gifted loads obviously willing
Keyed Entry is an exceptionally gifted horse. He's got loads of speed, he's very willing and he's obviously done everything we've asked him to do so far.
obviously since
What I really like about them is they're 7-for-7 since I had the two. They like to win, that's obviously the most important thing.
met point
We'll point for the Met Mile. That's been the plan.
belt help race run
We'll play things by ear. She hadn't run in a while, so having this race under her belt should help her.
fill hoping longer proven run
We were hoping that, as she got older, she would fill out and get stronger, ... Fortunately, that has been true. She has proven to run well at the longer distances.
apart bay bluegrass committed logical month program running sam tampa
We are committed to the Tampa program for Bluegrass Cat. With him running so well in the Sam Davis, it was logical to come back. And with it being a month apart from the Tampa Bay Derby, it just all made a lot of sense. That part was easy.
step trying
We're just trying to take it one step at a time.
asked confidence gets horses ride seven six total
He gets on six or seven horses a day and joked about a comeback. He asked to ride this one, and I have total confidence in him.
lost ran
He lost a lot of ground. I thought he ran a big race.
appreciate longer might stretch
He might appreciate the longer stretch at Hawthorne.
help impressed looks rates stretch
What impressed me was he looks like he's kind and rates well, and that should help him stretch out.