26 Quotes by Barclay Tagg

I thought he wasn't going to run and it was going to be a disaster, but Cornelio said he had plenty of horse and he was just cruising. He knew more about him than I did. It's hard to tell through binoculars. He manages to handle things smoothly and he's an absolute pleasure to train.

I thought he was finished. And he came on.

We'll probably run, but first let's see how he comes out of this.

Too many things can happen to start getting excited.

First, he's got to win on Saturday. I'm not going to think beyond that. I don't even know if he can beat Like Now.

It was a little slower than I wanted him to go, but we just wanted him to stretch his legs. Everything is on go, as long as everything goes well. I'd like to see how he comes out of the workout tomorrow and gallop him on Wednesday before we enter him.

Probably with good judgment and good sense, you wouldn't do it. But there again, they're only 3 once, and there's only one Derby. It's hard to deny them that when they've done nothing wrong in 2006.

Probably good judgment and good sense would say not to run, but there is only one Kentucky Derby.

This is going to be a big jump for him. I usually don't like to do this sort of thing, but he's got such a good psyche about him. He does things with such ease. Mentally, it's like he's done it 100 times.