14 Quotes by Tom Albertrani

We still think we can make it to the Derby.

We've always felt he would be a better horse around two turns, and he trained better going into the Tampa Bay Derby than he did the Sam Davis.

I believe two turns has really made a difference for this horse.

He was training better coming into this race than he did in the Sam Davis and he ran a big race. It was a perfect trip. Our horse just had a picture-perfect trip.

He was too much on the muscle to go a mile and a half. It's hard to win going a mile and a half when you're pulling that hard.

He came out of the race fine. I'm going to throw the race out and go by his last two races at Tampa. He showed us he deserves a chance to be in the Derby.

He's a very laid-back horse. He has absolutely no speed at all, but he knows how to pick it up later. He has a real good late kick.

We needed to run the perfect race and we got it, along with a perfect ride.

When I got him back in October, they told me he had some minor problems but nothing significant. He had only been beaten one time, which says something about a horse running in that company.