August Heckscher Quotes

She should like getting back to Belmont. She`s a quality filly and she never runs a bad race. She hit the side of the gate coming out in the Test and we`ve schooled her a bunch of times, so I think she`ll be different.

Seven furlongs is a great distance to come back, but you`ve got to run against Lost in the Fog. On the other hand, the mile-and-a-quarter Travers, I don`t think the competition is as good as Lost in the Fog, but that mile and a quarter - he hasn`t run in four months. He`s an amazing horse. He`s developed; he`s gotten taller and longer. He`s got a lot of ability. Hopefully, if he can duplicate his Wood Memorial (G1), you`ll see what kind of horse he is.

She deserved this because she`s run well in big races but had some tough luck. Today she broke good and was a different filly.

People have been using rabbits for hundreds of years. Sometimes running a rabbit works and sometimes it backfires.

Sometimes running a rabbit works, sometimes it backfires. People have been using rabbits for hundreds of years. The rabbit has to be a good horse because they might not necessarily be able to do the job.

Either race is very, very tough. Let me just think about it for a couple of days. I want to make sure I`m doing the right thing.

Rabbits have been going on forever. That`s the game. It certainly spices things up and makes it fun.

I love my jockey. Put it this way, if anybody can (relax the horse), he can.

No question, of all the 3-year-olds I had he needed it the most. He`s working unbelievable. He`s worked as good as he worked for the Florida Derby.

I truly believe you never take a horse out of his game. No matter how you try strategizing, it doesn`t work. If the horse wants to run close to the lead, you let him run close to the lead. He has to run the style that makes him comfortable.