Tim Ritchey Quotes

You can't make that big move when you normally make it, because you won't get to the finish. - Tim Ritchey

When we started jogging him, he was ready to turn around then, so we had to go real easy with him. He didn't want to come off the racetrack a few times. He had been walking for two and half to three hours a day, and then we started to jog him, but I'll know more as to how much fitness he's maintained once he starts galloping on his own, and once we get a breeze underneath him. But he looks really good. - Tim Ritchey

When I saw him this morning, he said 'hi' to me, and I said 'hi' to him. - Tim Ritchey

We're not going to put the cart before the horse. We'll nominate him to a lot of things between now and the end of the year, but our focus is getting him back into a routine and then a work schedule. - Tim Ritchey

We will know more after he starts galloping. - Tim Ritchey

We expected this kind of performance. I wasn't surprised he was that far back, but when he got rolling, it was a lot of fun. - Tim Ritchey

There are a couple of races that weekend for us to look at... If we can get a prep in, I wouldn't want it to be any closer than two weeks before the Breeders' Cup. The 14th or the 15th would be an ideal scenario. It's just a matter of figuring out if he's ready to do it, and, if so, what race we want to go in. - Tim Ritchey

There are a bunch of different spots that weekend. We're definitely further along than I thought we were, which is good news. - Tim Ritchey

The work was faster than what I was hoping for. But I thought that was a good sign because it means we're more forward than I thought we were. - Tim Ritchey

The horse is doing very well clinically and has progressed remarkably well ... We feel it is in Alex's best interests to miss the Breeders' Cup races. - Tim Ritchey

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