Dana Barnes Quotations

I don't know why I came so early, but Bob has been a little worried about the horse, so I came in to gallop him a few days and then it rained. It ended up raining so much we weren't even sure we would get the work in today.

He worked really fast last week, so Bob didn't really want to do a whole lot with him. He just ran the Haskell, and Bob just wanted him to go easy, stretch his legs out and not do too much.

He did everything I asked him to do today. I actually didn't have to ask him, all I asked him to do was slow down a couple of times, that was pretty much it. There was no asking him to do anything. He did everything on his own.

He keeps getting better. The confidence of winning those races has really pepped him up.

Every race, he's been a little more aggressive, a little more pumped up and feeling good. Definitely more aggressive.

That's where he likes to make his move, around the turn, and when he switched leads he took a hold of the bit. He was strong, not out of control. He worked pretty fast last week, so we didn't want to do that again. He did it as easy as he could do it.