Victor Espinoza Quotations

I think it helped me a lot to get that position in the first turn. That was the key right there.

Everything was good. It was the first time I ever rode her, but I'd been watching how she runs. I almost got the mount, but it never worked out. Today it did and she was easy to ride. Everything went perfect for me.

That was easy. She was just cruising around. She tries hard, this old mare and I didn't want to knock her out for this race. I made sure I just galloped around and won the race by two or three lengths.

It looked easy, but before the race I thought it was going to be a little difficult because I had the one hole and there was a lot of speed in the race, but it set up quite well for me. I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem.

It was a perfect trip. He just stalked the leader and kept running at the end. My horse is really nice to ride and he knows what's going on. So I don't have to do too much.

I kind of lost my position right out of the gate. There was just a little too much ground to make up. I think it turned out to be a good experience for him, getting dirt kicked in his face and all.

I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem.

He really felt nice today. It's great to see that he's coming back to his best again. It's just a matter of time and experience. He's improving every time out.