![]() Chandler, Juddmonte's had incredible success both here and abroad. So it was nice to - I still can't believe that we caught him. I've been chasing that horse for two years. But I have a great horse, but I have a great jockey. You tell them when they're getting ready and let them know what's going on.īut it's been a great experience training for Juddmonte. What makes it so - they just let you train the horse. So to be part of that and for Garrett O'Rourke, working with him. Prince Khalid wanting to get me on their team, and Juddmonte is like the biggest franchise in racing. That horse is just a big kid that's learning how to run, and in the wind, under the Juddmonte Flag is incredible for me. I could not believe - what we just accomplished, we're very lucky to win these races, but today, watching that horse do what he did and come back, he wasn't even tired. I mean, he won that today, and I was like it was a "wow" opportunity. I can't say more for Mike Smith, "Big Money" Mike. Then to run down a great horse like California Chrome was just like - that's what the Breeders' Cup is all about. And then to be so lucky and blessed that to have a horse like that. Of all the horses I've trained - I never thought after losing Pharoah that I thought how are you going to beat something like that with everything we went through. And that last 50 yards, I could not believe. And all of a sudden, turning for home it looked like, well - I thought, well, I'm going to run second, but there is nothing wrong with that, because Chrome is a really good horse, and running second to him is no bad thing.īut the 8th pole, all of a sudden, he started getting into that gear, and he's coming, and he's inching away at him. But I hope Mike Smith knows what he's doing. I thought, well, you know, maybe he's not running. Down the backside it looked like California Chrome was getting everything going. But down deep I really wasn't sure if we could beat California Chrome because I still have total respect for the horse. If you could just give us your impressions of this effort today?īOB BAFFERT: Well, going in, we knew we had a great horse. THE MODERATOR: Bob, as I said, your third Classic win in a row to go with Bayern and American Pharoah. The horse has only run five times and he beat California Chrome. Because once I switched over and dropped into the far turn, he really picked it up at that point, able to get him back outside. I winded up cutting the corner going into the far turn, and that really helped a lot. I didn't want to move too early that will just make him pack us out more. Then Victor got a comfortable lead down the back side and kind of started staying off the fence a bit. Once I did that, I seen that California Chrome had a little bit of company up front of him, so I felt secure that at least he was going to go quick enough, and I didn't have to go after him early and chase him. I had to give him a little reminder on his shoulder. He jumped very well today out of the gate, but was a little reluctant the first probably 16th of a mile. MIKE SMITH: Well, we had a really good trip. If you could just take us through this Breeders' Cup Classic and your trip on Arrogate. You've had another amazing weekend at the Breeders' Cup. Mike, this is your fourth Breeders' Cup Classic win. Trainer Bob Baffert his son, Bode, as well as Dr. ![]() We've got Garrett O'Rourke, the racing manager for Juddmonte Farms. From left to right, we've got jockey Mike Smith. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic is Arrogate, and we're thrilled to be joined by the winning connections.
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