You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.
You can have the most amazing horse in the world and not be able to ride it, so it has to be a good match for sure.
Horse racing is waning in popularity.
The next great decathlete is going to be a runner. I still feel that a Dan O'Brien, if he was a runner and not a sprinter, could have gone over 9,000 points.
My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche.
I read a statistic that in horse racing, the favourite only wins 12 per cent of their races. I'm not comparing myself to a horse or saying I'm the favourite - although my sister would say I can nag an awful lot - but nothing is guaranteed in sport. Anyone can step up and take what you perceive to be your place in the final.
Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.
I've seen a lot of great players that couldn't get to the top because of horses, and I've seen a lot of normal players that got higher and higher because of horses.
Horse racing is animated roulette.