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I rode horses since I was a kid.

I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

I've always enjoyed being on a horse.

Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.

I feel like I was born to ride the track.

My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.

I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He's a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder's Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.

And then I bought my own horse, which I had until it died.

I was an expert horseman.

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.