Quotes by Dan Doocy

“I wanted to show that we were committed to maintaining our grade. This will help lure horses for the upcoming year. If you get a grading and lose it within a year or two, theyre going to be very reluctant to give you the benefit of the doubt in the future.”

“We still have a lot of work to do. Purses wont solve everything. We werent able to fill 200 stalls (in 2005). At least now, when we go to recruit, it gives us a little bit of a wow factor that we didnt have the last two years.”

“Im happy, but its only one day out of 81. Last year was a disheartening start. I thought wed build, but we never really did.”

“Im hoping that we have a better mix of horses and trainers to improve on last year. I think we have more horses here ready to run than last year.”

“Probably not, but theyll certainly have an impact.”