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BREEDERS' CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSOctober 25, 2003John MagnierARCADIA, CALIFORNIA ERIC WING: We're in the interview room with co-owner of High Chaparral, John Magnier. And, John, I don't know what to ask you. What are your emotions right now having just sweated out a photo like that? JOHN MAGNIER: I'm happy it was a dead heat. We were just hoping. I don't think it would be fair to either side to have either horse lose. We're all happy at the moment. ERIC WING: Were you surprised at all about as the defending champion now with High Chaparral getting relatively little respect compared to the other big three in the race, at least going in? JOHN MAGNIER: You know, his record really is unbelievable. I think he's only been beaten three times in his life. And he's never -- he was second the first time he ran. And other than that, he's never been beaten. ERIC WING: What are your future plans for High Chaparral? Has that been determined yet? JOHN MAGNIER: I would think that this is his last race or this has always been the plan to finish here. ERIC WING: Any questions here for Mr. Magnier? Q. I assume he will go to Coolmore, John? JOHN MAGNIER: Yeah, that's the plan at the moment. ERIC WING: The plan is to send High Chaparral to Coolmore at the conclusion of his racing career. With all the horses you've owned, have you ever been involved in as nerve-wracking of a photo finish and wait as this? JOHN MAGNIER: I think in a big race this is as nerve-wracking as it gets, yeah. Somebody said that it took so long as well. Normally you get a result earlier. Q. It looked like they were trying to separate them and couldn't. If you looked at the photo, one of the legs of the inside horse looked as if it extended the nose of Johar and that was the problem. JOHN MAGNIER: We settled out of court. (Laughter.) ERIC WING: Have you experienced dead heats before where every single party involved seems to be happy with the result? JOHN MAGNIER: Well, in my opinion, anybody that gets a dead heat, it kind of suits everybody. Q. John, how concerned were you about the firm ground here? I know he's handled firm ground in Ireland. But this is different. JOHN MAGNIER: The conception you see that Sadler's Wells don't go well on the firm ground. But that's simply not true. And as you saw there again today. Then he's run on firm ground a lot. You can only run on firm ground so many times. You can you can't keep doing it. I think that's probably the reason now that we have decided he's run on the firm ground so many times that it's time to put him to stud. ERIC WING: After what we just experienced can your heart take the Breeders' Cup Classic? JOHN MAGNIER: Depends on the result. I wouldn't mind another dead heat, I'll tell you that. ERIC WING: John, I'm sure you want to watch Hold That Tiger get ready. Thanks for dropping in. Congratulations on the repeat victory by High Chaparral in the John Deere Turf. JOHN MAGNIER: Thank you. End of FastScripts... |
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