BERTRAM F. BONGARD (NYB) QUOTES

Saturday, October 20, 2012

 

 

BERTRAM F. BONGARD (NYB) QUOTES

 

Phil Serpe, winning trainer of Weekend Hideaway (No. 4): "I actually did all the breeding with [Carl Lizza, breeder of Weekend Hideaway], so this has a lot of meaning to me more than just winning this race because we bred all these horses. Fortunately, Mike Hoffman of Red and Black Stable stepped up and bought four of the yearlings [at the dispersal sale]. This is one of them. We liked him a lot, he was a nice-looking colt, and I knew him since he was born."

 

"Flying Zee was the largest breeder in New York before Mr. Lizza's death, so he had a lot of mares to work with. We would just sit down and go over mares. It's easy to punch some mare's name into a computer and come up with a nick and let some electronic system do it. Mr. Lizza and I used to like to sit down, we'd go over four or five sires we thought might fit a particular mare and how those horses were on the track, and that's how we would base our decision."

 

Jose Lezcano, winning jockey aboard Weekend Hideaway (No. 4): "Today was seven-eighths, a little stretch out from three-quarters. I tried to be more patient and wait a little longer. He broke good and I let the other horse go, when I asked him he grabbed the bit and took off. He gave me a really good race."