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their daily life by food, fight or flight. Right now, Direktor is interested in the food part of that equation.
What is it, then, that makes him so different? What makes him a champion?
Defending champ
"Well, the main thing,” owner Wendy Clatterbuck says, "is that he just doesn't sweat things much. He's kind of mellow."
How mellow? Unusual in a professional training stable, Clatterbuck herself often rides Direktor out for exercise. Racing-fit thoroughbreds are famously skittish, tightly wound, too fresh and feisty to be ridden by amateurs. Though Clatterbuck is an experienced horsewoman, she is certainly not a professional jockey.
"He's really sweet," is Clatterbuck's completely unprofessional evaluation of the dark bay winner. ”1 just ride him when he's due for a jog or a hack, of course, but he's really level-headed. So kind."
Hobson agrees. "He’s a good, honest horse, a real tryer. He'd love to buck you off at home, but race day he's all professional. He warms up nicely, starts sharply, settles where you ask him and gives you his best at the finish.
"He gets keen galloping at
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