Bendita is from the family of Folle Nuit, which also includes major winners Stage Door Johnny, Vision d'Etat and Shaamit.

In mid 2002 just after his first win, he was privately purchased by Bushwood Racing Partners,[6] consisting of Brent Johnson, Karl Barth, and Chris Dwyer,[7] who transferred him to trainer Graham Motion.

[8] Better Talk Now, nicknamed "Blackie", spent most of the rest of his life at Motion's Herringswell Stables, part of the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.

[9] Jockey Ramon Dominguez, who rode him in many of his biggest races, described him as "very consistent but also a problem child" as he could be obstinate and aggressive, and tended to "lug in" (move towards the rail instead of maintaining a straight path).

[2][6] Better Talk Now made only one start at age two, finishing a badly beaten tenth in a 7-furlong maiden special weight on the dirt at Keeneland on October 21, 2001.

Moved to the barn of trainer Graham Motion, Better Talk Now made five more starts at age three, winning two allowance races.

Motion blamed the loss on the horse's tendency to lug in during the stretch run, so subsequently fitted Better Talk Now with a full cup blinker over his left eye.

His first two starts were not promising as he finished eighth in the John B. Connally Breeders' Cup Turf Handicap on April 10, 2004 and ninth in the Dixie Stakes on May 15.

[8] On August 14, he had a breakthrough performance in the Grade I Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles over a yielding turf course at Saratoga.

The favorite, Balto Star, went to the early lead and set moderate fractions for the first mile, then was passed in the stretch by Request For Parole.

[8] In part due to that loss, he was dismissed at odds of 28-1 in the Breeders' Cup Turf, held that year at Lone Star Park on October 30.

The heavy favorite was Kitten's Joy, who had won six of his seven starts during 2004 including the Secretariat Stakes and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.

[11][12] Over a yielding turf course, Star Over the Bay went to the early lead with Kitten's Joy tracking in third and Better Talk Now near the back of the pack.

"Even though the betting public could see there were some problems there, we felt that (Better Talk Now) was obviously going to win the race, and it didn't really affect the placing of the horses," explained Chuck Nuber, one of Lone Star's three stewards.

[8] Motion felt that Better Talk Now would have a chance at winning an Eclipse Award if he won another Grade I race, especially as he had beaten the eventual champion turf horse Kitten's Joy head-to-head.

On the final turn, Better Talk Now became rank and pulled his way to the lead while racing extremely wide, then tired in the stretch to finish sixth.

"[17] For his next start, Motion originally planned to have Better Talk Now defend his win in the 2004 Sword Dancer but decided instead to enter the Arlington Million on August 13.

[19] Better Talk Now settled near the back of the pack for the first mile then mounted a strong run down the stretch to win by a neck over King's Drama.

An injury to his left front ankle became infected, and resulting soreness kept him out of racing until he ran fourth in October's Breeders' Cup Turf.

[1] He was scheduled to start in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic on October 3, but was retired on September 29 after injuring the suspensory ligament in his left hind leg.