All I can say is that we're here to win a race. Over half the [20-horse] field can be considered potential winners. This is a real good field. |
He did well, but we may bump up the time we go out in the morning because Ernesto said the track was cut up a little bit. |
He exceeded our wishes. It got him here. |
He may go to the gate in the morning. |
He's training really well here. All his stuff is falling into place really well. I'm confident he's prepared. Now we're obviously looking for all the same things everybody is looking for?a clean trip. |
He's won on a wet track before, albeit at Laurel. He handles most everything pretty good. |
I don't think it would matter. He seems to run over every surface. Whatever we get, we take. |
I want to go in the easier of the two. |
I'd rather be one of the people that they're talking about than the one people are not talking about. |
If he's going well in a few weeks, I would hope we would move on to Louisville. He showed today that he can do whatever we really want him to. |
It definitely changed our strategy. We got a small Derby prep at Laurel, the Miracle Wood Stakes, or we probably wouldn't be here. |
It was a risk I wouldn't take if I had it to do over again. But it would have been a one-in-a-million shot if someone had claimed him. |
Shipping a few days out has been my way of doing it, but for this race I'd have to think we'd do it a little differently and get him a work over the track. |
The Kentucky Derby is all about timing. This horse is getting right at the right time. |
We all have to see what his style is going to be against better horses. |