Four or five of those horses can really smoke. We'd like to sit fourth or fifth. |
He said he can't tell if the injury is old or new. What might have happened is that he hurt the cannon bone when he hurt his knee, but we didn't know it. With the cannon bone injury, you would need three or four months off. He only had two months off, because that's what you need after having the knee chip out. Maybe he hadn't healed all the way and he could still feel it. |
He shows up at our golf tournaments and gets along with everybody. We don't judge Vic or any of the guys who left. They were under a lot of pressure. |
He was taking time to warm up, like he was stiff, which is not like him. He hadn't worked great, either. We did a nuclear scan on him, and the top of his left front cannon bone lit up. There's no fracture, his ligaments scanned clean, but there's something going on there. |
I didn't think he was in the right place, mentally, to run in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), and I don't like to get a horse beat up. It looked like the light went on a little in this race. It was exactly what he needed, a good confidence builder. He has so much ability and always trains great and he should move forward from this. |
I think he's elevated himself into that league. |
I think we all did things in that series that we usually would have never done because it was such an emotional series. |
I thought he ran lights out. |
I'm going to go. Paul's going to be in New York that day with Suave for the Jockey Club Gold Cup. |
I'm really confident about our chances. He's coming off the best race of his career numbers-wise, and it really restored his confidence. He's doing great, and training great. He's sitting on a big performance. |
If he'll just give it his all, he'll win. If he doesn't give it his all, everybody else is eligible to beat him. |
It has been frustrating, but there is no reason why he can't come back at 100 percent. |
It's the whole trail getting there that takes the toll. They ask a horse to run 1 1/4 miles for the first time (in the Kentucky Derby), but it's a long road getting there. |
Man, winning one game will be like winning a championship around here. |
The last was disappointing. I thought he was sitting on a top race. |