He handled the ground well and finished nicely. |
He has to go three more furlongs, but I'm comfortable that he's a top horse. |
He hasn't done anything wrong yet. |
He went from the best horse in the barn to a retired horse. I never thought he'd return. I just had to put it behind me. |
He worked on it Monday - it probably would have been rated 'yielding' and he worked well. But historically, Theatricals don't like soft ground. |
I don't think [Prado] was asking her to do it. She did have a horse right on her hip. If she had a length or two of daylight she might have slowed it down. |
I think we caught some soft ground a couple of times and she didn't seem to handle it. But she's had some good efforts and these are good races for her this year. She's a little more mature and hopefully she'll continue to go forward. |
It's not like he's won 16 races in a row. There's really no added pressure. |
Not exactly a fairy-tale ending, was it? But it was close. |
She's doing very well, everything's going very good. I'm hoping this is a prep for something else. There's nothing very big on the schedule this early in the season. This is just a place to start her. She's ready. |
She's going to get a test run or two. She's been working regularly [at Payson Park]. How she does will determine whether she campaigns the rest of the season or goes home to be bred. |
We found out he will fight when it comes down to the finish. Today he had to dig down a little and he showed he has some guts. |