[But Gilchrist knew he would have asked for too much too soon in order to get Lost in the Fog ready to run 1 1/4 miles, and he recognized that the colt might be a pure sprinter anyway. If he were trounced in the Derby, Gilchrist said,] It's not just a matter of losing one race. It's the repercussions of that race. ... It was not a hard decision to keep him sprinting. |
[Lost In The Fog's trainer Greg Gilchrist announced that his undefeated sprinter will not wear the bar shoe that he has been training in recently.] I could leave the bar shoe on, but the foot looks really good, ... It doesn't concern me. |
[Trainer Greg Gilchrist, whose colt was barely tested in his past three starts, said the post position draw likely will determine whether jockey Edgar Prado tries to race on the lead.] If he draws the inside, ... we're just going to send. |
Everybody has a chance, |
Everything went perfect. If people don't think this is a good horse by now, they haven't been paying attention. |
He didn't ask me but he can do what he wants because it's his money. I don't know why he nominated him. |
He didn't have it in him today, and you know I don't see any apparent reason. |
He doesn't need the money. |
He has the amazing respect of at least one man (morning line-maker Eric Donovan). |
He kept elbowing me to go higher, but I couldn't. |
He seems to be pretty tired this morning. Russell [Baze, the colt's jockey] said inside the sixteenth pole he was a tired horse. |
He will have no more than two works, but he will definitely work at Belmont on the Saturday or Sunday prior to the Breeders' Cup. I may give him a half-mile work at home. |
He will not be in the Kentucky Derby. |
He won't make his living sprinting. |
He's eating well and breezed well over the track, |