I said before, hopefully, Belmont day, I would move for every racetrack to have a lemonade stand on Belmont day throughout the entire United States and give a dollar to the lemonade stand or their local juvenile cancer fund. And, like I said earlier, everybody who was fortunate enough to bet on this horse, makes a little money, just take $1, donate it to Alex's Lemonade Stand or local juvenile cancer fund, and maybe we can make the world a better place. |
I spoke to Dr. Hogan and Dr. Bramlage yesterday, and they said the X-rays were really good, ... Dr. Bramlage gave us the OK to start galloping him. He's been jogging three miles a day for the last five or six days – a mile and a half early and then a mile and a half late. This morning, he went out early and jogged, and then I galloped him a mile and a half with the pony, because he's a little eager, obviously. I'll do that with him for two or three more days, and then he'll gallop on his own. |
I spoke to Dr. Hogan and Dr. Bramlage yesterday, and they said the X-rays were really good, ... Dr. Bramlage gave us the OK to start galloping him. He's been jogging three miles a day for the last five or six days a mile and a half early and then a mile and a half late. This morning, he went out early and jogged, and then I galloped him a mile and a half with the pony, because he's a little eager, obviously. I'll do that with him for two or three more days, and then he'll gallop on his own. |
I think he'll go a mile and a half without a problem. I always have. Ever since I had him as a two-year-old in the Breeders' Cup. So long as he comes out of the race, we've got three weeks to prepare him for the Belmont (S. [G1]). My plans at this point are to go forward to the Belmont. |
I told Jeremy to start him off real easy, |
I watched him work and he looked fantastic. I mean, he's the real deal. As long as he stays healthy and they get him to relax like they did last time, I see him being a force definitely in the Arkansas Derby and probably through the whole Triple Crown. |
I've been a trainer over 30 years, so you put your time in at the small tracks, you finally get an opportunity to find a horse of this ability, believe me it's the horse, |
If I can do that it would be the ideal way, but Ill know more after a week of gallops and after I get a breeze into him, ... Hopefully, it can be the Breeders Cup, but if its not well find another race for him after the Breeders Cup. There are plenty of races out there. My job is to get him back to winning form. |
It made me feel very good. It was a very nice thing for him to do. I've never met the man, and he was thanking me for being a team supporter. |
It will be interesting to see what reaction we have and how many fans walk over to the paddock to see him. The fans support our sport. If we can do any little things to help them have interest and have a good time at the races, it's something that everybody has to step up to the plate and do. |
It's been exciting. The Steelers got healthy at the right time, and they are playing great. |
It's not 100 percent healed, ... It's better than previous X-rays, but there's still a small area there. |
Kid Lemonade has enough seasoning; he knows what he's doing. |
Right now, we want to run in the Cigar Mile if he is 100 percent, |
Running in a Grade 1 in his second race is not ideally what you want to do, but Menacing showed me a lot off the first race, |