You want your horse to win if possible, but you don't want to beat him up. You've got to think down the road a little bit.

The main thing is we wanted him to settle. We didn't want to push him. We didn't want to take a hold of him. We just wanted him to place himself. We had the experience of knowing what they did in his prior race.

He's improving. He has a lot of pedigree and talent and he loves going long. I think his potential is unlimited.

He's worked very well, except for his last one, when he went slow by himself. When he goes by himself, he's a little on the lazy side.

I don't put a lot of pressure on a race. It's the big picture that counts.

I just hope we can build off his last race. He's gotten bigger, put on weight, and become a little more aggressive than he was as a three-year-old.

I probably would want a horse that's a little versatile and one that's gotten a lot of dirt in their face.

I'll go home very happy. If we wanted to run in the Santa Anita Handicap, we needed to run sometime. It was time to do it and a good time for the horse and everybody involved. This was a good day to come back.

I just tried to find different ways to get along with him. Racing usually helps horses and they sort of mature through their races, so probably each race helped him along the way.

I need to take the edge off him over the next couple of days.