The first step seems a little steep, but it's nothing major. We'll see how everybody handles it today. We had a few things to change last year, talked about it with management, and they fixed it, so this shouldn't be a problem.

The first time she ran, she was extremely green, ... She was just hanging on her left lead and looking at everything. The second time she ran, she was very professional and very fast. She's maturing. She's figuring out what she needs to do and, hopefully she continues like that. If she runs like she did last time, she'll be very tough.

All I had to do was get position and bide my time. When he was ready to run, I asked him and he responded. I was just a passenger here.

I didn't think she was ever going to get into the gate, but once I got off of her, she went right in. After that, all I was worried about was getting a good position. She broke fine, and when I got her in position, everything went great.

He's running good and doing well. I hope he'll bounce back.

I just help shaking the whip at him and the more I shook the whip at him the more he went. I hit him once and kept shaking the whip at him and he just kept running. He was a monster today.

I have to worry about Bellamy Road and I have to worry about the horses behind me. But I don't feel any pressure. If Bellamy Road goes in :46, he'll be five in front, but if he goes in :47 or slower I'll be right on top of him.

India got all shook up there. I knew we should have scratched right then. She was all nervous, and she has never been like that. She ran a quarter of a mile and didn't put up a fight. She must have displaced or something because she was making all kinds of noises.

It was pretty soft, you could feel it,

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