I didn't want to bring him back going a mile and one-eighth in the Hal's Hope because there are some hotshots in there who might make him overextend himself, and I didn't want to knock him out. He's really not a six-furlong horse. I would really have preferred to start him at seven furlongs or a mile, but I wanted to get a competitive race under his belt, and whether he wins or loses, it shouldn't exhaust him.
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I'm just happy he showed some life this time. The biggest thing is that he proved he could still run hard from the start and finish strong.Barclay Tagg
He didn't go quite as fast as he did last time. This is what we wanted.
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I thought he wasn't going to run and it was going to be a disaster, but Cornelio said he had plenty of horse and he was just cruising. He knew more about him than I did. It's hard to tell through binoculars. He manages to handle things smoothly and he's an absolute pleasure to train.
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I thought he was finished. And he came on.
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So far so good -- he's done everything we've asked of him. We've had a couple of setbacks. We wanted to run in the Wood. That was our perfect plan, but it wasn't to be. We considered the Blue Grass April 15, but he needed another week and another breeze. So we decided it was best to wait for this race. We have to win here to make it to the Derby.
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