He ran real well. He had an inside post, and it made him kind of lay up a little closer than we wanted to [in] a pretty hot pace.

He trained so incredibly well here last spring, like a young horse again. When I got up there [Arlington ], he just… so I ran him once to see if it was a fluke, the...

He’s done nothing but relax and been great. He’s been happy maybe like he knew it was time.

Oh, yeah, I miss him terribly. But it [retirement ] has to happen.