When you get to October, it’s generally the right time of year to try 3-year-olds against older horses. That part of it we’re not overly concerned about. The kind of races he ran in the...

I think this is probably the best race she’s ever run, which is saying a lot because she’s been such a very good, consistent mare. It seems like the older she gets, and more mature...

I’m always disappointed when I don’t win. I know everyone is critical of Bluegrass Cat’s speed figures. But he does not have a bad record, and I think he’ll improve with added distance. He had...

Obviously we know we?re in a position that he has to win the Classic to even think about that. If that happens then you can start looking at it a number of ways. He?s running...

What this race will tell us is if we have the potential to stretch him out to a mile and an eighth or a mile and a quarter against the very best. I would be...

He ran much-improved races last fall and has continued to develop physically. They stamped him as a horse moving toward the top of the handicap division.

The key for horses like him in their first start at two turns is to relax just a little to make their speed dangerous. You can’t get too caught up in who else is running...

If he were to win the Sprint, I think he puts himself in position to make a strong case for not only horse of the year, but champion three-year-old.

She’s a filly that’s shown quality without having to be on a sloppy track to do it. Like everyone else, I’ll be interested to see if she’s able to do the same thing on a...

He had a torn muscle in his left-hind leg, … We did an internal blister on him and gave him some down time to get that straightened away. We were originally thinking about bringing him...

The race (Davis) seemed to take nothing out of him and his energy level has been good since the race. It was just what we were looking for.

He’s a patient rider and we would like to see the horse settle in mid pack. I don’t think he’s a very difficult horse to ride.

Since the sale, he’s been at Ashford, resting and doing a little jogging. We’re in no hurry with him, although I still think he’s the precocious type. We’re just going to let him get settled...

He’s a pretty forward horse and the key is just really if they can relax just enough to make their speed dangerous and keep carrying it.

Right now, what I would like to do with him is run him in the Kentucky Derby. I thought he ran enough in the Florida Derby. I think he’s an improving horse. We’re obviously watching...

He lost a lot of ground. I thought he ran a big race.

I think he’s the complete package. I feel we’re holding a very strong hand.

He gets on six or seven horses a day and joked about a comeback. He asked to ride this one, and I have total confidence in him.

She took to the turf course well and turned in a big race, which she’s shown she’s capable of doing on certain days. She got a perfect trip and delivered with a perfect run down...

I thought the Jim Dandy was a breakthrough performance for him. Any time you dominate a race like that I think it’s a pretty big deal.

We are committed to the Tampa program for Bluegrass Cat. With him running so well in the Sam Davis, it was logical to come back. And with it being a month apart from the Tampa...

His best distance is probably a mile-and?an-eighth to a mile-and-a-quarter. It’s good to see that we can stretch him out from here.

He can run from off the pace if we need to do that, but maybe letting him be a free-running horse is his best style. We’re certainly not going to try to take him off...

He’s doing well. I think maybe we were bringing him back too quick [in the Cigar Mile] after the Breeders’ Cup.

Keyed Entry is an exceptionally gifted horse. He’s got loads of speed, he’s very willing and he’s obviously done everything we’ve asked him to do so far.

Bluegrass Cat is a tremendous mover, very athletic. Both horses are pretty easy to train, pretty straightforward and obviously very talented horses. With Keyed Entry, we’ve tried to work to get him to relax a...

I was very pleased. This horse has been training exceptionally well since he got down here. Obviously, it’s a big step up to go from an ‘a other than’ [allowance] to run against a Grade...

Obviously she had a terrific trip. She took to the turf course here well and delivered a big race.

She was a bad girl at the gate and we’re going to try to fix that. When she runs Friday, we’ll blindfold her coming to the gate and then load her first.

He accomplished everything we hoped for except winning.

He ran well going a mile and one-half in the Turf Classic and in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, although I think he might be most effective going a mile and one-eighth to a mile and...

Six furlongs is a better distance for him, and he’s a New York-bred – he runs for bonus money.

We considered all the options, the pros and cons. The weather looks, temperature-wise, like it will not be poor. And we don’t have to worry about the rain with him.

He lost all position at a pivotal point in the race. He just didn’t handle the second turn. But if there is a good time to get beat, this was one of them.

One of the reasons why we’re a successful team is that we’re generally on the same page. It’s not very often that we go to the paddock and I’m thinking I want to go to...

No final decision has been made. He is going to come here with the possibility he could run in the Kentucky Derby. We will make the decision from here.

He’s physically matured a lot. Mentally, he’s become much more professional in his races than he was earlier in the year, … I think now he’s kind of the complete package.

Everything unfolded the way we thought it would and the way we hoped it would. This was a home run. The Jim Dandy was the kind of performance that propelled Flower Alley to the next...

It’s going to be great. As long as the racing surfaces are good and the saddling environment is okay, I’ll be happy.

What impressed me was he looks like he’s kind and rates well, and that should help him stretch out.

Pollard was tough, durable and consistent — a real warrior, the type of horse everyone would want to own. He gave you everything he had.

At the end of the (Wood), he was still only beat two lengths. Even though he tired, I’ve got some mixed emotions on whether going a mile and a quarter is what we should do....

You can’t jump to conclusions just yet.

I don’t want to get in the way of Johnny with his Kentucky Derby mounts. This was a particularly hard decision, because anyone who works or trains or is around Keyed Entry knows how good...

He’s matured physically and mentally and handles the distance. He’s the whole package.

I thought we would be the early speed. When she hopped at the start, it concerned me a little bit. She recovered quick enough to put herself in good position.

I felt like if we can get this horse straightened away and focused and he matures, then he can be any kind of horse.

I thought he worked real well. I think he really likes this track. We decided to train here because if you get rain, it’s a little more consistent surface. And hopefully after the Blue Grass...

It looks like we’ve got a promising group of young horses. We’re optimistic, but it’s a long road and we’re looking forward to getting under way. We’re looking to have some success and hopefully it’ll...

My only real concern coming into the race is that he did not run well over this course last year. But that was only the second start of his career, and he was still a...