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...

If it happens fine, if it doesn’t then we’ll go on somewhere else.

We’ll play things by ear. She hadn’t run in a while, so having this race under her belt should help her.

We were hoping that, as she got older, she would fill out and get stronger, … Fortunately, that has been true. She has proven to run well at the longer distances.

He has a forward style. He might not be on the lead, but he’ll be close to the pace.

He’s just an enormously talented horse that’s able to do those kinds of things without being totally focused just yet. Even though he’s come a long way in a relatively short number of races he’s...

The surface has a bit of a quirky reputation, so it’s important that he already has started there. It can be tiring for some horses the first time over it, but he handled it. It...

He was a fresh horse and ran exactly the way we wanted him to.

They are bubble-type horses that need to step forward and have a big showing in the Florida Derby to step into the Kentucky Derby picture. They did what they needed to do to get to...

We’ll point for the Met Mile. That’s been the plan.

How much it affected his performance I don’t know.

His most impressive races in Chile were on dirt, so we decided to take a shot in the Cigar Mile and obviously it just didn’t work out. It was probably the wrong time to do...

What I really like about them is they’re 7-for-7 since I had the two. They like to win, that’s obviously the most important thing.

He might appreciate the longer stretch at Hawthorne.

We’re just trying to take it one step at a time.

If he runs the table from here on out, I think he certainly has to be considered there, … He’s got to step up and do it. But he’s put himself in a position where...

I’m not going to jump to any conclusions just yet. We’ll see how he comes out of it.

He stacks up well against a field of nice horses. I think there’s enough speed that he’ll be laying in a stalking position. And he’s got an inside post (No. 2). We’re happy with the...

I saw him afterward, he was very mixed about it. I could tell he was happy, but it looked like he was going to win.

We wouldn’t be here if it was still a one-turn mile. We need some two-turn experience.

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.