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.

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...

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.

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....

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...

You can’t jump to conclusions just yet.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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’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...

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.

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.

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...

He might appreciate the longer stretch at Hawthorne.

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

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.