He said no. The fractions in the Travers, they were walking. It was a race from the half-mile pole. If he ran in the King's Bishop, he'd have hooked up with Lost in the Fog and he'd gotten his butt run off for seven furlongs. It was sitting there waiting to happen. The one thing that beat us more than anything was time.

His body hasn't filled into his bones yet. Everything's not maturing as quickly as it could be. The injury's very minute, but it's time-consuming. We said let's stop for a while, let him put his head down, and take a break. He'll be a hell of a 4-year-old.

Everything's not maturing as quickly as it could be. The injury's very minute, but it's time-consuming … He'll be a heck of a 4-year-old.

Everything's not maturing as quickly as it could be. The injury's very minute, but it's time-consuming ... He'll be a heck of a 4-year-old.