He's much tougher [to gallop] this year. Before, he would go out there and just lope around but for the last two and a half, three weeks, every day has been a struggle to just keep him from wanting to roll.

It's at the point now that he's a little rank in the mornings and becoming very difficult to handle. I think getting him into a race is the best thing for him.

I don't think he's taken that Steelers' cap off since he got to Arkansas. There's not a bigger Steelers' fan in the country.

I want to see the track do well.

I expect her to probably be off the early pace, probably third or fourth, and come running.

I thought I had the best 3-year-old in the country last year [but] we just couldn't get him right. I have no reason to think different now, until he shows me different. I think he's ready to be a racehorse.

The best thing right now is to get him back to the races and have him running well. Sometimes when they've been away for as long as he's been, they lose a little something. I don't see that with him.

I really liked him. He had a beautiful walk to him with nice conformation. It looks like a good family, so I thought wed take a crack with him.

I see a lot of her in him, in his mannerisms.