For a brokerage firm, to be competitive in the marketplace, we had to differentiate ourselves.

We believe we can be very competitive with this field.

It was a big, big gamble, ... But it has been quite a stroke of business.

In general, three miles of marsh will suppress one foot of surge. When Katrina hit, we lost 100 square miles of marsh.

This is going to have a different feel from what we're used to. There's a very large grade differential at this site. The center is raised nine feet above Polaris.

As well as ''playgrounds for football, baseball, soccer and kindred games, or any games that are in their nature hazardous, or require fenced enclosures or tend to draw together crowds of people.

Lisa has already proven herself to be a good team and servant leader.

We didn't have a good three-year-old pacer this year and Bob (McIntosh) had a bunch, so when he became available we jumped at the chance to get him. We paid a lot of money for him, so we have to get him into big races like this to make it back.

Historically, horses from the east have done very well in this race because they seem to be of a different calibre.