He was just too old for me.

Taylor's Day was a barn favorite. Eight of 10 times if you hooked up the top the lane, you knew you were going to get your picture taken, get your feet dirty, because you were going to the winner's circle.

He was on his 'A' game today.

It's been wild. I'm looking to claim and rebuild my stable. I need some new ammo.

I think we've got a shot. He's a come-from-behind horse who needs a good pace to run at. He had a good work (five furlongs in 1:01 4/5) at Louisiana Downs Saturday and he's coming into the race good. In his last race there was just no pace to run at.

I'm probably going to run Shaky Town back on the turf somewhere, so we'll go with Absent Friend. He'll arrive on Wednesday morning and Patrick Valenzuela will ride Saturday.