He's a nice horse, but everybody's jumped on the bandwagon. I'd like him to lay a little off the pace. If he can't lay off the pace, he can't be a very good horse.

He can track, like the [Grade 1 Man o' War] last year in New York, where he was 10 lengths off.

Empire Maker is the best horse I have ever trained. We weren't within 10 lengths of seeing this horse's best race.

If there is speed, I want to get the same trip. If there is no speed, he can go to the lead. It looked like the other day he could get the distance. He was very impressive.

Last year was a rush job. That's how the Derby ruins you. We're lucky we got out of that in one piece with this horse.

We'll X-ray him in a few days to make sure there's no crack there. I don't think there is. He's a little bit sore.