He's more of the laid-back type but when it gets to this grand scale and we're on the top in the horse racing world, he gets very excited and very much enjoys it.

The fractions were a little soft and I thought Stevie was a little closer than I wanted him to be but it worked out. Alex had a lot of horse. He knows the horse and he rode him perfect.

He's got good speed, but it might be a good race for him to sit off the pace a tiny bit.

We took a little edge off him and everything looks good. He doesn't require a lot of works. I don't need to work him every five or six days and really pound him. He stays fit on his own. He'll do a little something Wednesday or Thursday and that should be it.

He walked about a half hour, had his bath and is doing fine.

It's just this crop. It's a competitive crop with front-runners and stalking types. It'll be interesting.