I took a hold of him to see how much he would turn off, thinking of the future and a mile-and-a-half. He turned off fine. He was certainly there for everything he needed through the stretch. I think he is adaptable to about anything.

My response is that's a hypothetical. You don't know what any Supreme Court in the future is going to do.

In the future we probably won't tour as many months out of the year. You start thinking about all the things you want to do in your life and realize you don't have unlimited time. We're at a point where we need to make serious decisions about how we want to live.

For the moment I am not worried about the future of any player and I'm only thinking about getting a win in this game.

I didn't get to a spot as early as I needed to. I got blocked and had nowhere to go. I had a feeling it was going to be too little too late.

[Commentator, ridden by Gary Stevens, was another 12 1 / 2 lengths back, with Show Boot and Crafty Player bringing up the rear, another 47 1 / 2 lengths behind.] I don’t think he needed the rabbits, ... You just don’t want to gut him chasing a horse today with $4 million on the line six weeks from now.