They were very private people. Gene approved the idea (for the television movie) but he didn't want to be involved. He said it would be too difficult for him.

I'm sick. I just got a call from Brereton Jones, the former governor of Kentucky. He said that everybody is so down about this because they thought this horse was so good for racing. It's not life or death. It's just a hair fracture. But it took my breath away when I heard the news.

Give him 52 days off.

Looks like a bad dream,

The success of those two shows, ratings-wise and monetarily, are mind-boggling. I mean, each show has got to have brought in over a couple of billion dollars each in revenues.

Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.