We had that lead, and then the next possession they made an easy entry pass. That's when it really started to go downhill.

We've been working at the hitting aspect. I think we had eight hits in our first game but just really didn't swing that well. Today, we did.

When we started jogging him, he was ready to turn around then, so we had to go real easy with him. He didn't want to come off the racetrack a few times. He had been walking for two and half to three hours a day, and then we started to jog him, but I'll know more as to how much fitness he's maintained once he starts galloping on his own, and once we get a breeze underneath him. But he looks really good.

You can read it in a manual and it sounds kind of tricky, but it's easy when you see it done. You could put it together yourself. Basically, we save you 200 trips to the hardware store.

I was concerned about Ecclesiastic getting away, it looked like he had an easy lead. When I asked my horse on the turn, I wasn't sure how much run he was going to give me, but as soon as he switched leads, he had another gear. This should set him up for a really big season.

[Third place went to Steve Carlson. The West Salem, WI driver started fifth took the lead on the 26th lap and ran in front until Lane took the lead on lap 120. He earned the RaceTrailers.com Halfway Leader Award.] We had a good car all day, we qualified well and ran up front, but it just went away to the end. ... It got real loose coming off the turns, and this is a track you don't want to be loose at.