He galloped a mile and a half, as planned. I didn't think the track was that bad when he went. It was wet but it was in good shape. The track is not going to bother us regardless anyway.

If the track is muddy, that won't be a problem. I just don't want him out there if there is thunder and lightning.

Going a mile, I didn't know if we could handle everything. Our horse wants to run farther.

I've been waiting two months to get to this race. I've been saying the mile and an eighth can't get here fast enough for this horse.

He wanted to run track last year I think. When he came back to school about six weeks after the accident, he would talk about running. I told him to just take it slow.

I don't think we're far behind Lawyer Ron. We lost enough ground in the Rebel on the first turn and were a little wider than him in the second turn to make me think that he wasn't three lengths better than us.