I thought we better get a professional rider.

No errors. That's what you want to see, particularly this early in the season. I thought we could have scored a few more runs, but we let a couple of opportunities slip through our fingers. Still, it was a solid showing.

If she wins, Judd Morse gets a lot of the credit.

She's a January foal, and came around early, so the owner asked if we could take a shot and get her ready to win early. Since she's come in, she's done everything right. I didn't push her. She took it upon herself to be quick. We weren't pointing at the very first 2-year-old race of the meet, but there's no reason not to go.

Not a lot of this went on in dad's barn.

I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a senior quarterback. He gave me a scare .. and I told him to never do it again.