That track always had a speed bias but last fall they made it extremely deep and I don't recall it being that way before. A number of horses that shipped in from California and were odds-on favorites didn't run a jump. That worried me.

We clearly intend to have speed as our bias.

Because [the bias] is so subtle, it's extremely effective.

She's really flourishing. She's a young horse and has passed hurdle after hurdle. This is going to be a big challenge, even though it will be her backyard.

I'm not afraid to route this filly. If I had left her in New York after the Test to get acclimated to Belmont, she might have won, since she switched leads too early on that big turn, but hindsight is 20/20. Anyway, she's never trained as well as she has lately and we're really looking forward to this race.

If she ran in the Distaff, she would have to run second just to break even.