We had a lot of pressure on us, but the only thing on our minds was winning that fourth gold ball.

Coach Pitts is old school. He makes us work to get better in every area.

[Because he is not Breeders' Cup eligible, Desert Boom could win the Gold Cup by a dozen lengths and still not go to Belmont Park, not with an $800,000 supplemental fee staring him in the face; so there's no reason to leave anything in the tank on Saturday.] I expect he'll be sent to the lead, ... and it's a question if he'll get the mile-and-a quarter. I'm not sure he has the class of Perfect Drift or some of the others, but I really think the farther he goes, the better he'll get.

After three years away winning gold feels great honestly,

Winning an Olympic quota place itself was a very hard job. Add to that a gold medal as well.... I mean it was a fantastic feeling. All the credit goes to my coach, and ultimately, this was the first Olympic quota place for India, so I'm really proud.

Obviously the higher gold price is going to be beneficial for the mining industry.