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He grabbed the bit and the outside horse moved and he gave me a good feeling and he’s ready to roll. I keep riding, I keep coming and going to the quarter pole he gave me a good feeling. Now I’m a little far back and I have to use him the whole way on the turn. We went to the first turn and those horses cleared me and I said, ‘Oh my God.’ I thought he could clear them and he didn’t do it so I said, ‘OK, go to Plan B.’ I had to take a hold. (Forte, 1st): “In the first part of the race with that post, it was impossible to going that wide so I had a horse with speed beside me. The pace scenario might be a little different going. I thought today he looked like he handled fine. I thought he put himself where he needed to be, I thought Javier rode him well. Trainer Dale Romans (Cyclone Mischief, 3rd): “I thought he ran a beautiful race. How many races did it take Forte to get to the level he is?” He might have gotten tired but, remember, it’s still his third race. He made a move and I thought he was getting home. Other than that, what else can you ask? Good thing is Saez didn’t panic, so he didn’t force him. It happened again it can’t appen in a race like the Derby. (Mage, 2nd): “We expected a better break from the gate.

We’re very happy.”Īssistant trainer Gustavo Delgado Jr. Record-extending seventh Derby victory – “It feels great. That experience hopefully pays off down the road.” The one good thing about here is you get a big crowd, a noisy crowd, long post parade, so they get exposed to a lot.

It gives you a lot of confidence moving forward.” He handled the stretchout to a mile an eighth great and actually probably ran a mile and three-sixteenths today. It looked like he had a lot to do still at the eighth pole but then really kicked in the last part and found his best stride the last sixteenth.” He had to angle out really wide and kind of got a wide trip all the way around there, but he had a pretty smooth run it he just had to lose a lot of ground to do it. Trainer Todd Pletcher (Forte, 1st): “I was worried, he had a lot to do turning for home. Ripple, Fort Bragg, Il Miracolo, West Coast Cowboy, Jungfrau, Nautical Star, Mr. Order of finish: Forte, Mage, Cyclone Mischief, Mr.