“He's the real deal. I think I have a very good horse. He's the type of horse that gives me that confidence he can do it. My job right now is to do the very best I can for him. One thing that's different from my Olympic experience, I was on the horse and had to do it myself. I have no control once the race starts now.”
Michael Matz
“I think the stewards did a good job. His horse (Javier Castellano on Corinthian) was supposed to maintain a straight course.”
Edgar Prado
“He proved himself a good horse with back-to-back Arlington Millions. I don't think it's ever been done before but maybe it has.”
Kieren Fallon
“They've got a bit to overcome. But I think he is the type of horse who can overcome anything.”
Neal McLaughlin
“I think we've got a shot. He's a come-from-behind horse who needs a good pace to run at. He had a good work (five furlongs in 1:01 4/5) at Louisiana Downs Saturday and he's coming into the race good. In his last race there was just no pace to run at.”
Cole Norman
“You've got to have a good horse, but you've got to have the trip. I think Senor Swinger deserves to be in there. He's a good miler. He's very sharp right now.”
Bob Baffert
“A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.”
Pam Brown