Michael Trombetta
Michael Trombetta
gate
He may go to the gate in the morning.
easier
I want to go in the easier of the two.
against style
We all have to see what his style is going to be against better horses.
days few race shipping work
Shipping a few days out has been my way of doing it, but for this race I'd have to think we'd do it a little differently and get him a work over the track.
claimed risk shot
It was a risk I wouldn't take if I had it to do over again. But it would have been a one-in-a-million shot if someone had claimed him.
clean confident everybody falling looking obviously stuff training
He's training really well here. All his stuff is falling into place really well. I'm confident he's prepared. Now we're obviously looking for all the same things everybody is looking for?a clean trip.
albeit track wet won
He's won on a wet track before, albeit at Laurel. He handles most everything pretty good.
bump cut morning time track
He did well, but we may bump up the time we go out in the morning because Ernesto said the track was cut up a little bit.
exceeded
He exceeded our wishes. It got him here.
run seems whatever
I don't think it would matter. He seems to run over every surface. Whatever we get, we take.
changed definitely derby miracle prep small wood
It definitely changed our strategy. We got a small Derby prep at Laurel, the Miracle Wood Stakes, or we probably wouldn't be here.
asked behind forward gentle goes moves push shove walk willingly
You kind of got to get behind him and just give him a gentle push into the gate. He won't walk up willingly on his own. He kind of balks at it a little bit. Once you get behind him and give him a little shove he moves forward and goes right where he's asked to.
We're on our way. We should get in there around 9:30 or 10 o'clock tonight.
change learn routine run trying
We're here to run, and I think we're going to run well. I've been trying to keep everything the same as it's been. With these horses, you have to travel, and they don't get to run in the same place too many times, so they have to learn to adapt. We try to take everything in stride, and we don't want to change the routine too much.