Was it a tough decision not to breed Lookin At Lucky between the Derby and the Preakness?
BOB BAFFERT: He’s different than my other horses. The thing about these races, you get a lot of mileage every year I’m here. I always take a lot of mental notes about things and different horses. But this horse, he ran hard in the Kentucky Derby, because when he was 20 lengths back, he made that big arc. I wanted to keep the lid on him. I didn’t want to do too much. I think my experience helps coming into these races. What could I have done different or whatever. I think with him, I think that was the way to go. You know, you learn to read your horse pretty well. Like I told Mike, I told him this week, he’s training better than he’s ever trained before. We just kept it real quiet. But then there’s that possibility where we get the trip, we dig in, it’s easy to lose a little faith on him when he has these big trips. I heard people say he gets in trouble because maybe he’s not that good. But we’ve been so hard on this horse. Today, when I saw Martin hit that wire, I was so happy for that
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