24 Quotes by Kiaran McLaughlin

We would love to go there with this horse. We know he wants the mile and a quarter.

We just thought it was a great fit for Mike to ride a gray son of Holy Bull if we get in.

That 10 hole is tough but to run as well as he did is really something. We didn't win, but we sure got close.

Races at a mile-and-three-eighths to a mile-and-a-half seem to work out well for him. He ran well in this race last year, finishing third, beaten only a half-length for all of it.

Speed, inside, inner track, all worked in our favor.

That's good. We were training him to run in the Derby. We didn't have an alternate plan.

There was nothing wrong with him. We just stopped on him because he had been going and going and needed some time. The time off was good to him because he's been training absolutely fabulous since I've got him back here.

It's tough to be 7-5 in a Grade 1 race and get that kind of trip, to be six wide like he was.

It's one of the toughest races on the program. We're looking to get a piece of it.