26 Quotes by Steve Asmussen

We brought him to Belmont because if he belonged in the Breeders' Cup, I didn't want him to go anywhere else first.

Of course, in a race laden with as much speed as there seems to be in there, I'm going to want to Private Vow as relaxed as possible. I think that he is fast enough. I'm just concerned if he can go far enough.

Potential is great. But when you can throw it down there on the (Daily Racing) Form and you can read it, it's impressive. He's won seven (actually six) in a row and a million dollars. That about covers everything.

I expected a better showing from him. He got tired. He was exhausted when he came back, but he recovered fairly quickly. I think that he's got plenty of miles in him, so it didn't knock him out.

He has every reason to move forward. He got tired, blew hard after the race, and has come back and has trained good.

He looked very comfortable, the horse that we're hoping he'd be.

We're probably looking at a similar scenario, pace-wise, as the Kentucky Jockey Club.

He definitely ran a better race. That's where I was hoping to be last time. We're headed in the right direction. He is still not right where I want him in fitness.

He is the horse. He's in front. There's no performance anybody has seen yet that rivals what he's done.