Andy Beyer

is 26%.

That's really extraordinary when you run as many horses as he does.

He's just got other stuff going for him.

He's got an outstanding pedigree and

As I say, I mean, Cox's presence is a huge plus.

I mean, my old friend John Scheinman, former Washington Post colleague, watches all the workouts down in Kentucky, and he said this horse has just been training tremendously.

So that's the one I've got my eye on.

But again, there are...

innumerable horses in here who have got great connections, great pedigrees, and could easily step up and knock him off.

Is there a problem at all with further ado?

People say that.

I mean, I...

in a 20-horse field, you really can't tell how post-position luck is going to play out.

If I had a horse and he got post-position one, I'd just tell the jockey, get out of the gate fast, stay on the rail, and don't get into trouble.

I don't see why he would necessarily be the

everybody's choices as the potential favorite.

I mean, he's got a great pedigree, a great jockey, and so on.

But he's just, in my view, one of the contenders.

His last race was a win in the Arkansas Derby.

And he really finished like a rocket when I look at the fractional times in the race.