“This is a tough race, hard race to ask of him, but we’ll give him a chance,” he said of the Godolphin runner, who comes into the Classic off a three-race win streak that includes an Oct. 11 victory in the Jerome. A long shot at best, but like Baffert says, “you never know”.

Alan Garcia, jockey aboard Girolamo’s recent win: “It was a very good trip.  The pace was a little fast, and my horse didn’t break that quickly like I thought he would. But, I was very comfortable, relaxing and my horse was very comfortable.  I only had to hit him a couple of times in the stretch and after that I knew I had the race won. I stopped riding and let him do it on his own. He’s a very nice horse.  It was a nice race for him.”

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