He works longer distances because you have to be very fit to run in these races. He went a very good three-quarters in 1:12 4/5 last week and then a nice five-eighths a few days ago, where he galloped out another furlong in 1:14. He's doing well.
He's out of conditions; so he can't run in an allowance race. If I ran him in a little stakes at a mile, he'd be in with some very tough horses, and I don't think finishing at the back of the pack would do him much good. So we just train him up to the races.