Steve Asmussen Quotations

It wasn't a bad race and one that will help him, it being his first out of the season. We were stalking early and it looked like we were ready to pounce. I liked our position. He needed the race and will improve.

Storm Treasure is an extremely laid-back horse and will do anything you want. He's very good company for Private Vow. You want someone with enough talent that Private Vow gets something out of it. Private Vow is a much quicker horse than Storm Treasure, and obviously for the Derby we need (Private Vow) to settle more than he has. That's what we're working on and will continue to do. Private Vow has always been fast enough.

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

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.

I was just making sure that they both came out of the work well and they were going to run. I waited until this morning to see if they were still healthy.

I was very worried about the loose horse. Any time you see a loose horse on the lead, you get nervous, especially when it's a two-year-old. If (the loose horse) lost concentration at any point and took a right, it would have been very bad.

I thought they both worked really well. You try to treat it as just another work, but I couldn't help being excited by the way they worked.

You know why we're here. We brought him to Belmont because if he belonged in the Breeders' Cup I didn't want him to go anywhere else first.

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

The field will cause a few variables for you that you would like to avoid. We'll see if he is fit enough ... It's just an unanswered question.