"At first we were really down about drawing the rail but after watching the earlier races we really started to get excited because it was obvious the rail was the place to be and we even started joking about how we could probably sell that post for good money before the race," said O'Neill, who won the 2005 Juvenile with Stevie Wonderboy.
"When we talked to Corey in the paddock me and the owners both said at the same time to just stay on the rail," O'Neill explained. "And even though the post helped, Corey did a fantastic job maneuvering him out like he did."
Nakatani said he wanted to stay on the rail as long as he could but once leaving the backstretch had no choice but to angle out and go after the leaders.
"On the turn I had so much horse that if I had stayed on the rail much longer I would have run over the ones in front of me," said Nakatani.
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11-05-2006, 10:56 PM
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