"When he won the Rebel, I know everyone got real excited, but I was not really convinced [he could go longer], even though he ran away from those horses," Baffert said. "He’s the kind of horse that will do that, but not if he goes a little bit farther. When he won the Rebel, he came back blowing really, really hard. I tried to rate him in the Arkansas Derby and that didn’t work. He’s a franchise horse, and you’ve got to take care of him."